Anyone else ever had a job-resignation denied?

Just curious...

I tried to step-down from my position at work last Saturday, and was told that my resignation was denied.

Ultimately, it was for the best, because 95% of the time, I love what I do... But I had reached a point of critical-mass with the other 5% at that point, and I was done.

Just wondering, has anyone here ever had a resignation denied, or do I just suck at quitting???

Sounds like they need to pay you more to stay on.

I once worked for a company whose policy was to show you the door within 24 hrs of giving 2 weeks notice. Over the 4 years that I worked there I'd seen it happen about 10 times, plant manager calls the guy into his office early on his next shift and tells him to clean out his locker, toolboxes, ect, and get out. If they were trouble makers, security would shadow them until they were out the front gate. Then at the end of that week they would get a paycheck for the remaining 2 weeks and any unused vacation time.

When I resigned that SOB made me work the whole two weeks!

Um, I got a counter-offer once. I was glad I took it. Other than that, I'm generally pretty good at quitting. Mostly just before the layoff that would have involved some nice severance.

Derick Freese wrote: Sounds like they need to pay you more to stay on.

Not about the money... I'm already over-paid.

Basically, my job is a union position, but management looks at it as a "management" position, so I'm always on a tigbt-rope as far as doing the "right thing" for each side. This can be stressful, to say the least.

Problem is, I am apparently good at this, because BOTH sides rejected my resignation.

Unfortunately, neither side will take the minimal steps required to eliminate some of the bullE36 M3 that made me want to give my job up.

I apologize, I guess I just need to vent a bit.

i don't resign... i quit.

They probably realized you were fed up (temporarily) and that they could keep getting work out of you and didn't want you doing something in the heat of the moment.

I've been given a day off with pay not charged to my PTO balance before to "get my head back on straight" (actual quote) when I was overworked, sick of the BS and at the end of my rope before. I think it is a sign of a competent manager when they can see that. It is a sign of a great manager when they don't let you get to that point in the first place.

I'm curious as to how one denies a resignation...

BoxheadTim wrote: I'm curious as to how one denies a resignation...

Every time I've chosen to leave a job, I always had another job lined up before doing so. Thus my resignation was happening, whether they accepted it or not.

Sounds to me like they pretty much called your bluff.

Driven5 wrote: Every time I've chosen to leave a job, I always had another job lined up before doing so. Thus my resignation was happening, whether they accepted it or not. Sounds to me like they pretty much called your bluff.

I was not actually trying to leave the company I work for, I was simply trying to step-down from my current position and just go back to working on the line.

Basically, I was trying to demote myself to eliminate a lot of stress that I really don't need right now.

Didn't work, thankfully. I've just never been NOT allowed to quit a job before, and it feels kinda weird...

grafmiata wrote:

Driven5 wrote: Every time I've chosen to leave a job, I always had another job lined up before doing so. Thus my resignation was happening, whether they accepted it or not. Sounds to me like they pretty much called your bluff.

I was not actually trying to leave the company I work for, I was simply trying to step-down from my current position and just go back to working on the line. Basically, I was trying to demote myself to eliminate a lot of stress that I really don't need right now. Didn't work, thankfully. I've just never been NOT allowed to quit a job before, and it feels kinda weird...

if they would have let you resign and go back to the lower level (and thus probably lower paying) job, they'd still get you to do the job you resigned from but at a lower rate because you know how to do it..

Perhaps the manager is paying more attention to you than you think.

He knows 28 days have passed and this "resignation" is an outward manifestation of a hissy fit; he won't allow you to ruin a your life in a tantrum.

Get back to work, they love you.

They try to do it here. The title above mine sucks. Few people apply for it now generally because they want to move up the ladder further or because they need a shinier bigger badge. After a few months of being E36 M3 on for what often amounts to a per hour pay cut they look to come back and while the company can't stop them on some occasions they make it drag on and on.

Back when I was 10 years old working in a garment factory in China......they denied my resignation.

Like someone already posted, I've never resigned without already having a new job lined up, but once I put in my two weeks notice, and my new job fell apart. My last day was to be Friday and Wednesday evening I got a call from the new company telling me that I had no job. I was supposed to start the new job on Monday in a new town 211 miles away, and had already signed a lease on a place there. I had movers scheduled to come to the house on Friday.

Thursday I went into to work and unresigned. It worked and I got the keep the job I had quit almost 2 weeks prior. I ended up leaving about a month later though because I figured it was the smart thing to do.

This situation is different since the OP just asked to be reassigned in the same place of business. I haven't tried that before.

tr8todd wrote: Back when I was 10 years old working in a garment factory in China......they denied my resignation.

LOL

914Driver wrote: Perhaps the manager is paying more attention to you than you think. He knows 28 days have passed and this "resignation" is an outward manifestation of a hissy fit; he won't allow you to ruin a your life in a tantrum. Get back to work, they love you.

Agreed, that's how it looks to me as well.

Appreciate the fact they like and value you so much.

This is pretty common in most jobs. You can move up, but unless you have a very good reason for stepping down but staying on, you'll get canned or have you step-down rejected.

You could probably justify a step-down by saying "I need more time with my kids" or "my parents are dying" or "my kid is dying" but corporate America does not like talented people doing easy jobs.

Corporate America wants you to want more money, more hours, more dedication. Life? You've got a life when you retire, until then. Work.

Last time I left a job, it was on one day's notice. I was lectured later by the assistant manager. "Leaving a job with one day's notice is a career killer!" My response; "I'm sorry, I don't plan to make a career out of Radioshack sales."

The manager didn't give a E36 M3. He already put in his two weeks. Fun times.

on a funny note. There is a position open for what I do at one of the Casinos in AC. The rate is good, but the hours suck and the manager is a complete ass..

nobody in town is applying for it. The one guy who did, got it, saw what he was getting into, and turned it down.

This is a job that pays $26/hr with benefits. Yes, this is how bad the manager is... -nobody- wants to work for him

grafmiata wrote: Basically, my job is a union position, but management looks at it as a "management" position, so I'm always on a tigbt-rope as far as doing the "right thing" for each side. This can be stressful, to say the least. Problem is, I am apparently good at this, because BOTH sides rejected my resignation.

Am I the only one that sees the deep, rich, and tasty irony in a union worker not being allowed to quit his job...?

In reply to grafmiata:

So, you weren't actually trying to resign, you were looking for a demotion, right?

That's a little different.

I can see a company not wanting to keep you employed in a position you are over-qualified for, when they have a need for you in a different position in which you have already served.

In the world outside collective bargaining (union) work environments, resigning means leaving the company.

It surprised me because employment at will laws say you can leave whenever.

I have tried to "resign" from a specific job. But I wasn't trying to quit the department. I got hauled in front of my Captain and Chief and chewed up one side and down the other. They ordered me back to the same job. Took me about a year to promote out.