Irish goodbyes

[loganwayne]

I find walking in wearing flip flops and sun glasses inside and drinking a canned margarita gives the right I dont give a F vibe.

I mean technically I told my boss to go f himself I quit when he called and started yelling at me while still off.... the owner of the company called and calmed me down and apologized for my boss and asked me to stay long enough to finish the project (which i did) and for him to come back to town so we can all sit down face to face.

 

[RyanT26]

I worked for a landscaping company for about a month on my days off when I was full time FF. Two brothers owned it and they were raging assholes to everybody. 7 to 7 with a 30 minute lunch break. Wanted you to run to get shovels or tools. Expected you to run with a loaded wheelbarrow. If you didn’t, they would start screaming at you like crazy people. If they thought you were taking too long to get a drink of water they would scream at you.

We were working about an hour out of town on a job. They fired one of the other hands on the job site, they both went full blown off the rails, threatening to kick his ass, made him walk home. Wouldn’t give him his lunchbox or water jug. Poor guy didn’t even have a cell phone.
The next day I worked they sent me back to get the skid steer trailer from the shop, about a two hour round-trip. Dropped the company truck off at the shop, got in mine and left. We all rode together that day. Lol
They did not give me my last weeks pay, but it was totally worth it to leave them stranded out in the middle of nowhere.

 

[Sunshine40]

I work in a union labor environment where we can solocite our own work so my situation is a little different but me and my crew pulled a pretty epic one. We had a project manager come into a big highway job we had been working on for a year or so. He decided to show everyone who was the boss and wanted to "save money " by sitting our crew at home without giving us a head up. (There's alot more background to this but basically we were getting screwed.)

We caught wind of what he was doing and needless to say we were quite upset. Our whole crew decided we were dragging up right then and there. We packed up the truck and left 20ft wall forums half set and everything.

We all got on our phones in the parking lot and had new jobs before we even left. The most satisfying part was the project manager calling me and begging to get us all to come back. The best part is I came back to work on the exact same job for the same company a year later and Noone said anything.

We get 2 checks and a hand shake one a Friday without any notice typically so I have zero guilt getting while the getting is good.

 

[Boarmaster]

I always managed to move on before it came to that. If I wasn't happy then I got looking for another opportunity right about when I figured nothing would change. Saved myself a lot of grief the few times this happened. I learned my lesson the first job I had out of college. Best to leave under your own terms not theirs.

 

[ColoradoV]

Hard to Irish goodbye yourself..

Or since I was 18 I pretty much have only worked for one person or yours truly.. Positives and negatives to it I guess..

Can’t imagine having a boss the idea is completely foreign to me as I would never give up that type of control of my time/life much less plan it in….

 

[longrangelead]

I'm glad some have figured out their time, sanity and personal peace is more important than a shit job.

At 19 I got my first real job with a big construction company, 3 months in, two guys of the same crew asked if I wanted to hunt the duck opener with them. I said sure...

We were working 6-10's so we'd have to take Friday and Saturday off. we asked a week in advance.

When asked, the foreman said "if you take Friday off, don't come back monday"

All 3 of us said "ok" and just looked at him. He backpeddled pretty quick...

Irish Goodbye averted...

That has been my attitude towards employment my whole life. I work to live, when someone tried to upset that balance, I reminded them they need me more than I need their job.

 

[Ryan Avery]

So basically what you do with DM's too huh.

Exactly!

 

[Steve300xcw]

We caught wind of what he was doing and needless to say we were quite upset. Our whole crew decided we were dragging up right then and there. We packed up the truck and left 20ft wall forums half set and everything.

Used to work for a guy who had most of his crew ditch him on a job. Did road work so was always out of town. Was about 3 hours from home and pissed off one of his guys enough that he started calling around. Found somebody to drive up and get him that night. Other guys caught word of it and thought that was a fine idea, guy that drove up made good money that night


Bossman woke up to find he only had one guy left and 3 trucks without drivers.

I didnt give the guy any notice when I quit either.

 

[MO-CHSPKE]

Not necessarily an Irish Goodbye, but definitely in the spirit.

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[fngTony]

Not necessarily an Irish Goodbye, but definitely in the spirit.

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I don’t know what’s more impressive, the handwriting itself or that the tp didn’t tear from the pen.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Company obviously paid for good TP. They couldnt have been all that bad

 

[bucksnbirds]

I've worked on a drilling rig in various positions the majority of my life. An Irish goodbye in this industry spreads fast, but can't beat it. Good pay, 7 days on, 7 days off, rig is 20 minutes from my house so no staying in bunk house with the rest of the crew, and its easy to take a full month off if you have someone to cover your hitch.

Now I did work in wind energy for 5 months and gave them an Irish goodbye while I sat in a duck blind because I knew that was an industry I'd never go back to.

 

[KsRancher]

I should have done it on my last job. I went self employed Jan 1st of this year. Was there 10yrs running heavy machinery and driving heavy haul truck. In 20yrs of business the owner only honored 1 guys 2 weeks notice. Everyone else he let go on the spot when they put in a 2 week notice.


I put my 2 week notice it. And even told him that I would work another week if it helped him get time to find someone else. He went off on a rant about how bad it was going to screw him over. He wanted to make sure that I would work the 2 weeks for sure. I was making $29.50/hr and he offered me another $10/he to stick around. I told him I would think about it. 3 days later I told him that I was still going out on my own and the 2 weeks would be it. He sent me a text that night. "I dont I need you anymore, let's just call it quits here".

I should have just walked out without a notice.

 

[Pharmseller]

In my business if you give a 2 week notice they check you out immediately then pay you the two weeks.

So you schedule your start date and give notice the day before so you double dip for 2 weeks.

When I pop smoke I’ll give notice. My company treats retirement differently than leaving for a new job.




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[tony]

What is the exact purpose of an exit interview?
Seems like you tell an outfit how shitty they are, they are not going to believe you or change anything
Heard many times an employer can only say you worked there and the would or wouldn’t hire you back

 

[fngTony]

What is the exact purpose of an exit interview?
Seems like you tell an outfit how shitty they are, they are not going to believe you or change anything
Heard many times an employer can only say you worked there and the would or wouldn’t hire you back

To gauge and de-escalate the likelihood of any legal or physical ramifications a person might bring against the company. To make sure all properties and access permissions to the company are squared up. To see if there are underlining issues that the company needs to investigate, could be the reason you’re leaving such as some kind of discrimination or illegal activities that you were not comfortable bringing up while working there. You might be the 50th person leaving and they would like to stop the bleeding.

 

[chasewild]

In my business if you give a 2 week notice they check you out immediately then pay you the two weeks.

So you schedule your start date and give notice the day before so you double dip for 2 weeks.

When I pop smoke I’ll give notice. My company treats retirement differently than leaving for a new job.




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All the smoke!


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[ZeeGermans]

So you blew the place up? Probably not the best idea to post that online. Kidding.

I was laid off a few weeks ago with a nice severance package and frankly been happier since then. Had a temporary job lined up with 30 minutes and then enjoyed a quiet 10 days in Montana. Old employer would have been bothering me nonstop if I was still on their payroll.

 

[Poser]

Never actually done that for a job, but most any social event, that's my move.
Went to the company Xmas party, ate my plate of food, went to the bathroom just before the speeches started. I had my jacket strategically placed by the door.

 

[Jimmy]

As an employer it's been done to me quite a bit. It is what it is.

There's worse things than irish quitting. Had one employee this spring, cussed out several customers at multiple stores, ran into one of their trees, told them to unload their own order out of the truck(its his job), made a girl cry, yelled at one of their customers to get out of his way. All in one day. When I spoke with him he denied everything. Said he couldn't believe how everyone was lying about him. He didn't do any of those things. He said how unchristian I was treating him. Then he quits and demands his money. And some extra money for hours he 'forgot' to put on his time card. Later he calls up all our customers and yells and swears at them again how they cost him his job. Proceeds to text me and another person all night long, ranting about the situation.