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I'm glad you found something better! Good for you!
This is just sour grapes.... They don't want to lose a reliable employee to a better job.
One of my first jobs was Dairy Queen. It was awful but I survived. I got a better job waitressing at a place a couple miles down the road. I gave them notice but they said my last day was today. Why? They were afraid I would tell everyone else my plan and take them with me!
The current job I have now was the job I have been trying to get for over a year since graduating. I was to start in a week after the interview, so I informed my employer at the time about it. I wrote a nice letter of resignation to my direct supervisor and his supervisor and both were speechless and wished the best for me. They said if the new job didn't work out then I could always come back there.
I worked the following week part time at the new job and still full-time at the old job. I came in late about 15-30 minutes everyday for my last week because of the commute and traffic. On my very last day at the old job, my supervisor found out about my tardiness from me as I was submitting my last timesheet in. I thought I was doing them a favor by saving the company money!
-He went from wishing me the best to having a one on one meeting with me about his disappointment in me for not notifying the company about being late. He said that because of that, he'd have to include my tardiness for the last week, along with my letter, in my file. He had this smirk the whole time too lol. He pretty much burned my bridge with the company. I was laughing so hard inside and just wanted to flip him off. It felt great leaving that crappy company that did not value their workers.
I'm glad you found something better! Good for you!
This is just sour grapes.... They don't want to lose a reliable employee to a better job.
One of my first jobs was Dairy Queen. It was awful but I survived. I got a better job waitressing at a place a couple miles down the road. I gave them notice but they said my last day was today. Why? They were afraid I would tell everyone else my plan and take them with me!
My supervisor felt the same way. My last week at the job was spent mostly talking to my coworkers about the new job, the company, the career advancement, and the pay lol. We all had something in common and everyone talked about jumping ship as soon as the next opportunity comes.
I know my departure triggered a mass exodus of employees leaving that company. I was the third guy to leave that month. My coworkers were interviewing that time as well. You can't settle with a job you hate!
So I decided to break the news to my current boss that I was hired at a credit union and would be starting there...tomorrow. I was planning to tell her on Saturday but she left before I got in, so I left a note. Came in today and she was less than thrilled.
My manager and the owner sat down with me and were dumbfounded that I had gotten a second job. They were like "well as long as you know you'll be getting less hours here, you're limiting yourself, trading in hours here for hours there, I don't know how you think you'll get ahead.."
Inside I'm laughing hysterically because this new job pays better, is in a better industry (hospitality can kiss my a$$ if other hotels are like this one ), and has way, way, WAY better opportunities for advancement. Also, I'm pretty sure they'll actually pay me for all of the hours that I work. If I didn't have bills to pay I would have quit here a loong time ago.
Does anyone have stories to share regarding breaking news like this to your boss? Or quitting in general? I'm sure there are better stories than this one and I'd love to hear them.
Why do employers think they have right to control your life outside work - i'd give them no information, or any of your colleagues - the more sources of cash you have the more control you have and they don't like it
Why do employers think they have right to control your life outside work - i'd give them no information, or any of your colleagues - the more sources of cash you have the more control you have and they don't like it
Wrong answer. Companies have policies about second jobs to make sure that their employees aren't also working for their competitors, or working for another company on the first companies time.
Our company policy requires the disclosure of a second job, but as long as it's not for the competition and not doing any part of the second job on our time clock (including making/taking phone calls from the other job except while on break) we're OK with it. We also require that if we need the employee to work overtime and it conflicts with their second job schedule, that's their problem to work out.
I never heard of any law stating you have to report a second job. I wouldn't have told them. It's common sense they would be upset.
If the employee handbook states you can't have a second job or you have to tell the employer about a second job, they can fire you on the spot for not divulging that info. And you won't get u/e for it. (I know someone who tried it, got caught, fired from both places, no u/e from either. A lesson learned the very hard way.)
No they won't fire on the spot for that. You are quite the know-it-all.
Uh, the one I know that tried to pull it off got fired on the spot. And yes, they can fire you on the spot for it--particularly in a right to hire state, they can fire you for wearing blue on a Tuesday. Unless you're a union employee. In which case they can suspend you pending a hearing. Which will possibly not work out well for you.
Typical response when you can't find anything rational to say is to personally attack.
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They were like "well as long as you know you'll be getting less hours here, you're limiting yourself, trading in hours here for hours there, I don't know how you think you'll get ahead.."
), and has way, way, WAY better opportunities for advancement. Also, I'm pretty sure they'll actually pay me for all of the hours that I work. 
