Asked to Resign

[39Ronin]

So, I recieved a call from my employer asking me to resign. A little history first: I have been employed with them for over 9 years, last year I stepped back into a part time capacity as I made a carreer change. I gave a generous 3 weeks notice when I changed my status from full time to part time. Since then I have worked 99% of the shifts that were asked of me, including last mimnute coverages. I have an excellent employment history and prior to going to part time I was a supervisor.

It was explained to me that they want to give the full time employees even from other departments priority to shifts available and that they also want to eliminate the cost associated with having a part time employee. I'm not sure of the cost other than payroll, and some admin time. They don't pay any benifits what so ever, no BC medical, no group benifit plan ect.. I cost them next to nothing to have on staff.

So of course I wonder during the conversation, why ask me to resign? Why not just lay me off? If I resign, I won't qualify for EI if I need it, if I resign I am not entitled to severnce pay... ahhh bingo! So the company that I poured myself into for nine years is trying to get me to screw myself. So even on my way out they want put the screws to me. Of course I called them on all of the above and told them it is not in my best interest to resign. The wost part is they are trying to be tricky, underhanded if you will. I read the labour laws and I am unclear of exactly how they will calculate a severence for me as I changed from FT to PT. I believe it will be 8 weeks. Here is the website explianing severence:
http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/facshts/termination.htm

Any thoughts?

[Profister]

Yes, 8 weeks it is. It reminds me of one of my employers. I was with the company FT for almost 8 years. The owner tried to convince me to resign but I refused. A month later one day in the morning he met me on the parking lot and told me that the company did not have money to pay me anymore: 'You are the most expensive employee...' he said. So, he laid me off without termination, it is called temporary lay off. In this case no severance paid (7-week salary in my case) but the employer must call you back to work or terminate within 13 weeks or pay severance. To make the story short after all I got only 25% of what he owed me. It was a good lesson to learn, now I know how to behave to win if it happens again. Yes, it is all about money and greed. Don't give up, labor standards board is on your side, I can confirm that.

[konadog]

Self-employment ROCKS!!!
Good luck 39Ronin - I'd hold out for a layoff myself...

[TAIT]

Wow Neil...I'm truly sorry to hear about all the BS!!! It may prove to be a blessing in disguise.

Best of luck, and let me know if you need a vacation away from it all...Revy is pretty in the summer!

Chris

[rdub]

umm yeh ,did you get the memo?



im in the area of being screwed also ,with Lean Improvment,they froze our wadges and red circled most of us so we didn't get our 2.5% anal increase on the first of May, im lucky in the sense that i have a lazer engraving business that is taking off slowly,and will be able to go full time in the next 3 to 4 months, but in the mean time i am now able to not give a rats ass about the company ive worked very hard for for the last six years they have really screwed themselves by screwing the workers,they have blinders on and it pionts in one direction and it's not at the backbone of the company wich IS there bread and butter. Power to the People. one way or the other.

There is opportunity in everything.

Rich.

[39Ronin]

This is a major international company that preaches all the core value, equality Bull SH!T. The same company that treated me poorly when I took parental leave. I was told to talk to the director of operations about my dedication to the company after I returned from Parental Leave. Thus I choose a new career as my FT gig rather than go suck up to some big wig.

Sorry to hear that others are going or have gone through the same thing.

[BCDelica]

This is a major international company that preaches all the core value, equality Bull SH!T. The same company that treated me poorly when I took parental leave. I was told to talk to the director of operations about my dedication to the company after I returned from Parental Leave. Thus I choose a new career as my FT gig rather than go suck up to some big wig.

Good luck Neil! Don't let it slide, work with the labor standards board.

Large companies are all capitalism values where the bottom line is the only important thing that matters; but the larger the company the more they spend trying to convince there markets the complete opposite. Spent close to 12 years working for company that spent a huge amount of staff, money and effort trying to build those 'values'; funny enough the 'motivational' staff always seemed to have the highest turn over. Amazing how fast a company, that for years tells how indispensable you are, can quickly screw you over.

Name that company......

We, the leading entertainment and communications company, deliver exceptional customer experience through outstanding people sharing @$&# Values, highlights that our people create our successes.

Values:

* Integrity
* Loyalty
* Positive, Can Do Attitude
* Team Player
* Accountable
* Balance
* Customer Focused

Never take it personally and know the company will be less for loosing you in the long run.

Regards,
Kev