Tomorrow I am making the decision of leaving my employer I have faithfully served since August of last year.
I work in Healthcare. Specifically addiction treatment
Where the days can be easy but when shit goes down it really goes down.
They were very helpful in the beginning. as time grew and I became a more and more “valued” member of the team. Picking up more responsibility and as my employer has said to me. “Showing initiative that they have rarely seen” from someone in my position.
But also as that time grew it became clear they had no intent on giving me a raise or even a performance review that could lead to such.
I finally grew a pair and talked to my employer about it being there a year and all. It went relatively well but there were red flags popping up here and there but during the entirety of the sit down my employer called me by my coworkers name and that put the final nail in my coffin.
To me it told me that they really didn't care. I didn't even have the heart to correct my employer because it honestly hurt my feelings.
After a year of showing up and being told I'm going above and beyond… couldn't even get my name correct.
So tomorrow I'm gonna start using my sick days as it was recently made clear to me that it is state law that I get to have them. At the end of my sick leave I will be quitting no notice.
I will be using the time to continue searching for a new job. I will be fine for a bit financially because I do independent contracting as well as another side job.
If they don't have the respect to get my name right in serious conversation then I see no point in the courtesy of putting in my two weeks.
I'm terrified. But also relieved.
Edit: added my sick leave plan.