I rage quit my job last week after I made a complaint about a colleague. I actually regret it and I’m trying to get re-hired, but seriously could not have avoided this – the complaint was serious, and I got pretty much no support with this because my line manager was leaving in a couple of weeks. Basically got so stressed over space of weeks I was hardly eating or sleeping, and I just felt like a massive problem for everybody. Got it into my head they wanted rid of me, so I just dropped them an email saying I resign because I feel socially isolated.
In the middle of all this, a colleague who was pretty much my main support in all this & wasn’t even supposed to be involved, got promoted. I accidentally spilled some GDPR protected stuff about the complaint to him. Prior to this I had asked him out on a date, he didn’t say no but didn’t say yes. He obviously has a crush on me, started saying if I didn’t work there he would go out with me. Then backtracked and said no, I don’t want you to quit your job for me. Then he confessed he has no time for a girlfriend because his job is too stressful and he’s married to the job. So I was like, fine with this. Didn’t think about it again until…
I resigned, texted him to say why I left and he texts back saying “I’m not in a position to be with anyone, I’m sorry. You shouldn’t have left if this was the reason”.
I said huh no this isn’t why I left. I thought he was saying he believed I quit to get a date with him, but in retrospect I think he thought I was so upset he turned me down I’d left my job! So I was like why the hell do you think this, thinking he was being arrogant when he probably felt like shit about it.
So this didn’t go well and he blocked my number. It was only after that I realised what he was probably really thinking. Little does he know I’m now trying to get my job back and he may have to see me again.
Add into all this I’ve recently been harrassed at work, they haven’t followed proper procedure to check I didn’t rage quit. Like people do after being harrassed. and now I have to go through some HR process to go back as they can’t do it all locally.
I mean what a shit show. Called a former colleague tonight and she said she believes colleague who blocked me is upset I quit and freaked out by the romantic issue, him blocking me has made getting my job back more difficult tho ironically.
So how bad would you feel if you blocked a former co worker in this situation and then they came back to work????
I mean that has to be embarrassing right?