I resigned from a Job a had for 2 years at a small “family” company with a single Boss/Owner. Boss and I got on well and for most of my time there I was the only employee (One other employee at the time of resignation), I would have liked to think he was a friend that happened to also be my boss. I liked the job but was underpaid plus I wanted to switch careers so when I got another offer I decided to leave.
My contract stated a 2 week notice period was required, immediately after handing notice, the boss says:
“Okay, 2 weeks won't be enough time. You'll need to stay until I've found a replacement and you've trained them”
I was a little shocked by this but stated that I was only required to give 2 weeks, and would be happy to train someone during that time. Then he had to take a call and waved me off. We didn't talk about it for about a week when I ask when he would be hiring a replacement, he said:
“I haven't started advertising yet, your going to need to stay for at least 3 weeks after I hire someone to train them”
I told him that my last day was next week as stated in my notice letter, he once again brushed me off and went off to do something else. We haven't talked about it again and the last day of my notice is tomorrow, no replacement has been hired and I'll be leaving anyway. The fact that he has blatantly ignored my notice period, and assumes I'll wait around until he's hired someone has completely ruined the relationship.
Thanks for reading my rant. Just needed to vent this out.