After 4 years at my current job and some personal problems I decided to put my two weeks in and my job and my boss refused to accept it. My father was diagnosed with cancer, chemo just started this week and my boss kept pushing for a leave of absence or family leave instead of just leaving and if I’m still miserable to give two weeks after that. The absolute truth is I hated the job before the cancer but between both things I’ve been way too stressed out. Despite telling my boss my feelings the conversation ended with “sleep on it and we’ll talk tomorrow”, 2 hrs later he calls me and asks if I’m willing to meet with hr to discuss leave. I told him we’d talk tomorrow. Within the last few months multiple other employees have left the job for various reasons and there have been huge changes made recently that a lot of people don’t like.
It’s now 11pm where I live and I’m honestly just upset and riddled with anxiety. This is my first “real” job I’m leaving even though it’s shitty and I’m honestly dreading going in tomorrow.
For those who ask I’m a mechanic at a car dealership and this was the discussion with the service manager.
Is he doing the right thing or just making me feel guilty? I’d also like to add that I’m 23M and this is my first real job since graduation from a tech school.