I'm in London, working as a Digital Marketing Officer
I told my employer that I would be ending my relationship with their organisation when my contact ends mid-October in the first week of August. Throughout my employment, I've taken on more responsibilities than my role demands and have consistently stepped up due to staff shortages. Even during my notice period, I've tried to tie up as many loose ends as possible.
Last week, my manager told me that they've found a replacement and that I would have to come in to the office on 4 days until the end of my contract for the handover (we have a hybrid working model; I will continue to work with the new person even from home). I agreed and he blocked the dates for my diary, that included Thursday this week. However I later found out that my husband also needs to go to office (in a different city) for an important meeting on Thursday. We have 3 dogs in the house. Now, he has rescheduled a lot of his office visits to accommodate my hectic schedule so I didn't want to request him to reschedule again. I tried to find a sitter but no one was available.
I spoke to my manager about rescheduling the handover day to Friday instead of Thursday, and he told me that it was not possible because I have to “handover to the new person who is joining in your position and also the new head of department who is joining this week. She doesn't work on Fridays so you need to come in on Thursday”. I told him that handing over to someone who isn't joining in my position doesn't fall in my remit and isn't technically my responsibility, to which he said “handing over to anyone the organization requires you to definitely falls in your remit and you have to come on Thursday because I've been so flexible with your days already”.
I don't know what to do? This feels very unfair because by his logic he could ask me to handover to 10 people and I would be obliged to do so? I'm more than happy to do everything via Zoom or Teams but he's insistent on having me in the office. Should I just not go?