ETA: I’m in Europe and my contract states I have a 3-month notice period.
I’m contracted to work the 3 months and my company has refused to let me go early so I’m going to be here until late august 🙁
My job has caused me a lot of stress in the past 2 years and I recently returned from 6 weeks stress leave following a mental breakdown. I had been burnt out for a while before the breakdown but finding out my old line manager died (and seeing the senior managers not give a fuck about him) sent me over the edge. ETA: this manager was one of the few genuine individuals I worked with and he was a kind hearted person, so his death hit me hard.
I’ve been seeing a therapist since, got sober and looking after myself so I feel better. Well, tbh, I feel better when I’m not at work lol. While I’m happy that I’ve got my non-work life back it’s very clear to me that the job is unhealthy for me so I handed in my resignation.
The high of resigning has gone because I’m still stuck here for 3 months. I’m joining a competitor and they still won’t let me go early. My workload has increased since I resigned and my manager has become more cold and starting to pick on me. She’s telling people I’ve “decided to leave us”. I just want to scream at times.