Quitting my job tomorrow, and feeling bad about it. I’ll be blindsiding them and screwing them over - not giving two weeks for reasons. Don’t care about burning the bridge (been here 6 weeks, not...

You worked only six weeks and asked for a two week vacation? That you do every year? So you knew about the trip before they hired you. I think you are being less than honest with yourself here

Why is everyone coming down on OP? Why are we just siding with the agency by default? It’s your life. It’s at-will employment. Run all the consequences through your mind and if you’re ok with the worst case scenario (burning bridges? you seem to be ok with it), then do it and move on

Every agency on this planet would fuck you, and everything you hold dear at a moments notice if it meant they would make their quarterly earnings. If you had a family, had an illness, had debt, or whatever special circumstances that made it so you really needed the job, they would lay you off without a second thought, all to keep their stock 1% more profitable. So fuck them. Fuck them, and every lapdog here telling you to worry about burning bridges or doing what’s “right". They, along with every modern corporation, have done everything they can to destroy any sense of responsibility or loyalty to employees, so fuck them. Go live your life, and get a better job somewhere else.

... working out well) but having daymares that I’ll get sued or something. Main reason for not giving notice is that I have a trip planned for Wednesday to see my grandparents who I only see once a year, and are in their mid 90s; they could easily die before I have another chance to see them. This vacay request was declined, even after I offered to work while on vacation the entire time. I have to put family first - if they’re dead I’ll feel awful for turning down my last chance to see them in favour of an ad. But I feel still guilty.

Also, was it news to you 6 weeks ago when you took this job that your grandparents were getting older and you had a trip coming up? How did you not see this coming, or see any alternatives?

Man, y’all suck. I regret every day not walking away from what I knew in my bones was a bad jobs to visit family who’s no longer here for fear of “burning bridges/hurting my career.” This job would go on to give me major trauma, and it hit me that my life should not be working. I feel sorry for all of you

Hmm. I think your comment that “this isn’t the only reason I’m leaving” is the thing. Your just using the elderly sick grandparents trip you want to do as your reason to make yourself feel better about quitting. I’m guessing they aren’t so thrilled with you either and you’re likely right to leave before they fire you. Just my guess reading between the lines here. And you came on here to get validation for your action

Wait so you knew the trip was coming up and didn't negotiate it into your offer? Most companies are cool with it if you just say you have something booked in advance. Are we missing key info here?

I don’t think anyone is going to remember you after being there for 6 weeks. You’re going to be that guy who was here for a hot second. Whatever happened to him? Who knows? He was weird? Whatever. Moved on. You’ve made the decision that is right for your soul—seeing your gp’s, leaving this job, even if the circumstances aren’t textbook. Most people here are shitting all over you when they’d likely do the same if they had the courage. Go do you OP. No one ever wished they gave more time to the ad biz than their family. And if it bites you in the ass, so what. We learn from our biggest mistakes and you’ll get a new gig and maybe have to prove yourself that much harder. 6 weeks is a drop in the bucket. Don’t even think about it any longer. I bet no one else will

Good on you for putting family first. Nobody’s ever regretted not working a shitty job. You’ve probably regretted accepting the role when they denied your vacation. It wasn’t gonna get better

No one is saying to not walk away from a bad job. I just find the not giving 2 week notice - likely a breach of employment contract - uncool. And then looking for validation on here for doing that childish. Give notice. Work your notice. Go visit grandparents two weeks from now for as long as you’d like. That’s what a professional adult would do

I think it’s about how you do it. You tell the CD who advocated for you that the trip is important to you and that when the offer to work remotely was denied you realized the trip/your family was more important fora host of reasons both personal and professional. So, you’re sorry to say that your giving notice and taking the trip. You’ve learned a lot and know that at your next place to let them know at the offer stage that there is a yearly trip with dates TBD. But in this case you’ve learned that it’s not a great fit and that the culture isn’t right for you. Be polite and you will at worst be "the guy who left to visit grandma.” It’s only burning bridges if you storm out being all indignant.

Do whatever’s best for you. Who cares?

Who said I knew when the trip was? It’s annual but the dates always change. I just got word ‘ast week from family I’m coordinating with that it’s next week, due to their availability - and it’s not two weeks, only Wednesday to Tuesday (over a weekend to minimize away time yknow).

I gave as much notice as I was given and offered to work through the whole thing, which is pretty generous - not much of vacation right? But worth it to see my grandparents. This isn’t the only reason I’m leaving, but is the straw that broke the camels back.

Yeah even with the grandparents thing this doesnt make you look great. But you dont care right? You said youre fine with burning the bridge. You're doing what's best for you.

Hope it doesnt bite you either...but if it does that's just the agency doing what's best for them...and that's what everyone should do all the time even if it screws somebody over right?

☝️I have no such contract. I imagine many people don’t. It’s customary, but rarely legally binding.

OP, do what's best for you, and screw anyone else who says otherwise. Family is always more important.

@Freelance Self Employed - you’re in the “confessional” section. Who said the OP is looking for validation? They confessed the situation. That’s it. And really, screw the “breach of employment contract”. Are they gonna give you two weeks notice before laying you off? In normal circumstances, I’d prefer to give a job 2 weeks notice...but I can wrap my head around rather having 2 extra weeks of not working in a place I hate. Yes, I understand that it’s not done in polite society, but neither is a lot of the crap or agencies ask us to put up with.

OP - we recently hired someone that we really liked in the interview process but found out from a reliable source they ghosted their last agency. We picked up the phone and talked to the person. It turned out to be family related and wasn’t truly a ghost (HR and Supervisor were looped in). Prior to that, they had a history of loyalty. It’s worked out perfectly. Yes, ppl will talk in the agency world. You’re not burning only one bridge. But be honest and respectful to your supervisors/HR and be honest with future employers. Anyone that you’d want to work with/for will be understanding about you wanting to spend time with family...even if it wasn’t the best behavior. Good luck

I quit. FYI I’m in Canada so this “at will” stuff doesn’t apply to me, but legally because I was still in my probation period (3 months) I didn’t have to give notice (and there wasn’t time to give notice due to the trip coming up and those dates being inflexible). The ECD I quit to (small shop) was very very cool about it, didn’t argue and wished me well. I know they’re screwed for some work now but I appreciated that, and I did leave the work I was on in the best place I could. I walked out and went on my four day trip a few days later.

No video or ad or anything is more important than my family. The agency will be fine. I was thinking the whole time: they kept saying they couldn’t work without me hence vacation denial, but what if I got really sick and had to be in the hospital for a month? They’d have figured it out then, just like they’re figuring it out now. Nothing is unsolvable, they’re hardly going to drop the project/client. Denying me this important family trip, especially when I offered to work remotely all through it, is pretty unreasonable. Their mess of a process on top of all that, meant it was time to go. If they’re not going to have any kind of a fair back and forth with their employees - recognize we’re humans with lives and not cogs in their machine - I don’t want to be part of that.