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yes or no to resigning

Spitfire1Senior Contributor28 Sept 2026, 2:41 pm AEST

yes or no to resigning

Went to clients retirement village to work with her today, the shift was absolutely horrible staff treated me like a piece of sh.., spoke to job provider about it she cannot advise me as she doesn't want me to quit. I'm down to working with 2 clients now it does say in my contract if misconduct occurs shifts will be decreased. I don't enjoy going to the retirement village now even tho I've my big britches panties on. I didn't get to the next stage of recruitment for the position I applied for last week it looked so promising to me. If I stay with client @ nursing home the staffs attitude will not change towards me as for my boss there's no support there. I want to resign but worried about Centrelink as I still need to pay rent. I ignored & stayed away much of the shift from staff, I'll also talk to my therapist

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Spitfire1Senior Contributor28 Sept 2026, 7:33 pm AEST

Re: yes or no to resigning

I've given work 2 weeks notice today, no longer worried, have looked into volounteer work locally, wait till 2 weeks is up then ask for a separation certificate from employer. They've already rung me have ignored call till I'm ready to deal with them tommorrow

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StuFSenior Contributor28 Sept 2026, 7:42 pm AEST

Re: yes or no to resigning

Hey @Spitfire1

I hope it works out for you!

The current situation certainly does seem untenable

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Spitfire1Senior Contributor28 Sept 2026, 8:18 pm AEST

Re: yes or no to resigning

Yes when pencil case cover is slammed down by 1 staff in front of you whilst on shift & u r not callled by ur Christian name but whistleblower really quite intolerable I'm relieved now have backup plan

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StuFSenior Contributor28 Sept 2026, 8:22 pm AEST

Re: yes or no to resigning

@Spitfire1

Go forth and conquer!

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Spitfire1Senior Contributor29 Sept 2026, 10:53 am AEST

Re: yes or no to resigning

Thankyou strong warrior words definately!!!

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Misty7Senior Contributor29 Sept 2026, 2:47 pm AEST

Re: yes or no to resigning

Hi @Spitfire1

Good on you for standing your ground and sticking up for yourself. They aren't worth your time or energy. Make sure you get the seperation certificate from them

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Spitfire1Senior Contributor29 Sept 2026, 4:16 pm AEST

Re: yes or no to resigning

I think this is what the closing meeting will be about with handing in until forms as well I gave the job my best shot it just didn't work out

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