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Yes. But they said "we accept your resignation" without waiting to see if she'd follow through on the ultimatum, and without respecting her stated plan to work

Yes. But they said "we accept your resignation" without waiting to see if she'd follow through on the ultimatum, and without respecting her stated plan to work on an end date.

alacombe 6y ago
When you put an ultimatum forward, you must expect being called on it and lose. She got called on it and lost. The least she could do is walk away with some honor and walk her talk. Not only she doesn't even seem to be able to do that, but she keeps playing victim...
- svrb 6y ago
  And why shouldn't she, given all the internet is lapping it up?
oh_sigh 6y ago
AIUI, she is still on the payroll, but has just been restricted from accessing anything. There's no law (at least -in the US) that says that if an employee gives their 2 weeks notice, that you have to let them keep coming in for those 2 weeks. You can just give them 2 weeks of salary and tell them to immediately leave. From one of the leaked emails, it seems like she would have been given her 2 weeks if she hadn't written a rambling screed imploring other employees to stop working on certain projects.
- worker767424 6y ago
  That'd be smart; you can meet her timeline so it's officially a resignation, but with all the benefits of ending the relationship that day. I've seen people walked out the day they give notice, but I assume they weren't technically fired, and paying out their two weeks is the right thing to do.
worker767424 6y ago
> without waiting to see if she'd follow through on the ultimatum Sending an email to your boss saying "I'll resign unless X" is a serious ultimatum. You need to be prepared to not have a job when at the end of it, and you were the one who initiated the process. I'm not too concerned with if she technically should have been given a chance to take it back. Don't send an email threatening to resign, lose your job, then say "actually, I was fired." > and without respecting her stated plan to work on an end date. You don't really want to let an employee already sending inappropriate emails to a wide audience have another week to send more. I've been in a professionally self-destructive place before and I didn't realize it until later. 100% speculation here, but I wouldn't be shocked if she had a death wish and was hoping for some version of this outcome. Could be frustration with work, covid depression, or something else.
- alacombe 6y ago
  > I'll resign unless X" is a serious ultimatum Obviously, not if you're BIPOC, in this case, bullying is encouraged and any negative outcome will reinforce your victim status.

Yes. But they said "we accept your resignation" without waiting to see if she'd follow through on the ultimatum, and without respecting her stated plan to work on an end date.

alacombe 6y ago

When you put an ultimatum forward, you must expect being called on it and lose. She got called on it and lost. The least she could do is walk away with some honor and walk her talk. Not only she doesn't even seem to be able to do that, but she keeps playing victim...

svrb 6y ago
And why shouldn't she, given all the internet is lapping it up?

oh_sigh 6y ago

AIUI, she is still on the payroll, but has just been restricted from accessing anything. There's no law (at least -in the US) that says that if an employee gives their 2 weeks notice, that you have to let them keep coming in for those 2 weeks. You can just give them 2 weeks of salary and tell them to immediately leave. From one of the leaked emails, it seems like she would have been given her 2 weeks if she hadn't written a rambling screed imploring other employees to stop working on certain projects.

worker767424 6y ago
That'd be smart; you can meet her timeline so it's officially a resignation, but with all the benefits of ending the relationship that day. I've seen people walked out the day they give notice, but I assume they weren't technically fired, and paying out their two weeks is the right thing to do.

worker767424 6y ago

> without waiting to see if she'd follow through on the ultimatum Sending an email to your boss saying "I'll resign unless X" is a serious ultimatum. You need to be prepared to not have a job when at the end of it, and you were the one who initiated the process. I'm not too concerned with if she technically should have been given a chance to take it back. Don't send an email threatening to resign, lose your job, then say "actually, I was fired." > and without respecting her stated plan to work on an end date. You don't really want to let an employee already sending inappropriate emails to a wide audience have another week to send more. I've been in a professionally self-destructive place before and I didn't realize it until later. 100% speculation here, but I wouldn't be shocked if she had a death wish and was hoping for some version of this outcome. Could be frustration with work, covid depression, or something else.

alacombe 6y ago
> I'll resign unless X" is a serious ultimatum Obviously, not if you're BIPOC, in this case, bullying is encouraged and any negative outcome will reinforce your victim status.