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Hi guys,
Will try and keep this as short and sweet as poss,
So I work for a small business (4 of us in total) and recently due to covid my boss decided to shut the business, cease trading and sell all the livestock, chickens in our case, this was 2 weeks ago.
I have been on furlough for around 4 weeks now due to the business shutting down, we were all told we were furloughed until end of June but no redundancy package has been discussed even though the business is shut now.
There was the possibility a couple of weeks ago that part of the business making jarred Condiments, which is what I did, would be sold to another company taking me and my collegue with me, this would have meant my boss and my other collegue would be out of work however it was my bosses decision to close so I didn't see the problem with that.
As of a few days ago the deal to sell the condiment part has fallen through due to my boss deciding she wanted to sell it to someone (in my opinion) unreliable, unprofessional and generally thought it was a silly idea however this would have POTENTIALLY meant jobs for all 4 of us rather than just 2, I say potentially because nothing was definite it was just an idea at this point.
About 2 days after this the owner of the business who was originally going to buy the condiment business offered me a full time job with a significantly higher salary and as I believed he was the best person to by the condiment business I was very happy with this and had pretty much made up my mind that that's what I wanted to do because the other thing my boss was planning was not even close to starting up and as I am on furlough with the business closed I need an income, I cannot sit here with no job.
In order to give my boss as much time as possible to accept that I was leaving I phoned her up to tell her I'd had another job offer and that I was going to accept it. This call lasted approximately 20 seconds, I didn't get to even say anything before she told me to "**** off" and hung up the phone on me.
As I have worked with her for nearly 9 years this came as such a shock to say the least, I've never had any sort of argument with my boss and I've gone through very hard times during my employment so the fact she told me to "f*** off" was so shocking.
She is now claiming I need to fulfill 4 weeks notice before I can start my new job EVEN THOUGH I'm on furlough and the business has closed, she is claiming an out of date contract from 2013 is still valid even though my job title, salary, hours and more has changed since then. I have not recieved an updated contract since then.
I am now planning to ignore her request and start work for my new employer as I don't believe she has a leg to stand on even if she was to sue me as she cannot prove a loss of income due to me not completing my notice period not to mention the fact that she told me to "f*** off".
My new boss has been extremely supportive and has also agreed that I start work with him because he's very angry that she let him work for 2 weeks ready to buy the business before pulling out and then trying to get back at him via me.
Sorry its such a long story haha its been a living nightmare to be perfectly honest I'm just looking to see what other people's thoughts are on this?
Will try and keep this as short and sweet as poss,
So I work for a small business (4 of us in total) and recently due to covid my boss decided to shut the business, cease trading and sell all the livestock, chickens in our case, this was 2 weeks ago.
I have been on furlough for around 4 weeks now due to the business shutting down, we were all told we were furloughed until end of June but no redundancy package has been discussed even though the business is shut now.
There was the possibility a couple of weeks ago that part of the business making jarred Condiments, which is what I did, would be sold to another company taking me and my collegue with me, this would have meant my boss and my other collegue would be out of work however it was my bosses decision to close so I didn't see the problem with that.
As of a few days ago the deal to sell the condiment part has fallen through due to my boss deciding she wanted to sell it to someone (in my opinion) unreliable, unprofessional and generally thought it was a silly idea however this would have POTENTIALLY meant jobs for all 4 of us rather than just 2, I say potentially because nothing was definite it was just an idea at this point.
About 2 days after this the owner of the business who was originally going to buy the condiment business offered me a full time job with a significantly higher salary and as I believed he was the best person to by the condiment business I was very happy with this and had pretty much made up my mind that that's what I wanted to do because the other thing my boss was planning was not even close to starting up and as I am on furlough with the business closed I need an income, I cannot sit here with no job.
In order to give my boss as much time as possible to accept that I was leaving I phoned her up to tell her I'd had another job offer and that I was going to accept it. This call lasted approximately 20 seconds, I didn't get to even say anything before she told me to "**** off" and hung up the phone on me.
As I have worked with her for nearly 9 years this came as such a shock to say the least, I've never had any sort of argument with my boss and I've gone through very hard times during my employment so the fact she told me to "f*** off" was so shocking.
She is now claiming I need to fulfill 4 weeks notice before I can start my new job EVEN THOUGH I'm on furlough and the business has closed, she is claiming an out of date contract from 2013 is still valid even though my job title, salary, hours and more has changed since then. I have not recieved an updated contract since then.
I am now planning to ignore her request and start work for my new employer as I don't believe she has a leg to stand on even if she was to sue me as she cannot prove a loss of income due to me not completing my notice period not to mention the fact that she told me to "f*** off".
My new boss has been extremely supportive and has also agreed that I start work with him because he's very angry that she let him work for 2 weeks ready to buy the business before pulling out and then trying to get back at him via me.
Sorry its such a long story haha its been a living nightmare to be perfectly honest I'm just looking to see what other people's thoughts are on this?
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