I quit my job....

....because they're A**holes. I really want to swear. Can I swear in my own blog? I make the rules around here, so I guess I can! ;) I've had enough of being pushed and pushed. If I do say so myself, I am good at my job, and they know it. My appraisals (which I have in writing) say I do my job well, they tell me I do my job well regularly until recently, but it seems that now I am not willing to work outside of the 8 hour day, I'm not doing enough. I'm doing more work than I was 6 months ago and I work flat out all day (unlike other people who fart arse around the office all day and then hang around until 6 because it makes them look good), so that I can go home at 5 and I am getting all my work done. Apparently I have the capacity for more shit to be loaded on to me because I am able to leave at 5. WTF? I'm pregnant, I'm hormonal, and I'm just plain tired. I don't want to feel like complete and utter shit my whole pregnancy. I want to keep my BP down (which it hasn't been lately). I want to work 8 hours a day, come home and have dinner with A, spend a few hours with him and crash by about 9. If I start doing longer hours, I will literally be working, travelling, having dinner, going to bed. I'm not an ambitious person. I go to work to earn money and nothing more. I do take pride in my work. If you're going to do something, then do it properly but I don't believe I should be used and abused to the extent they have done over the last 12 months. I've been made to feel guilty about all my IVF and Dr's appointments, and now that I am pregnant they think it's all good and I'm all happy and dandy and will do whatever they ask even if it is unreasonable and not in line with their "work/life balance" policy. (which BTW, I told them was a load of shit).
BTW, my Manager is a 25 year old high flyer who doesn't understand why anyone would want kids....this is why I have had no support from my work all year in regards to TTC treatments and appointments.

So, it all hit the fan yesterday. I formally resigned with my 4 weeks notice and I finish 21/11. I'll only be 19wks by then so I'll just look for a temp job to get me through a couple of months. A suggested I stay home so I can cook for him every night (since he does the cooking now) and bring him his slippers and a drink when he walks in the door every afternoon! Dreamer!
As much as I think we could scrape by on one wage, I would rather work so we can make sure we can get everything we need for Buddy and to keep me from going stir crazy at home. There's no medical reason for me not to work at this stage so I will find something else to do, but something thats temporary and I can walk in at the start time and walk out at finish time and not think about the place until I go back the next day.

I'm so excited to see what happens at work. I work for a retail company at their head office where annual leave is a no go zone for November/December due to how busy they are. My job is a nightmare during these months, and I leave on 21/11. No one knows how to do my job at this point. Good luck to them. They'll need it.