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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Believe me you're making it worse in your own mind than it really is. Have the letter to make it official, but go hand it in personally and tell whoever is in charge what the letter is about. Keep a copy of the letter for yourself. Depending on how long you've been there you only need to give one week if it's less than a year, although courtesy is two weeks. If you've been there for longer YOU have the option to give them as many weeks notice as you have years of service. At that point they can terminate you there and pay you for however many weeks notice you gave. Any holliday pay that you are owed is non negotiable, thay have to pay it to you within a specified number of days in which you terminate your employment and issue you a Record of Employment. Don't be scared to send the labour board after them either if they don't get it to you in a timely fashion, they'll side with you.
I quit my job last year at a terrible time for the company as they were insanely busy and did so on a day in which the rest of the office was going to Las Vegas for a conference. I was dreading it, but it really wasn't that bad as all they did for the last two weeks was make me offers to stay, and ask me to get as much done as I could. Getting the guts to go in and resign is far and away the hardest part. I've had to do it three times now and every time the owner has tried pleading with me to stay on. Twice I had to take them to the labour board to get my money, and one of them hired me back on a year later after they came to me with an offer than was exceptionally superior to what they used to pay me.
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This is really helpful, particularly with the question about holiday pay and actually walking in and doing it. Thanks.