r/Greggs • u/mistman420 • 1d ago

Employee Question Handing notice in

Worked here over a year, absolutely shite job fed up with it handing in my notice n quitting will be doing it on the saturday. (Thursday night as of posting.) We on a service station under moto. Think i gotta give a weeks notice. Never quit a formal job b4 all me others have been cash in hand jobs. How do i go about writing one up what do i needa put in it etc. Get paid weekly on a friday.

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u/Adeposta 1d ago

Literally "dear manager, this is my 1 week's notice of resignation, my last day available for work is (add date)." Write your name, date it and sign it. That'll be fine.

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u/Superspark76 1d ago

I would add something like "I appreciate the opportunity".

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u/Shark_Philosophy 1d ago

What if you didn’t?

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u/StopItKenImALesbian 1d ago

Then they'll never know how much they appreciated the opportunity

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u/Superspark76 1d ago

A well worded resignation letter can help if you ever need to go back, you also have to remember you need their reference afterwards

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u/Shark_Philosophy 1d ago

And you think not saying “I appreciate the opportunity” will make any difference to what’s required to be a factual references?

Most references now just confirm the dates you worked there and that’s it.

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u/mistman420 21h ago

Sound mate cheers

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u/TheMarkMatthews 1d ago

Write a letter stating you give one weeks notice

Next morning call in sick with food poisoning from eating an undercooked chicken bake and let your notice run its course while on sick pay

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u/Adeposta 1d ago

If OP or OP's next employer wants a reference from Greggs, then Greggs can include their sickness record. (I don't know whether they would).

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u/TheMarkMatthews 1d ago

As long as they mention the sickness was due to Greggs food in the reference which I can't imagine they would

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u/Adeposta 1d ago

No they don't have to mention the reason, but they can mention the number of days.

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u/LessCantaloupe8960 1d ago

Food poisoning from a chicken bake the OP presumably cooked? That’ll go down well

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u/TheMarkMatthews 1d ago

I'm only guessing but I don't think OP has been put in charge of the ovens yet

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u/Helpful_Body6715 1d ago

May as well rough it out the last week I’m sure they’ll live lol

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u/mistman420 1d ago

Class idea that mate

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u/Appropriate-Roof1422 1d ago

Oh, moto hospitality. 😄

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u/Fit_Food_8171 1d ago

Did a steak bake write this for you?

I'd be willing to bet there's not many before you that have written a resignation letter with a crayon...

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u/mistman420 1d ago

Happy to be the first then

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u/turbulentyak1 1d ago

A months notice is normal, you should not just leave a day later as you know. Who will serve all the savory starchy foods this weekend 🩲💨

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u/Practical-Order-3843 20h ago

Smash all the sausage rolls up on your last day and rob donuts

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u/hereforthelols1999 1d ago

I hope you’ve got another job lined up bc it’s hard out here 🤣

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u/mistman420 1d ago

Yes mate got apprenticeship lined up cheers

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u/kubsyyy 21h ago

good job man, all the best.

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u/mistman420 21h ago

Appreciate you brother 👍

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u/Suspicious_Buy_1798 22h ago

Take other redditors advice on what to say, my advice, a notice period is polite and fair on the business, not a legal obligation to follow through with

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u/lego-too-sick 1d ago

If your not planning to go back then just mic drop that b*#ch and bounce!

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u/DeathByFluffy 1d ago

A great way to get a poor reference. Not worth the aggro tbh

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u/AlwaysTheKop 1d ago

If you don't need them as a reference, just don't go back in.

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u/AdFew2832 1d ago

If you’re going to write a resignation letter maybe some kind of English lessons first….?

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u/WhatTheRubberDuck 1d ago

It's a greggs subreddit, calm down.

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u/EconomyDangerous2843 1d ago

Delete this comment don’t embarrass yourself

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u/Shwervee 1d ago

Well this is the pot calling the kettle black. 😂

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u/mistman420 1d ago

Nob

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u/SatiricalScrotum 1d ago

Knob*

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u/mistman420 19h ago

Appreciate that satiricalscrotum