r/resignation

I recently received an offer from a product-based company and submitted my resignation on April 20, 2026 at my current service-based company. My notice period is 90 days.

I have no active client project and no dependencies from my end. When I requested an early release, my manager flat-out refused — "90 days, no matter what." I was okay with that.

But here's where it gets frustrating.

For the past 2 weeks, I — a software engineer — have been assigned nothing but PPT work. Completely unrelated to my role. On top of that, my manager connects with me 6–7 times a day, asks me to share my screen, and dictates new slides every hour. Meanwhile, my colleague on the same team has zero work and is just waiting for a client.

My new employer even offered a full buyout of my notice period. My manager rejected that too.

I escalated to HR yesterday, CCing my manager and his manager, citing no active dependencies and requesting a 30–45 day reduction. HR shut it down — told me to follow policy, and also warned that any leaves would extend the notice period.

This week, he's now asking me to build cloud infrastructure in 2 days using Terraform and AI tools. When I try to slow down, he literally asks me to open ChatGPT, dictates the prompt, and watches me implement it over screen share. There's no room to breathe. He literally watches all the work I have been doing by asking to share my screen whenever he connects.

The worst part? I made the mistake of telling him about my hike and the company name when he asked. He's been perfectly calm and professional on the surface, but the workload spike and micro-management started right after.

I have no problem serving the full notice period, but this feels deliberate. Has anyone dealt with something like this? What are my options here?

So, i wonder..

I have to apply another job, when I still in my current job. But my new job is asking me to join them ASAP. Then when I tell my manager, she asked me to do one month notice. OFC I can't do it, I have plans that I going to leave on next week. Even It hasn't in months yet.

fyi, I didn't have the contract. it ended 3 month after i started working.

so what you guys think, did everyone had same condition with me?

sorry for the bad grammar 🙏🏻

Recently I was offered a position at a new company with my start date happening 3.5 weeks from today.

In my current role I’ve been on the team for 10-11 months, but with the company overall for 5+ years. The VP on my current team pulled a lot of strings to get me onboard and a huge fan of my work. My manager will be going on paternity leave beginning of June and my other coworker will be on PTO for a while due to moving across the country. Essentially, no one will be available on my direct team in the coming months.

How to handle putting my two weeks in with the difficult circumstances surrounding me? I also initiated a project that is almost ready for pilot that I have sole responsibility of since no one else knows how to create PBI dashboards or create queries. I intend to submit my 2 weeks this Tuesday in person at the EOD with both my manager and VP.

i really really wanted to resign now because my workmates have been toxic. they find faults in everything i do and they publicly shame me. i dont wanna resign yet because i dont have any back up work and im still supporting my brother thru college. im so tired of having a boss who enables everything but i cant resign because i dont have a back up. anyone who has healthy work environment there? im a VA.