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[quote=Anonymous]I do not agree with above posters. I think you are getting some bad advice. HR exists to side with your boss, so only involve them if you want your boss to know how you feel.

First, do you need your boss for future references? If no, I say draw some lines. You could say things like "you've given me the following 12 things to accomplish before I leave. As you know, I am only here 5 more days and cannot work longer than 8 hours each of those days. I'd like to make sure I'm prioritizing correctly. What order of importance do you give these 12 items?"

Second, is there an advantage to sucking it up beyond "getting" the reference? E.g. are there other cohorts who will be glad you covered Y before you left? Etc. If so, then I'd do it, but I'd emphasize repeatedly to the important people the effort you are putting in. Such as sending an email to the cohorts and your boss stating "I recognize it's important to project Y that I assist you with.... I'm happy to help you with this account and have done the following things." Don't let your sucky boss take credit or complain about you behind your back. Cover yourself by documenting your efforts. In one job, I left a memo where all my correspondence, memorandum on project schedules and budgets, etc were (files and file names, etc.) AND I send copies of the memo to all the people who had a stake in the projects. That way my boss couldn't make snark after I left.

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