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Originally posted by ah123@Jan 10 2005, 12:42 PM
This are some the pointers I was given when I asked this question to a (trusted) colleague:
* Don't burn bridges - keep it cordial and friendly (wrt resignation letter) and discussions after handing it in
* Don't vent to colleagues afterwards
* With respect to the resignation letter, don't make it sound like the other job is way better and the other company is way better etc. Use terms like "better fit for my skills" or "new opportunity" (you never know what will happen tomorrow - I have had colleagues quit company X and join company Y, only to find out two months later that company X was in the process of buying company Y)
Hope that helps
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while I agree with that this is more fun:
* tell everyone off, nothing like telling the boss to go f#%& himself
* vent to colleagues, yuo play the radio too high, you're annoying, you can't make a decent cup of coffee, you're ugly, you're fat, I hate you all!
* instead of writing a letter of resignation just give everyone the finger, then flip them off.
seriously though, actually talk to the colleagues afterwards, tell them they'll be missed, and that you wish that you could stay, and that the new people in the new job are only half as good as them because then the new job would be a complete joy to work at.
as werid as it might sound, leaving is the best time to suck up.
I just lost my job (numbers game) and I was justifying my release to my boss, while he was yelling and swearing saying how it wasn't fair, unwarranted, unjustified, etc.
I've got to head into get seperation slips etc, when I do I'm bringing my boss his usual breakfast, bring a cup of coffee with the letter, be classy.
My uncle was put in that position a number of years ago (like 15-20) by taking a job that was closer to home (left the Toronto area to live in New Brunswick) a few yeas a go (like 2 or 3) he applied to a new job with the required number of references (3 I think it was) they called his former employer in TO, and didn't call any others. They basically asked the reference checkers if they'd send him back to Ontario as they want him back.
Be a class not an ass, doesn't make things easier now, but people remember it.