Letter notifying two weeks notice
Letter notifying two weeks notice
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For those of you familiar with my other thread "work after having baby" I have decided to go back to school part time and move back to my home town. (I didn't mention that I am in new city with very few friends and no family with 14 hours of me).
Anyways new issue: I have to write my letter of resignation and wanted to know how into detail or what info needs to be inlcuded. I put my boss in tough position so I didn't want to ask too many questions.
Anyways new issue: I have to write my letter of resignation and wanted to know how into detail or what info needs to be inlcuded. I put my boss in tough position so I didn't want to ask too many questions.





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Recently discussed topic....don't burn bridges, be appreciative, personal reasons, etc. but don't feel obligated to go into uncomforable detail.
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Maybe mention something positive you come away with from the company.
Chris
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Kevin Hammond
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TygerDawg
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Ultimately it is up to you...
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Engineering companies, in most towns, have a lot of in-breeding...anything you put in that letter that is negative or that could even remotely be construed as negative could easily be seen by a future employer, so why chance it?
Plausible deniability is my motto...if you don't write it down, they can't prove you said it. If you really hate your boss that much, or if the conditions of the job were really that bad, then have the courtesy to talk to your boss, or the HR department, and let them know that you just didn't fit into the environment -- you don't even have to tell him he's the problem...heavy turnover rates will let him know eventually something is wrong.
The last place I worked was awful. I loved the work but engineering management was the worst I've ever seen. I let him know that I was leaving because I wanted 40 hour work weeks instead of 50 (routinely, workload wasn't that high...) and that his suggestions to work thru my lunch each day probably weren't legal (unpaid lunch hour mandated by the company).
The job I left has been on multiple websites, along with another position they can't fill, since October (5 months now and no takers!) so I'm fairly certain they can figure out on their own that isn't the most desirable working conditions for prospective employees... it doesn't take me putting it in a resignation letter to make it clear, and if that management ever leaves the company, I'd be happy to return because I truly loved the work, so why burn a bridge?
I recently looked at the website for that company and lo and behold - my old manager is no longer the engineering manager! He's now just the sales manager, and one of my ex-coworkers is now the engineering manager.
And that proves to me that Earl is right, there is such a thing as karma...
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All of my notice letters have been about a brief as Richard Nixons.
I usually state in a sentence that I am resigning, and when my last day is (usually from the employment contract).
I also make 2 copies - depending on the firm - one to my HR guy, and one to my immediate boss.
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ShawnBozarth, I think you're more likely to get yourself in trouble saying too much than too little.
If you feel the need to be more verbose do it verbally, perhaps it's more likely to be forgotten then or at least there wont be any evidence.
Personally I'd still keep it brief. They may not appreciate being told what you think they aren't doing well.
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Dik
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Any extra info can only make things worse, not better.
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"I'm providing notice of my intent to terminate employment at XXX, with my last day being YYYY. Respecfully, yourname". Nothing more is necessary.
You can always say more if/when asked verbally, but even then be cautious not to burn bridges.
BTW, I'm speaking as a manager who would be on the "other end" of your letter.
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Onward and upward - they won't ever change (part of why I chose to leave) for you or for anyone else. You are under no obligation to tell them why and probably shouldn't. You are under no obligation to thank them unless you really want to (I did thank my first employer for all the learning I did at his company my first 5 years out of school). Agreed that the rest is just a waste of ink.
Best of luck to you.