Giving notice to an employer
Discussion
I've been offered a very attractive position elsewhere so will be handing in my notice as soon as the written confirmation of the offer arrives (tomorrow, I hope)
Before I do so, is this suitable?
Dear XXXX
Please take this letter as the start of my four weeks notice period as set out in the terms and conditions of employment - my last day of employment at XXX XXXX Ltd. will be Friday 18th May.
By my calculations I have two and a half days holiday entitlement remaining and plan to take this at the end of the four week period, therefore my last day in the office shall be Wednesday 16th May and I shall leave at lunch time on that day.
Yours sincerely
Goochie.
Before I do so, is this suitable?
Dear XXXX
Please take this letter as the start of my four weeks notice period as set out in the terms and conditions of employment - my last day of employment at XXX XXXX Ltd. will be Friday 18th May.
By my calculations I have two and a half days holiday entitlement remaining and plan to take this at the end of the four week period, therefore my last day in the office shall be Wednesday 16th May and I shall leave at lunch time on that day.
Yours sincerely
Goochie.
This one would be better:
Dear XXX
After an appropriate period of deliberation, I have come to the decision to tender my resignation from effective April 16th, 2007.
Please know that I still maintain a high level of respect for you as a manager and colleague, and I thank you sincerely for the support and assistance you have offered me in each of those roles. I have been proud to work for you over the past eight years; it has been a journey that has provided me an unparalleled foundation to move forward to new and exciting opportunities.
As such, I have decided to become a professional pirate. It has always been a dream of mine to live the life of a swashbuckling corsair, beholden to none and master of all I survey. Once my crew of unabashed rogues is assembled, we shall take to the capacious expanse of the high seas to pursue fortune, fame, and hair-raising adventure.
Our path may not be filled with the porcine comforts and technological marvels that provides, but we shall nonetheless move forward to carve a name for ourselves in the annals of bold insurgency and death-defying derring-do. Once I have a keen blade at my hip and the Jolly Roger is flapping high above me, I believe I will find my true calling.
Please note that I am currently accepting applications for First Officer, if you are at all interested in applying. I will provide a full medical and dental plan, which will offer immediate coverage of all maladies other than scurvy and the occasional bout of rickets.
Sincerely,
Goochie
Dear XXX
After an appropriate period of deliberation, I have come to the decision to tender my resignation from effective April 16th, 2007.
Please know that I still maintain a high level of respect for you as a manager and colleague, and I thank you sincerely for the support and assistance you have offered me in each of those roles. I have been proud to work for you over the past eight years; it has been a journey that has provided me an unparalleled foundation to move forward to new and exciting opportunities.
As such, I have decided to become a professional pirate. It has always been a dream of mine to live the life of a swashbuckling corsair, beholden to none and master of all I survey. Once my crew of unabashed rogues is assembled, we shall take to the capacious expanse of the high seas to pursue fortune, fame, and hair-raising adventure.
Our path may not be filled with the porcine comforts and technological marvels that provides, but we shall nonetheless move forward to carve a name for ourselves in the annals of bold insurgency and death-defying derring-do. Once I have a keen blade at my hip and the Jolly Roger is flapping high above me, I believe I will find my true calling.
Please note that I am currently accepting applications for First Officer, if you are at all interested in applying. I will provide a full medical and dental plan, which will offer immediate coverage of all maladies other than scurvy and the occasional bout of rickets.
Sincerely,
Goochie
@ big teeNice letter. Neat and to the point. This was one that I had intended to hand in but never quiet had the balls to...
The time I have spent with NNNN in it’s various and tediously unending guises has been instructive if not fruitful. I have learnt a great deal about many aspects of the POS market which I hope will be of use to me in the future. I would like to point out that POS also has another meaning within the IT market which I feel sums up not only my dreary and laborious role but the company in general.
I am tired of the constant and unending promises of milk and honey. In all the years that I have spent here the milk has been sour and the honey more than slightly rotten. Promises by my various line managers have failed to materialise and I have come to realise that the reason why I have seen so many managers come and go is because the ones hired by NNNN lack in several key areas. I realise that I am superior to you and that your mouth is hanging open, aghast, at my comments but I really feel that you are a subnormal, illiterate jerk off.
Please bear in mind that you change your mind faster and more frequently than Michael Schumacher changes gears on his F1 car. I am sick of hopping from one foot to the other to cater to your unending whims and irrational thinking.
You claim to be trained. In so far as a monkey can be trained this is true. In the real world your ability to use the training which others have provided for you is minimal. This is a shame as no doubt there were other, more suitable people who could have benefited from the training that you received.
Please may I also take this opportunity to remind you in the clearest and simplest terms that by law you are not allowed to provide a bad reference. You may refuse to give one but you may not provide a poor reference. Rest assured that I will be asking friends and family to check whether you are behaving.
Anyway… Piss off. I’m outta here.
Ralf.
The time I have spent with NNNN in it’s various and tediously unending guises has been instructive if not fruitful. I have learnt a great deal about many aspects of the POS market which I hope will be of use to me in the future. I would like to point out that POS also has another meaning within the IT market which I feel sums up not only my dreary and laborious role but the company in general.
I am tired of the constant and unending promises of milk and honey. In all the years that I have spent here the milk has been sour and the honey more than slightly rotten. Promises by my various line managers have failed to materialise and I have come to realise that the reason why I have seen so many managers come and go is because the ones hired by NNNN lack in several key areas. I realise that I am superior to you and that your mouth is hanging open, aghast, at my comments but I really feel that you are a subnormal, illiterate jerk off.
Please bear in mind that you change your mind faster and more frequently than Michael Schumacher changes gears on his F1 car. I am sick of hopping from one foot to the other to cater to your unending whims and irrational thinking.
You claim to be trained. In so far as a monkey can be trained this is true. In the real world your ability to use the training which others have provided for you is minimal. This is a shame as no doubt there were other, more suitable people who could have benefited from the training that you received.
Please may I also take this opportunity to remind you in the clearest and simplest terms that by law you are not allowed to provide a bad reference. You may refuse to give one but you may not provide a poor reference. Rest assured that I will be asking friends and family to check whether you are behaving.
Anyway… Piss off. I’m outta here.
Ralf.
what about the rest?A simple copy and paste now gives;
Dear XXXX
After an appropriate period of deliberation, I have come to the decision to tender my resignation.
Please take this letter as the start of my four weeks notice period as set out in the terms and conditions of employment - my last day of employment at XXX XXXX Ltd. will be Friday 18th May.
By my calculations I have two and a half days holiday entitlement remaining and plan to take this at the end of the four week period, therefore my last day in the office will be Wednesday 16th May and I will leave at lunch time on that day.
Yours sincerely
Goochie.
Still undecided on a grovelling brown nosed line to finish it off with
Dear XXXX
After an appropriate period of deliberation, I have come to the decision to tender my resignation.
Please take this letter as the start of my four weeks notice period as set out in the terms and conditions of employment - my last day of employment at XXX XXXX Ltd. will be Friday 18th May.
By my calculations I have two and a half days holiday entitlement remaining and plan to take this at the end of the four week period, therefore my last day in the office will be Wednesday 16th May and I will leave at lunch time on that day.
Yours sincerely
Goochie.
Still undecided on a grovelling brown nosed line to finish it off with
It's always a good thing to end on a positive note with employers - it will often sit on your personnel file and will be viewed when references are written.
Try:
"I would close in saying that I have enjoyed being part of the team at XX and my sincere thanks for your support during this time..."
something like that is pretty reasonable I would have thought.
I still have my first ever resignation letter from 2000. Here it is, hope you like it.
Dear XXXXX,
I have sought over the last few weeks to resolve the interesting dilemma that arose during my last appraisal as to why I was passed over for promotion for the second time in two years.
This dilemma was posed as during my appraisal it was noted that I had scored 'excellent' in all nine of my objectives and combined with a peer review scorecard I was rated at a skill level higher than that needed for promotion. We both noticed that these scores were even higher than last year when I requested consideration for promotion for the first time.
The crux of the dilemma was that I was not fully satisfied with the explanation as to why sponsorship for my promotion was not forthcoming, in your own words, "there are no vacancies available for that role". I felt this was an interesting juxtaposition with company policy that states to nurture, reward and retain the brightest and the best employees.
A juxtaposition aggravated by the company refusing not only recognise my performance with a promotion, to nurture my career, but also refusing to reflect this in my remuneration to reward and retain me.
I am happy to report that I have solved this dilemma, securing not only a promotion but also a level of remuneration that is commensurate with my new role.
I resign with immediate effect.
Please inform Human Resources immediately, I will serve my full notice as per my contractual obligations dated today, xx, xxxx, xxxx unless I am informed to the contrary.
Yours sincerely,
215cu.
I knew all letters of resignation had to go the Account Manager so this was my parting shot to him, no doubt, that would be brought up in his appraisal.
Dear XXXXX,
I have sought over the last few weeks to resolve the interesting dilemma that arose during my last appraisal as to why I was passed over for promotion for the second time in two years.
This dilemma was posed as during my appraisal it was noted that I had scored 'excellent' in all nine of my objectives and combined with a peer review scorecard I was rated at a skill level higher than that needed for promotion. We both noticed that these scores were even higher than last year when I requested consideration for promotion for the first time.
The crux of the dilemma was that I was not fully satisfied with the explanation as to why sponsorship for my promotion was not forthcoming, in your own words, "there are no vacancies available for that role". I felt this was an interesting juxtaposition with company policy that states to nurture, reward and retain the brightest and the best employees.
A juxtaposition aggravated by the company refusing not only recognise my performance with a promotion, to nurture my career, but also refusing to reflect this in my remuneration to reward and retain me.
I am happy to report that I have solved this dilemma, securing not only a promotion but also a level of remuneration that is commensurate with my new role.
I resign with immediate effect.
Please inform Human Resources immediately, I will serve my full notice as per my contractual obligations dated today, xx, xxxx, xxxx unless I am informed to the contrary.
Yours sincerely,
215cu.
I knew all letters of resignation had to go the Account Manager so this was my parting shot to him, no doubt, that would be brought up in his appraisal.
goochie said:
Still undecided on a grovelling brown nosed line to finish it off with
I suggest you close on a positive note even if you hate, loath and despise them. If anyone in the company ever has any reason to deal with you in future, this note will be the last thing they read in your file and will have more influence than anything else they see. I think it's sensible to assume that somebody who sees this will be in a position to do you good / harm in the future, because it's a very small world.
nda said:
It's always a good thing to end on a positive note with employers - it will often sit on your personnel file and will be viewed when references are written.
Try:
"I would close in saying that I have enjoyed being part of the team at XX and my sincere thanks for your support during this time..."
something like that is pretty reasonable I would have thought.
"I wcould close in saying that I have enjoyed being part of the team at XX and my sincere thanks for your support during this time, but i'm not inclined to lie through my teeth like the management here. "
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