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resignation letter
Does anyone have any experience with these?
My mom is getting a new job, and her current boss told her she needs to send in a resignation letter. She works part time in a high school cafeteria - really?
My mom absolutely HATES her boss.
She wants to address some of the issues she's had in the letter - but is that where those should be addressed? Personally, I don't think that should be addressed in the letter.. . What do you guys think?
There are many more important job related issues.. but here's an example, just so you guys can see what she has to deal with:
My mom wasn't able to make it to the high school christmas party (for all hs employees). They have drawings, and you do not need to be present to win. The next day, one of the deans came up to my mom and said "Hey, you were a big winner yesterday, what did you get?" She said, "I was?" So she went in to her boss's office and said, "Hey, I heard I won something at the party yesterday?" Her boss, who didn't even make eye contact with her, said "I'll give it to you tomorrow."
The next day, at the end of the day she went back in there, nicely, saying "So what did I win?" Her boss said, "Oh.. you won a few poinsettias that I was using to decorate the lines, just take one." My mom said, "Well, I thought it was a gift card?" Her boss said, "Oh yeah, I donated it to the family we sponsored."
Excuse me? Now, it's not like my mom needed to have the gift - it was just the principal of the way her boss reacted. You know she kept it for herself. For whatever reason, she has it out for my mom. And my mom is one the most loyal, nicest, selfless person I know. I just feel bad that she her boss makes her feel like crap at work.
But - she found a full time supervisor position for a company that she was also working part time for, which she is super excited about!
Okay, sorry for the novel.
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Re: resignation letter
If she writes the letter and gives it to her boss (the jerk), will he be the only one to see it, or is there a more formal group it goes through?
I guess what I'm saying here is, I have a lot of questions, too.
If they do exit interviews, that would be the time to air any grievances. If she isn't asked to do one, she can inquire about it. Or she can write a letter and give it to her boss' boss.
Even if she gets an exit interview I would still submit a formal (written) complaint to her boss' boss.
TTC since June 2012
Thanks ladies! Yeah, I agree that it should be simple and to the point - just for them to have something on file.
I did talk to her this morning, and told her she probably shouldn't bring up anything regarding her boss. It's too late now - she's leaving. Maybe if she was unhappy and staying there she could do something about it, but no sense in stirring up drama now.
As far as I know, there is no exit interview. And because of this snow storm, most of her two week notice is consisting of snow days!
TTC since March 2012
BFP 3/14/13!!!
U/S 4/15: Identical twins!
Lost my angel boys at 10.5 weeks
My Chart***My TTC blog
TTC since June 2012