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Share your story when you gave your resignation notice
I will be giving my notice next week and interested to hear how yours went down. I'm so nervous! I love my boss so I hate having to give her the news
Re: Share your story when you gave your resignation notice
I absolutely adored my supervisor so I thought it would be hard. I had my typed letter with me when I went to meet with her.
She was complaining about what a bad day she was having and I told her that she might want to sit down because I was about to make her day a little worse. I told her that I was leaving and she completely understood. She knew that I had been unhappy and was fully aware that there was no where for me to go in our office.
We ended up taking a walk down memory lane and laughing for about an hour.
Mine have always been uneventful.
Two jobs ago, boss knew it was coming and said "that sucks, but good for you". Next job, they tried to get me to stay and were very nice and sincere, which made me feel terrible. But I really just wasn't a good fit for them, nor they for me!
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I loved my supervisor. I scheduled a meeting with her and had my letter ready to go. I started crying when I told her (darn, tight knit group), but she was understanding. She asked why and I told her I had been accepted into nursing school, which she knew was a goal of mine.
We still talk, I return x2 a year to do the company CPR and First Aid classes.
My regrets, I wish I had given a 3 week notice instead of 2. I enjoyed and respected my sup. so much, that I thought I skipped out quickly. I resigned around the holidays so the extra days off made it difficult to schedule interviews, etc. Plus, I wanted to make sure all my loose ends were finished and could have used that extra week.
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In the past, I worked for a small, private company. When people left, it was ugly! I had a number of coworkers leave, so I was prepared when it was my turn. When I was ready to give notice, I had already removed/coped everything I needed from my email, laptop, and phone. Also, I filed my expesnse report on time and did not charge anything in the new cycle, and did not schedule any appoinments for the weeks following my resignation.
I scheduled my time, gave my resignation via conference call (per company protocol), and my phone, laptop, etc was disconnected within 15mins of ending the call. All company equipment was overnighted same day (again per company), and I was cut one check for final pay, vacation, two week notice, and expenses within 24hrs of receiving my items.
It was odd/cold but expected from that crazy environment. Also, it company policy that we could not use the name of a former coworker in conversation with the VP. For example, we could not say: "From Jane's notes's, she was due to follow-up with...." Instead, we had to say" "From the former west coast manager's notes, etc...
I sat down with my HR rep with my letter of resignation. I told her I found a great position that would allow me to use my degree.She was understanding.
It got ugly when I told my GM. She told me not to bother ever stepping foot in the store again if I wasn't going to stay employed with them part time. She was incredibly rude and hostile. I went to work the next day and it was so awkward. I never returned to work.
I got a phone call a few weeks ago saying I had some money to pick up, but I don't have the patience to drive 30 miles and deal with their hostility.
That's about what I expected, because my boss was a prick.
My situation sounds a bit different than yours. Once I had a manager lean over and bang her head on the desk when I gave notice. Then, I was grilled on why I was leaving and which of my co-workers I'd already told.
I am worried about this... I interviewed for a job I really want yesterday and am already panicking about giving notice if I get the offer. Most of the people who have left since I started here were fired, one moved out of state and gave like 2 months of notice.
I am sure I will be able to give 3 weeks maximum and I know it's not going to be enough for my current firm to do a smooth transition, but I also am not comfortable saying, "BTW, I *might* be leaving if I get an offer."
I am prepared for my current employer to be mad and also to try to convince me to stay - I made a mental list of what staying would require and I don't think they can give it to me (includes about a $10K raise and a more flexible schedule).
Mine was sort of odd to be honest. My supervisor wasn't mean about it but he was sort of rude and it was rather awkward. I had only worked there for 6 months and within 3 months of starting work, they cut our pay due to financial issues (I worked at a nonprofit clinic and they were terrible at managing their finances). Then on top of the pay cuts, they also changed our benefits so they were terrible and my husband lost his job shortly thereafter.
I ended up waiting until the end of the day right before Thanksgiving to give my notice because I'm a coward. When I handed him my resignation letter and told him that I would be leaving, my director asked me if I would stay if they offered me more money. I then explained the situation with my husband's job and his response was something along the lines of "Well, I don't see why your husband's job matters. Don't you make more than he does?"
Needless to say, my last two weeks there were sort of uncomfortable.