So how should I resign?
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You have thought for some time now they were going to fire you, but it hasn't happened yet. Just make sure you have your documentation in a row. You work for what I think is a pretty small company and your work is their product. They can ill afford to lose producers.
In any event, if you leave on bad terms that can follow you around for a very long time. Don't do an immediate resignation.
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@89th said in So how should I resign?:
@Mik said in So how should I resign?:
There is never any profit in burning bridges, and certainly no satisfaction.
Let me introduce you to my friend, Aqua.
You are thinking of revenge against miscellaneous assholes. Very different than your professional life.
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@Mik said in So how should I resign?:
You work for what I think is a pretty small company and your work is their product. They can ill afford to lose producers.
The organization has such little understanding of what it is that I actually do that they don't even see it that way. They place absolutely no value in it. That's how they talk about it amongst themselves. And the person who's most guilty of this runs the organization.
In any event, if you leave on bad terms that can follow you around for a very long time.
Mik, even if I left on the best of terms, it's going to be on bad terms. They fired my co-worker, made him sign a piece of paper to make him say it was his own volition, and then started telling the staff that he was doing lewd shit and that's really why he was removed. They're crazy, crazy fucks.
Yes I think they're going to fire me, the department head continues to build a case against me. She did it again this week. She has the backing of HR due to their conflict of interest, and the president's supporting her because he doesn't want to get involved. If I stay, I'm looking at getting fired for gross incompetence. They're actually going to try to go for that. So then what, I stick it out, get fired, go to goddamn court, and go broke defending my professional reputation?
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Just quit. Write a very short letter, saying effective immediately, you have left.
That's all you need to do. They'll be pissed off anyway, but there's nothing to gain from making them any more pissed.
I've had somebody do it to me. One day he just didn't show up and handed his laptop in at corporate HQ. It really doesn't matter.
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Yeah. I think I can convince myself to not do anything worse. I just need to take a few days.
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It deeply saddens me to write this, but I must leave my position immediately at Wonky, Inc. I have recently been feeling very fatigued and am afraid I have been exposed to the novel corona virus. I can no longer fulfill my duties as assigned and feel like I need time for physical recuperation and mental health renewal.
Thank you for the opportunity of working at a place which has taught me so much.
Sincerely, Aqua-letifer.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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@Jolly said in So how should I resign?:
It deeply saddens me to write this, but I must leave my position immediately at Wonky, Inc. I have recently been feeling very fatigued and am afraid I have been exposed to the novel corona virus. I can no longer fulfill my duties as assigned and feel like I need time for physical recuperation and mental health renewal.
Thank you for the opportunity of working at a place which has taught me so much.
Sincerely, Aqua-letifer.
Well they'd definitely leave me alone! Not a bad idea actually. (And Mik would be happy because, y'know, it doesn't involve a match and petrol.
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- It doesn't actually say you have been exposed.
- It will keep them from calling you in for a face-to-face. Anybody can look like hell on the webcam.
- It gives you an out to quit immediately.
- It may singe the timbers a bit, but it burns no bridges.
- It is true they taught you something.
Always remember, Operation Valkyrie was an act of sedition.
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Jolly's suggestion is the best.
You give no reasons for leaving other than the pandemic. You burn no bridges. I imagine that your world is a lot like mine was - people know people who know people. It can come back to bite you.
Stay polite, stay professional, stay calm. This costs you nothing and will avoid any future recriminations, and makes you the better (ahem) man. You'll have a week or two of "Goddammit! I shoulda told those motherfuckers OFF!" But that kind of satisfaction is limited and short-term. Play the long game, and you'll win.
ETA: Ends on a positive note. No one can say you were an asshole because of the way you quit, even though we know you are.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in So how should I resign?:
But that kind of satisfaction is limited and short-term. Play the long game, and you'll win.
It really isn't, though. It's not short-term. Not for me.
The fact that I have yet to meet, well, anyone, more successful than me who feels the same way I do about that definitely leads me to conclude that I'm not wired properly in this regard. I've just got to be wrong about it. Which, okay. But no, it's absolutely not a short-term thing for me. It matters a lot and I can't convince myself otherwise.
Other people make inappropriate tits-and-ass references at Thanksgiving dinner. My concept of "the right thing to do" doesn't always track properly. We've all got shortcomings.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in So how should I resign?:
@Jolly said in So how should I resign?:
It deeply saddens me to write this, but I must leave my position immediately at Wonky, Inc. I have recently been feeling very fatigued and am afraid I have been exposed to the novel corona virus. I can no longer fulfill my duties as assigned and feel like I need time for physical recuperation and mental health renewal.
Thank you for the opportunity of working at a place which has taught me so much.
Sincerely, Aqua-letifer.
Well they'd definitely leave me alone! Not a bad idea actually. (And Mik would be happy because, y'know, it doesn't involve a match and petrol.
)You could always end each sentence with “, bitches.”
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@George-K said in So how should I resign?:
Stay polite, stay professional, stay calm.
Keep #1, meaning your lovely self, in the forefront -- meaning all other issues (like what you think you can cope with and what you can't; that's your thing and has nothing to do with getting out of that place alive) need to stay in the parking lot.I worry that if that woman is crazy, it's difficult if not impossible to head her off at the pass, so to speak. No matter what you do, no matter how much thought you put into how to resign in the best fashion, you've no way to know how she'll react.
That's why I like George's advice. Polite, professional, COOL, and as dispassionate as you can manage. And brief.Don't overthink it.
Because, when all is said and done, what else can you do???
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@Catseye3 said in So how should I resign?:
Keep #1, meaning your lovely self, in the forefront
Indeed. Make it about yourself, not about your fucked-up job.
If you say, "You're a bunch of assholes! I QUIT!" it sounds a lot worse than, "For personal reasons, blah, blah..."
As I said, think of long-term repercussions. I live in a big city, but the anesthesia community is pretty tight. If you get branded as an asshole, you're going to have trouble in the future. Trust me on that one.
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I hope Jolly doesn't mind the changes.
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@jon-nyc said in So how should I resign?:
@Aqua-Letifer said in So how should I resign?:
@Jolly said in So how should I resign?:
It deeply saddens me to write this, but I must leave my position immediately at Wonky, Inc. I have recently been feeling very fatigued and am afraid I have been exposed to the novel corona virus. I can no longer fulfill my duties as assigned and feel like I need time for physical recuperation and mental health renewal.
Thank you for the opportunity of working at a place which has taught me so much.
Sincerely, Aqua-letifer.
Well they'd definitely leave me alone! Not a bad idea actually. (And Mik would be happy because, y'know, it doesn't involve a match and petrol.
)You could always end each sentence with “, bitches.”
See above. Too obvious?
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in So how should I resign?:
"A place which has taught me so much...."
That made me spit (cheap) Scotch all over my keyboard. It's certainly accurate, isn't it, LOL?
See the other note in there? If you didn't the first time then I think it's a pretty good indication that I can roll with it.
(And I know, right? A more Southern insult I've never seen.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in So how should I resign?:
@Jolly said in So how should I resign?:
It deeply saddens me to write this, but I must leave my position immediately at Wonky, Inc. I have recently been feeling very fatigued and am afraid I have been exposed to the novel corona virus. I can no longer fulfill my duties as assigned and feel like I need time for physical recuperation and mental health renewal.
Thank you for the opportunity of working at a place which has taught me so much.
Sincerely, Aqua-letifer.
Well they'd definitely leave me alone! Not a bad idea actually. (And Mik would be happy because, y'know, it doesn't involve a match and petrol.
)I might be more interested if you were thinking incendiary.
"My pronouns are FA/FO." - Mik, 2024
