Letter of Resignation

[Guest]

Interesting ...

I checked into my personnel office and found a directive entitled, "Employment Separation" that lays out procedures for voluntary and involuntary separation of service. The bulk of the document covers procedures for retirement, but only notes that a Certificate of Termination by the employee and supervisor need to be forwarded to the personnel office BEFORE the end of the next payment processing period.

It has always been my understanding that a Letter of Resignation is merely a 'nice' jesture to show good will as you are planning on departing. Ultimately, it is just another piece of paper that goes in the personnel file.

JR

 

[Slugger926]

Wow...I had heard about stuff like this (being asked to leave immediately), but I had no idea it was so prevalent. If you can't start earlier, just wait until June 1st to give your "notice".
I don't understand the "cost it takes to keep me here" statement. If it costs more to employ you than you're earning them in work done then something seems wrong with the business.

Yes. It was standard at Worldcom to demand the new hires to start the day after an interview with no exceptions. If they asked to wait a couple of weeks, they would just hire someone else. Also, Worldcom expected their employees to give two week notices, but 99% of the time had security immediately escort anyone turning in a notice out of the door with a guard to keep them from re-entering their cube while security personal looked for anything on the PC's. I think a few had charges filed for **** on their PC's.

On the flip side, they wouldn't give any notice in releasing people in a reorg. I don't blame the people that gave immediate notices on Friday after cleaning up their offices late Thursday to start a job the following Monday. The actions of the company dictated that the people changing companies take care of themselves over a professional 2 week notice.

Keep the notice very short, and don't give it too soon.

 

[Dark Knight]

Good Luck McEngr.

I don't blame you for wanting to leave that place. Now you will have a fresh start. Take advamtage of it.

 

[maryannette]

I've been looking back through this thread because I anticipate submitting my resignation in a few months. I thought about giving the company as much notice as possible so I could help make the transition smooth, but I'm having 2nd thoughts. Because I'll be making a major relocation, it will be difficult to keep that a secret until 2 weeks before, but I think I might need to try. We still have mortgages and tuition bills, etc. And I can't trust the company to look out for me. I'm afraid they would boot me sooner than I'm ready.

 

[TouchDown]

Here's one for Fudgey!!!

About 180 people (can't remember the exact number) got laid off at my plant when they moved some manufacturing overseas. There were still people who worked here that were good friends with the 180 that got booted, and as part of their job - had to box up the equipment to send overseas...

Word is that when a few of the machines were uncrated in South East Asia, that they found where someone had dropped a Deuce in the electrical cabinet of one of the machines. Imagine that sitting in a crate for 2+ weeks.

If anyone would have gotten caught doing that, I'd have said that it would have been a pretty good resignation letter.

Although I don't condone that behavior... You gotta admit, :lmao: