JamesH

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The time has come, what should you say in a resignation letter?

Phil

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http://www.i-resign.com/uk/home/default.asp

JamesH

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I went on that site last night and it wasn't working properly, managed to get the letters up now tho!

Cheers

saph4be

i quit

Charlie Chalk

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"fuck you!!!"

JamesH

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Don't fucking tempt me!

Charlie Chalk

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Whats the reason.. LOL had enough?

roro22

I did one last week, great feeling

JamesH

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Joined as an apprentice on shite money, and they only put my money up £3k and I'm expected to do the same job as everyone else...not being big headed but I do it better than a LOT of the other Engineers and get £8k less!

They're just taking the piss really

JamesH

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Oh yes, I cannot wait mate, not for the people I work with, but the company and the people who run it

My workmate(s) will be fooked without having the extra engineer too

Charlie Chalk

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There enough, good luck

roro22

Sounds like they were taking the piss, 8k is a lot of money.
good luck mate

mikee_rs

if your that good they should offer you more money. no-one wants to lose a good worker

Gatecrasher

Why not say put my money up 8K or im gonna quit

andycos

Bye

bigchez

I have just left my last job and went out last night with people from work. Was good, got few good peeps out, and my my boss and the overall sales manager.

I would advise that no matter how pissed off you may be, don't burn your bridges. You may need a reference - or even to go back - at some stage in the future.

Simply state you are resigning, when you want your last day to be and perhaps a reason - career progression, better work/life balance, location, etc.

Remain calm and professional and work out your notice. You never know, you may get a counter offer, which will tempt you to stay!

St3V3_C

What he said

R5FORD

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same as above mate..

foreverwhite

so true. i have never burned my bridges. even if the employer was a complete penis...as you never know what will happen in the future.

st3v3

I got sent this one a few years back and altered it to suit me


"Dear Mr Preston,

As an employee of an institution of higher engineers, I have
a few very basic expectations. Chief among these is that my direct
superiors have an intellect that ranges above the common ground squirrel.
After your consistent and annoying harassment of my co-workers and
myself during the commission of our duties, I can only surmise that you are one of the few true genetic wastes of our time. Asking me, a time served Aero space thread thread grinder of 20 years plus, to explain every little nuance of everything I do each time you happen to
stroll on to my section is not only a waste of time, but also a waste of precious oxygen.
I was made up because I know how to thread grind to an aerospace standard,
and you were apparently hired to provide amusement to myself and other
employees, who watch you vainly attempt to understand the concept of "crush and grind" for the hundredth time. You will never understand thread grinding.
Something as incredibly simple as mud still gives you too many options.
You will also never understand why people hate you, but I am
going to try and explain it to you, even though I am sure this will be
just as effective as telling you what taps and die's are.
Your shiny new ball point pen has more personality than you ever will. You walk around the building all day,
shiftlessly looking for fault in others.
You have a sharp dressed useless look about you that may have worked for your interview, but now that you actually have
responsibility, you pawn it off on overworked staff, hoping their talent
will cover for your glaring ineptitude.

In a world of managerial evolution, you are the blue-green
algae that everyone else eats and laughs at. Managers like you are a sad
proof of the Dilbert principle. Seeing as this situation is unlikely to
change without you getting a full frontal lobotomy reversal, I am forced to
tender my resignation"

that should do it

JamesH

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Thats class that letter mate!

They've just merged with another company so trying to save money, I will NOT be going bck, thats for sure, even if they offered me the £8k when they see my notice, I wouldn't take it

BM08

"I quit" wrote on the back of a fag packet

Thrush

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I also agree don't burn your bridges, as you might need them in the future. I'm glad (in a way) I didn't burn mine, cos when the company I went to work for went under, it was possible for me to slip back into the job I left seamlessly

I just told the truth and tried to make it slightly humerous in my resignation letter... Something along the lines of;

Dear (whoever)

Please recognise this as my letter of intended resignation, as I will be leaving the company on (whatever date).

I would like to take the opportunity to thank (whoever) for their time invested in me as an employee, and for making my time here an enjoyable one. Obviously not completely enjoyable, as otherwise I wouldn't be leaving, but hey ho.

Yours sincerely
(you name)

JamesH

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Thrush, PMSL @ the last bit

Thrush

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Should have seen the one I gave to the company I left Autoglass (which the above letter was for) to go work for. When I realised they were going under, I ducked otu quick so as not to be "laid off" (which was a mistake as I might have got the money they owe'd me if I had stayed till they were actually liquidated). For them they simply got this;

"Dear (boss name)

This is my letter of resignation.

I shall not be working a notice period, and will discontinue my employment here at the end of this week.

This is because you are a fuckwit

Yours sincerely
Matt"

BTW, that letter was handed in on a Wednesday no wonder I didn't get paid out

JamesH

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What did you say about burning bridges?

Thrush

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The company was going to be liquidated - so if I didn't burn em, they would have been drowned anyway

They were going under, so I knew there wasn't gonna be a company there to ever go back to/need at any point so it didn't apply in this particular case

JamesH

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But your boss there could be your boss in a future job

Stavros

if you dont mind burning bridges, do what i always do, just randomly, out the blue, dont turn up any more

fuck writing a letter, they dont deserve it

its mint as that totally fucks em up and they usually have no idea you have quit for ages

ive even done it halfway through the day before didnt say a word

Graceland

Hillarious as it is, someone did that for the Train Operating company I work for - the driver got off mid way through a journey and went home, never returned. The train was stranded for hours

dake205

always the same with apprentices who come out there time and stay with the same company still get treated like the boy even though you do more than the fuckwits getting the extra 8k i stayed a year on a promise of better money handed in my notice they docked my wages and ended up quiting best thing i ever done
as for burning your bridges you served your time there so they know your good or you would have be gone already once the dust settles there will be a job to go back to and you will get more respect

Thrush

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Nah, more likely he will be in jail for fraud and embezelment

BM08

your joking

JamesH

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Some quality replies on here now

Stavros,

I was thinking of doing that, but its more the company and the "top" people who run it that I want to punish so to speak, not my workmates

dake205
I know mate I saw it coming, just dunno what to do though do you

JamesH

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Here's the letter i've written up:

Gatecrasher

Sounds good

JamesH

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Thought I'd get a little couple of digs in the last bit

neilm

Are you actually 'Time Served' now ?


As people have said dont burn any bridges, if you are in a fairly specialist field most companies know each other and most Directors know each other through various social / professional events, so although you may not give the person as a reference if its on your CV where you've worked they may just make a quick phone call and all of a sudden you will find it very hard to get work.


The real problem is once you have made the decision to go its very hard to come back from that point and even if they offer you more money to stay that is all very short lived and all the things that were pissing you off before will very soon piss you off again.

neilm

Have you actually got another job to go to ?

when do you start there ?

Why not work until the end of November, so you get a full months money, then have the 10 days as cash rather than time off.

If you are starting a new job on December the 1st then a nice little Xmas bonus

JamesH

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neilm

Neil, yep all finished with my apprenticeship! That's what is taking the piss, I'm doing the same days work as all the other engineers - even going to machines others can't fix

They can offer me all the money in the world I wouldn't stay, I start my new job on 3rd December, I would go down the "pay me for my holiday I've not taken" but I've only had 1 week off so far this year, need a break and with 2 weeks off between jobs I shall be refreshed for the new one

I'm sorted for Christmas already