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Burning bridges and taking names
Dr. Frenchenstein
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So i posted a while back about attempting to become a consultant for the company i'm leaving. they didn't take me up on the offer, no biggie. However, i'm currently trying to type up procedures on what i do, because i am a good guy. I'm trying to train folks on what i do, and i have to track them down and force them to learn the shit. I've got 2 days left (including today), and it seems to me like they are going to be screwed when i leave because nobody wants/is willing to learn this stuff.
So my question is, where do my responsibilities stop? Should i just keep writing the procedures, and if someone wants to learn something, let them come to me? I'm willing to answer questions after i'm gone as well, but i don't think i should be expected to walk anybody through anything once i'm no longer an employee.
Also, my boss left yesterday for the holiday, wont be back until after i am gone, and didn't even say bye/good luck/anything, i'm guessing he is butthurt by my leaving (I gave almost a month's notice, so i didn't bail or anything) but his behavior doesn't exactly make me want to go out of my way.
So my question is, where do my responsibilities stop? Should i just keep writing the procedures, and if someone wants to learn something, let them come to me? I'm willing to answer questions after i'm gone as well, but i don't think i should be expected to walk anybody through anything once i'm no longer an employee.
Also, my boss left yesterday for the holiday, wont be back until after i am gone, and didn't even say bye/good luck/anything, i'm guessing he is butthurt by my leaving (I gave almost a month's notice, so i didn't bail or anything) but his behavior doesn't exactly make me want to go out of my way.
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Once you leave, stop working for them.
The way I see it is that my responsibilities are officially over after the 2 week deadline. Because I like the next guy up the rung (I'm in management myself), I'm willing to come in and train after the 2 week deadline if I'm compensated for it, and if I'm actually training my replacement. I'm not going to come in to cover for the company not hiring to fill my position.
"There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother."
It's a nice thing to do to write up the procedures, but if people can't be arsed to actually be trained by you, it's their problem once you're gone, not yours.
I'm amazed that people are not more concerned about covering the stuff i do. I've made it WAY easier than it used to be, but these people gave me a blank look when i told them they needed to refresh their browser to get to the files we just uploaded to sharepoint from a Virtual Machine. "how do i do that" was the response. Facepalm was mine.
I'd stop caring as soon as your last shift ends.
Oh yeah, don't stay late either.
Feel free to come up with a snarky response if they ask why you're not spending your last day + time to train someone when you leave when your shift ends. I'm fairly certain it'll happen when they scramble and find out the person you're training doesn't give a shit and they force him to shadow you.
If they can't get anyone else to actually give a fuck and try and learn from you, that is their failing, and you are not responsible.
Do your best to do what you can move on.
Cool, i was worried that i should be making more of an effort to teach people what to do. But i agree, they have to deal with it going forward, so they need to take the initiative.
Thanks everybody!
^ this. They'll cobble together a new process when you're gone. It may not be optimal, but they are no longer paying you to give a shit.
#FreeScheck
#FreeSKFM
If your employer has been good to you, you have a personal and professional obligation to do your best by them.
No matter how your employer has been to you, it sounds like you've been both professional and considerate.
As such, when you're done with your last day, you're done working for them. You've met all obligations and been coniderate to boot.
If they call with a question, answer it amicably. If it seems like it'll be a more than six minute conversation or that there will be multiple of them, they owe you compensation for taking your personal time with something you offered to get done on work time. If they want you to come back to do training that's ok, again as long as you're compensated.
None of that is malicious, it's asking that the same professionalism that you've offered to them be shown to you. Or at least some part of it.
Again, good job being professional.
--LeVar Burton
I'm not sure how common this practice is, or if maybe my boss was particularly panicked when I left my job, but it was a nice chunk of money for me while transitioning jobs. Plus, I've heard from my boss that they saved his ass. So, that's an option.
If your boss is a dick and you don't need the extra work, though, don't bother, and shut it out of your mind.
You've created the proper environment for a replacement to take over, it is on your boss to ensure that someone fills those shoes. I leave my current job in February and the day I leave is the day I stop answering phones or working for that organization. I suggest you do the same.
I would suggest, that if they do come back to you requesting more information, whatever consulting fee you negotiate should be more than the original offer that they declined.
Additionally, have very clear terms in regards to payment. I've had consulting "jobs" where I continued to consult without receiving payment for previous work, I even had to refuse to assist them once, until I had a Certified cheque in hand, which luckily worked because they were calling me regarding of a business-halting issue.
I never got the chance to make an $$ offer, but i think i'll be starting with the 6x my hourly rate figure just as a fuck you, if they ever call. (which i honestly doubt) I'm getting more and more convinced i made the right choice leaving this place...