[SOLVED] Letter of Resignation

Evil_Reaver

Here's the deal: I'm giving my two weeks notice to my boss today. I'm not on good terms with my boss or her boss, so I want to keep my letter as brief as possible. This is an adult job in an office, so even though I despise my job and co-workers, I'm doing this right by giving them time to transition.

[Boss's name]
[Title]
[Company]
[Address]

July 19, 2010

Dear [boss],

Please accept this letter as formal notification that my last day with [company] will be Friday, July 30, 2010.

Thank you for the opportunities you have provided me during my time with [company]. Please let me know if I can be of assistance during this transition.

Sincerely,

[Signature]

[Typed name]

Six

That's fine

badpoet

Yep, looks good.

Evil_Reaver

Cool. I don't quit jobs very often and I was never good at breaking up with girls so this process is still strange to me.

I'm good to go on this, so mods can lock or whatever.

Captain Vash

One thing to consider would be having your boss sign a letter that you're leaving the company of your own volition and with a full 2 week notice, that way if there is any dispute in future interviews you can break out the signed letter.

badpoet

Captain Vash wrote: »

One thing to consider would be having your boss sign a letter that you're leaving the company of your own volition and with a full 2 week notice, that way if there is any dispute in future interviews you can break out the signed letter.

That's not really something you're going to need, and if anything it says more to the prospective employer about the interviewee than the former employer. If someone calls to follow up on a reference, 99.99% of companies will just give "They were employed here from October 2007 to July of 2010." There's too much risk for them otherwise.

Evil_Reaver

Captain Vash wrote: »

One thing to consider would be having your boss sign a letter that you're leaving the company of your own volition and with a full 2 week notice, that way if there is any dispute in future interviews you can break out the signed letter.

I thought about it, but I'm quitting my job to go back to school. I won't have another job for 2 years, so I'm not worried about them trying to fuck me over, especially since I won't use these people for references and I'm not even going to be in the same profession.

I like the idea, though.

LearnedHand

I suspect this is for some crappy job (e.g. retail). In which case, why bother with the formality?

Every shit job I've had, followed a pattern.

1. I got sick of the poor treatment.

2. One day, they crossed the line.

3. I told them, "Fuck this. I'm out of here".

They're usually surprised, but what can they do? Nothing. About half the places asked me to reconsider. One practically begged me and offered shorter hours, et cetera. But hey. They should have thought of that before they turned my internet off.

Don't worry about notice or bad references. I never got a bad reference in either the US or the UK. And as for notice, you can be sure that if they want you out, they won't give notice. I was only fired from one job. Notice period = zero. They treated me the same way I treated these other companies. One day it was just "Fuck you. Get out of here." You owe these companies nothing.

Terrendos

And yet, burning bridges solves nothing.

There's no reason not to be polite. You never know who those people know, and you probably have no idea where you'll be 10 years from now.

If something terrible happens with his going back to school and he needs a job again, even a terrible one, it can't hurt to not have these people hate you.

LearnedHand

Terrendos wrote: »

And yet, burning bridges solves nothing.

There's no reason not to be polite. You never know who those people know, and you probably have no idea where you'll be 10 years from now.

If something terrible happens with his going back to school and he needs a job again, even a terrible one, it can't hurt to not have these people hate you.

You're underestimating the sheer joy of just up and leaving and fucking these companies over. Even if it's just the slight inconvenience of them having to quickly hire a replacement for some easy-to-fill job.

Also, rarely (never really, but I know if I say "never", some "clever" person will give an example to the contrary) do companies hire people who already quit the company once. So there's no need to be polite.

Six

LearnedHand wrote: »

Terrendos wrote: »

And yet, burning bridges solves nothing.

There's no reason not to be polite. You never know who those people know, and you probably have no idea where you'll be 10 years from now.

If something terrible happens with his going back to school and he needs a job again, even a terrible one, it can't hurt to not have these people hate you.

You're underestimating the sheer joy of just up and leaving and fucking these companies over. Even if it's just the slight inconvenience of them having to quickly hire a replacement for some easy-to-fill job.

Also, rarely (never really, but I know if I say "never", some "clever" person will give an example to the contrary) do companies hire people who already quit the company once. So there's no need to be polite.

Burning bridges for no reason is an awful idea. You never know who they may know, and you never know when it might come in handy to have that relationship intact.

A quick letter like the OP wrote is all that's needed.

Captain Vash

LearnedHand is spewing the most horrificly goosey un-advice from his anti-anus I've possibly ever seen.

Do not, I repeat, Do not, get in the habit of flipping your boss the finger and leaving whenever you encounter work place trouble. worst advice ever.

Evil_Reaver

Guys, guys, it's okay. I've got this.

1. It's a shitty job but it's not retail. Like I said, it's an adult job in an office. I work for a university in the IT department. I started as a field tech with the company two years ago but they demoted me to the call center when I started taking a couple of classes last fall.

2. My call center boss has been shitty to me for the year I've worked under her. I have plenty of reasons to quit, but the official reason for my resignation is that I want to go to school full-time and I can't do that with a full-time job.

3. I've walked out on a job once. It was awesome.

4. Even though I want to tell these people to go fuck themselves, I'd rather be civil and not burn any bridges if I don't have to. It's just not worth it at this point.

ceres

It sounds like you're doing everything right, then. The thing about adult jobs at real offices is that while it doesn't always pay to be civil per se, it can definitely hurt you in the long run not to be.