Posted: 3/22/2005 2:21:11 PM EDT
I'm quitting my job, and I want to stress 4 points: 1. My goals and the requirements of the position are irreconcilably different 2. As of Thursday, I will be finished with all of the billable work for my projects by Thursday afternoon (hint, hint) 3. My mind is made up and you ain't talkin' me out of this shit! 4. It's business, it isn't personal. We can still be friends. What do you think? |
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How about this one... Yo dude, I quit! As much as I have liked, and at times disliked, my job here it is time for me to move on. I'll soon be wrapping up my last project so I'll be able to pack my shit up and get it out of your office by the 31 of March. Oh yeah, You ain't talkin' me outa this shit either. Peace, I'm Outta Heeeeeeeeeeeere, motown_steve |
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Boss, I am writing to inform you of my resignation effective March 31, 2005. I have a wrap-up conference call with XXXXX which is scheduled for 1:00 PM Central on Thursday, March 24. It has been my pleasure and privilege to spend the last 4 years with XXXXX. With Regards, motown_steve |
Sounds good to me! 
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Keeping it to the minimum is always good. You never know, maybe down the road, your old boss or another old coworker who has moved up in the ranks gets a call....reviews your file, says "Yes, he was a great employee. We loved him. Why'd he leave? Well, lemme see here...oh yeah, he didn't like to travel much." Kinda screws you if eight years from now you really want a job that involves travel. You can always communicate anything you want verbally when you deliver the letter (by hand). "This has been a really difficult decision to make, but under the circumstances... yadda yadda yadda." But with a very simple letter, anyone reviewing your file in the future will say "Oh, yes, ye was a great employee. We loved him. Why'd he leave? Well...he had been here for four years, and then took an opportunity at xxxxx corp. We were sorry to see him go." Jim |
  Anyway, I understand his point. When you've made up your mind to leave and then they counter-offer, it's a little akward; especially if they really try to make it worth your while. If you know that they won't counter-offer, stick to the simple basics. Otherwise, be prepapred to respond to a counter-offer. Good luck. |
See edits. Consider adding something about facilitating an orderly transition. |
+1. Striking out the last sentence is a good idea....it reads like you're trying to say "let me go or I'm going to cause trouble." You don't have to tell them, in writing, the fact that you can't be talked out of it; all you have to do is politely turn down any offers of continued employment. |
+1 No need to provide the extra info. |
Yup, that's what I just did. I did add a nice "it's been a pleasure, thanks" line but even that is not needed. Your boss will probably ask you for more info (if you feel the need to provide it), but it's better not to have too much in writing in case it bites you in the ass later on in life. |
+1 This is how it should read. This statment is not very professional IMO: "My intentions are for nothing other than an amicable separation, but please be aware that my decision in this matter is final." |
I was offered more money, I didn't even stop to ask how much, I just said "no thank you". Call me crazy, but I don't think I would ever accept a counter offer. You've already made clear your intentions to leave, so do it. If they take you back, there is a serious loss of trust. I think that counter offers are usually made to keep you there a little longer until they can find someone more stable to replace you (at your former salary). It will cost them a little more in the mean time, but then they can take the time to find a good replacement and skip out on the chaos of being short staffed. Hell, maybe they will even make you unknowingly train your replacement. They could make the excuse: "Steve, you've been working really hard and we want to bring someone in to help you out so we can move you on to bigger responsibilities. Please train Bob as your assistant." Even if they don't intend to replace you, there can still be hard feelings. I bet the next time you screw up, the first thing to come to their minds is the fact that you were planning on leaving for another offer. |
You'd have to know the backgroud of the situation. Last month, I found a new job in Phoenix, and I resigned from my current position. My company made me a counter offer: move to Texas and no travel, and I accecpted. two weeks later they told me that the no travel option was no longer available and that I'd be expected to do up to 100% travel to California, but I could still move to Texas if I wanted to. This time, I wanted them to know up front that I was sticking to my guns. Counter offers are not a consideration. |
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Really crappy resignation letter. Here's one that a poster on alt.tech-support.recovery actually submitted to his supervisor: Dear Mr Baker, As an employee of an institution of higher education, 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 network administrator, to explain every little nuance of everything I do each time you happen to stroll into my office is not only a waste of time, but also a waste of precious oxygen. I was hired because I know how to network computer systems, and you were apparently hired to provide amusement to myself and other employees, who watch you vainly attempt to understand the concept of "cut and paste" for the hundredth time. You will never understand computers. Something as incredibly simple as binary 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 an IP is. Your shiny new iMac 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, however I have a few parting thoughts. 1. When someone calls you in reference to employment, it is illegal to give me a bad recommendation. The most you can say to hurt me is "I prefer not to comment." I will have friends randomly call you over the next couple of years to keep you honest, because I know you would be unable to do it on your own. 2. I have all the passwords to every account on the system, and I know every password you have used for the last five years. If you decide to get cute, I am going to publish your "favourites list", which I conveniently saved when you made me "back up" your useless files. I do believe that terms like "Lolita" are not usually viewed favourably by the administration. 3. When you borrowed the digital camera to "take pictures of your mothers b-day", you neglected to mention that you were going to take pictures of yourself in the mirror nude. Then you forgot to erase them like the techno-moron you really are. Suffice it to say I have never seen such odd acts with a ketchup bottle, but I assure you that those have been copied and kept in safe places pending the authoring of a glowing letter of recommendation. (Try to use a spell check please, I hate having to correct your mistakes.) Thank you for your time, and I expect the letter of recommendation on my desk by 8:00 am tomorrow. One word of this to anybody, and all of your little twisted repugnant obsessions will be open to the public. Never fuck with your systems administrator. Why? Because they know what you do with all that free time! Now that is a resignation letter!! 
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The part highlighted in red is awkward and extranious. It adds nothing, and really, if they want to offer you a million a year to stay, let them. |
Actually part of the reason I'm quitting is because they fucked me on a counter offer that they made me a month ago when I tried to resign to take another job. |
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Yeah. I found another job, turned in my resignation, they made a counter offer, I accecpted, two weeks later they changed the terms of the counter offer, so this time around I wanted them to know that I was interested in a counter offer. |
No need to go overboard on the hot tub harmony talk then. If you do feel the need to add more, just replace it with this: "I'm quitting is because you fucked me on a counter offer that you made me a month ago when I tried to resign to take another job".  Really, you letter says it all without the red part. A good artist knows when to quit. ETA- You could always add: "Cash up front talks- Bullshit walks!" |