Resigning[ed] from my job, feel like shit [amazing] *update*

[rasczak]

Tell him verbally, with a letter of resignation in your hand.
Trust me... if they were gonna lay you off, they wouldn't be having the same moral dilema.

Business is Business.

Agreed. Just thank him for the opportunity, work your two weeks and leave. No big deal.

 

[Linflas]

I guess I am not as professionally hardened as you guys. I'm still young!

Trust me it doesn't get any easier with age. The only time I was ever laid off a work friend from a contract I previously worked told me not to worry, he thought he would be able to bring me on before my severance ran out. In the interim I had applied with the local school system for a position so when he did call me to tell me that he could bring me in I told him up front that I had applied with the school system and if they offered me something I would likely take it to jump out of the contracting/commuting rat race. He said he was fine with that but 3 months later when I had to give him my 2 weeks resignation he wasn't happy. Still I left on good terms with him because I was up front and honest with him from the beginning.

 

[Engineer]

You're giving me hope!

my blog, lol.

 

[SP33Demon]

Yeah, I wouldn't want to be a secretary either. He'll understand.

 

[Josh]

Do the Lebron resignation letter like that guy from these boards did a while back.

Here:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2100936

 

[nublikescake]

Done. :whiste:

 

[rasczak]

good for you.

 

[TheNinja]

In your letter keep it short but professional and kind. Say it wasn't an easy choice (even if it was) that you really appreciate the opportunity, that he was a good manager and that you hope everyone can complete the last 2 weeks in a professional manner.

Congrats on the new job too.

 

[ultimatebob]

if you were honest from the start they should have known this was a possibility, in this economy many people are taking jobs outside of their field, and when hiring such people you know they might leave to go back once they can.

Yeah... I hate it when I hire people like the OP. I spend two months looking for a new person who doesn't suck, another two months training that person, and right when the new hire is becoming productive.... I have to start all over again. Grr.

 

[spidey07]

Yeah... I hate it when I hire people like the OP. I spend two months looking for a new person who doesn't suck, another two months training that person, and right when the new hire is becoming productive.... I have to start all over again. Grr.

Pay them what they are worth or in top quartile or top 10% and you won't have this problem.

There's really only two reasons people jump ship.

1) money
2) environment is absolutely toxic

 

[nublikescake]

Yeah... I hate it when I hire people like the OP. I spend two months looking for a new person who doesn't suck, another two months training that person, and right when the new hire is becoming productive.... I have to start all over again. Grr.

I hear you man but for what it's worth, I managed to get some work done at this place and frankly, no less than what anyone else (planning to stay longer) would've done. I'm also leaving at a time when I've wrapped some things up from the point of view of the actual work and completed the outstanding work. So it's a bit of a local closure of sorts.

 

[nublikescake]

Pay them what they are worth or in top quartile or top 10% and you won't have this problem.

I hear you man but the kind of work this is, they can't really pay more. I think it's sufficiently competitive for the work and paying more would absolutely not make anyone stick. It's just the kind of work this is. They'll have to keep searching and hope they find someone who feels like doing this work and is willing to stay for some time.

 

[ultimatebob]

Pay them what they are worth or in top quartile or top 10% and you won't have this problem.

There's really only two reasons people jump ship.

1) money
2) environment is absolutely toxic

Yeah, I know... I wish that I had more control over the pay that my people get. I think that most of them are underpaid.

 

[Ns1]

Now, I guess I've simply devolved into a sleazy corporate scumbag, jumping at any flash of green in the blink of an eye, without regard to any sense of loyalty or ethics.

But you know what... I kinda like it

:thumbsup: