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10+ things you should do when you resign

I found all of the 12 items to be important and worth remembering.

Nice Artical....

I am in agreement with the points raised
AFTER ALL ONE NEVER KNOWS WHAT CAN HAPPEN TOMORROW.How about not burning our bridges behind us. I have worked at different companies and am glad to say that I do pass by ocassionally and receive warm greetings. How are you how is the family makes one feel welcome.

Good article. I left a company 6 months ago that I had been at for 10 years and I used pretty much all of the suggestions in this article. Best not to burn any bridges and your former co-workers can be invaluable references for information in your new position. Thanks

Absolutely. I knew of one person who had in advance of the resignation scheduled vacation time that ended at the end of his/her employment, and nearly didn't get paid for it. At that firm, vacation time wasn't "earned" it was "made available" (or something like that).

Actually, he/she didn't get paid, until a lawsuit was threatened. There was a memo confirming that the vacation was approved. The way it was worded, it showed a definite clear commitment on the employer's part. Clear and definite enough, anyway.

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Seems to me the whole matter of providing for turnover/transition would be a bit difficult if the last week (or was it two?) was spent out of the office on vacation.

Perhaps -- and I have a vague recollection that this was so -- the employee performed in a professional manner the turnover/transition before leaving on vacation.

Can definitely confirm that one.

When I converted from contractor to employee, I didn't realize at first that my insurance coverage at my new firm didn't start on Day One. (Gee, I thought that was the norm?)

So had I not scrambled to make COBRA arrangements to cover those 30 days I would have been in a bad way had there been a catastrophic injury or diagnosis.

to make sure everyone knows where the party is?

After all you aren't leaving here , you are going there, so celebrate. Get drunk, tell everybody why you are really leaving. Don't worry about upsetting them your act of extreme disloyalty in leaving will not be forgotten anyway.

i've worked at 10 places since i finished college.

not one of them has given me a party.

go figure.

guess no one will ever know why i really leave jobs...which generally has been...i get bored out of my skull...or pissed off.

right now at this job...i am both lol

In consideration of your 0-fer, I suppose my .200 batting average in fond farewells (1 for 5 during past 10 years) isn't too bad.

Like they say, a schadenfreude a day keeps the blahs away!!