resignation letter 2

[vcsinfo]

hhhmm..now this makes an impression.
I will be giving 2 week notice on 12/3. Since Im IT and internal policy is that I will be let go immediately, how should the letter look?
Should it say the 3rd is last day or say Im giving 2 weeks notice?
Anyone got good examples of resig. letters I might follow?
The boss already knows, he just wants the formal letter on the 3rd.

thanks

 

[edfair]

Give the two week notice. It won't come back to haunt you later like the alternative possibly can.

 

[Thadeus]

The letter should state that you are giving two weeks notice on the 3rd with your final day being the 14th.

It may be the company's policy to remove you ASAP, but that does not change the fact that you should still be paid for those two weeks.

It is not your choice that they will restrict you from actually doing the work for those two weeks. I mean, you may be thrilled to not have to actually work for those two weeks, but if the policy were different and allowed you to stay on then you probably would have... So that's on them (not that I disagree with their policy).

Since you asked for examples, I just want to add that a resignation letter has only one purpose. You are offering a notification of the date that you will end your employment. That is all that should be included. Particularly if your superior already knows that you are leaving. Then there is not even the shock factor to overcome with an explanation.

Something simple like:

                            Dec. 3, 2007

This letter serves as my 2 weeks notice that I am resigning my position with TekTips.  My final date of employment is December 14, 2007.

Thank you,
vcsinfo

 

[xwb]

Does it say two weeks or two calendar weeks? Some places have things like calendar months or calendar weeks so even if you hand it in on the Tuesday, you cannot leave until 3 weeks' time, depending on when the company's calendar week begins (could be any day - the company chooses).

Wife company has a calendar months notice so if she handed in her notice on the 2nd, she'd have to stay there 2 months.

 

[2ffat]

I would agree with the 2 weeks notice. If there are any legal ramifications the notice will cover you from any liability.
If they let you go before that, it's their tails in the sling and not yours.


James P. Cottingham
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[Thadeus]

Wife company has a calendar months notice so if she handed in her notice on the 2nd, she'd have to stay there 2 months.

I never heard of such a silly length of time in a non-contract position. Is it in fact non-contract/'at will' employment? Or did you bring it up only for example purposes?

Regardless, vcsinfo's issue isn't really about how long does he have to stay around (because they don't want him around after he declares he's leaving), but about how to word the letter given that they will expect him out of the building on the 3rd (but he deserves to be paid for the next two weeks).

~Thadeus

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[pinkgecko]

Needs more swearing. Now remind me again, what type of impressions did you want to make? You want them to never forget you, right?

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[SBerthold]

>I never heard of such a silly length of time in a non-contract position.

Sure. And in some countries normal.

Your contract, even non-written "contract" where employment laws are stricter (workers protection laws), could say something like:
...no earlier than the end of the first [Second, third, etc] full month after the official notice has been given...

Or more specifically: no earlier than 30 days after the next first-of-the-month

 

[AnotherHiggins]

@ pinkgecko -

....I just want to add that a resignation letter has only one purpose. You are offering a notification of the date that you will end your employment. That is all that should be included.

Agreed!

Unless you just won a huge amount of money in the lottery and have a very sound investment strategy already in place, never put anything negative in the resignation letter. It doesn't sound like you are leaving under bad circumstances, but even if you were, the letter isn't the forum in which you air your grievances.

Keep it very short and very simple. Any commentary included should only be positive - but still kept very short.

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[SantaMufasa]

Any commentary included should only be positive - but still kept very short.

Because of the quality of my work and the wording of my resignation letters, I am rehirable at all of my previous companies. I believe that such is the best policy.

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
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[tcsbiz]

I don't know if you need to say that you are actually giving two weeks' notice. State simply your last day.

The best letter I've seen is:

I repectfully resign my position as Head Geek. My last day of employement will be 12/31/2007.

Let the company decide what to do with you. They may lead you to the door and pay you until your last day. They may terminate your employment immediately and not pay you. Every place I've worked has terminated the employment immediately. You get paid up to that day. You are paid for any unused vacation.

 

[ESquared]

You shouldn't put anything positive in your letter, either. If you end up having some legal action you must pursue with the company (let's say you get some argument about just how much vacation time is owed you, which has happened to me), any expression of satisfaction you've made in writing can be used against you.

Keep it short and very factual. Make any "I've enjoyed working here" comments in person, NOT in writing (and that includes email).

 

[flapeyre]

Give no reason. Be neutral. Remember that your future employers might run a background check on you, and they could possibly find out about any parting shots you give in a resignation letter, even if you don't use that old employer as a reference. What goes around, comes around, as they say.

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[SQLSister]

Agree as neutral and as short as possible. And do not tell them anything about your new position. It is none of their business why you are leaving or where you are going to or how much your new salary is.

And since you know you will probably get escorted out, have everything organizaed and ready to go when you hand in the letter. Prepare a list of everything your replacement might need - locations of files, passwords, etc. Never hurts to leave a good impression as you leave.

If you have a any personal files on your computer, copy them and take them home before you hand in the letter and delete them off your computer or network. Most folks would feel a bit funny about copying these things under the sye of the person assigned to watch you until you leave.


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[AJ1982]

Just the funny side....

http://www.i-resign.com/uk/home/

Ignore the sign ups, just click in the bottom to skip the ads, swines...

AJ

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AJ - (Formerly FatmanSuperstar)

 

[Michael52x]

Why the 3rd? why not the 1st, or right now?
When is pay day? What's the point of 2 weeks notice, if there is only 4 days till then. If you have to be gone when you submit the resignation, where do the two weeks come in?

"Impatience will reward you with dissatisfaction" RMS Cosmics'97

 

[AnotherHiggins]

A) It is customary to offer to work for another two weeks. This is a way of being polite.

B) Some companies will pay out the two weeks even if they don't want the employ working there anymore. That means if notice was handed in today, one might get paid through Dec. 13.

C) It is customary to offer to work for another two weeks. This is a way of being polite.

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[SQLSister]

The point of two weeks notice is that you are leaving as a professional and not burning your bridges. A professional gives two weeks notice; a professional organizes his or her information (file locations, passwords, names of things the person will need to know) for the the person who with next get the job.

We had someone who quit with no notice here last summer and not only would we never consider rehiring him, but almost all employees who know people in other companies in the area have made sure they know he is unprofessional because he left us in the lurch and his leaving required three other people to work most evenings and weekends all summer because of the way he left. He may have a new job that he went to, but he'll find the next one to be difficult to get unless he leaves the area because he now has a very poor professional reputation with multiple companies.


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[vcsinfo]

thnx for info.
My boss is a standup up guy on this.
I told him about a month ago I would be leaving, house was put on sale so we are moving. He already knew I was gonna leave.
I dare say my reputation preceded me so he said there would be no leaving right then and there. He said give resig. letter on 3rd, walk out, get paid for the next 2 weeks.
He didnt tell anyone about it.

 

[xwb]

In some of the companies where I've worked, when you hand in your resignation letter, the security guard stands and watches as you clear your desk. You are then escorted off site and you get paid for your notice period.

In some companies that only happens if you 'defect' to a rival company.