What not to do: Send a snarky farewell email to your co-workers

4 comments

1. 

   Nicole

   October 22, 2009 at 7:55 am

   When I worked in London (UK) it was more common than not to receive a group email from the person that was leaving their job – it was usually sarcastic, light-hearted, more than always threw in a couple of anonymous jibes at other people in the office. What I liked about it (and I sent a couple myself), was that it acknowledged that the person had played a part at the company and was leaving a mark, not like my experience so far working in Toronto where most cases I’ve seen of people leaving are where they have been told to leave immediately and shown the back door, leaving a sense of bitterness for all.
   I think there’s a difference between being confident and showing some personality, and burning bridges and being a douche. I do miss those sarcastic emails.

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   Cassandra Jowett

   October 22, 2009 at 9:35 am

   I didn’t know it was commonplace in the UK. While I can see the benefits, I can also understand the drawbacks — such as things like this — not to mention security threats, either physical or intellectual.

3. 

   Kate Morawetz

   October 26, 2009 at 11:28 am

   We had a couple of interns who sent out an “office inclusive” email, which inevitably got sent to the big wigs (who had never heard of these people) and also inevitably cut any chances of them ever returning as an employee.

4. 

   Cassandra Jowett

   October 26, 2009 at 2:19 pm

   Good point, Kate!

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