There are several appropriate responses to an employee quitting their job; this ain’t one of them.
As a boss, we can imagine that it’s not pleasant to receive a resignation letter from an employee. A resignation letter usually tells the boss that the employee was unhappy at work or believed they could do better, and most of the responsibility for that falls on the boss. In fact, many employees will admit that the reason they decided to quit their jobs is directly because of their boss, and not the actual job, a fact that we assume many bosses are well aware of.
So, getting a resignation letter from an employee is a statement that hints at the boss’s flaws and faults in management skills, which can’t be fun to have to deal with, and may lead some bosses to react not-so-professionally to the news that their employee wants to leave.
We can somewhat understand a cold shoulder, or a backhanded comment about the quitting employee during their notice period, but we cannot excuse hostility like the one below. As soon as this employee sent their boss a resignation letter and a month’s long notice, they were completely blocked from any workplace-related channel, including the boss’s direct number. Even though they technically still had another month on the job, the employee was blocked from Telegram and kicked out of the WhatsApp group, which made them feel like coming to work was basically pointless.
So, they didn’t. The boss’s reaction to the resignation letter made the employee feel like they were unwanted at work, so they decided not to show up even during their notice period. But others are warning the soon-to-be ex-employee that failing to show up might affect their unemployment and give the boss a valid reason to fire them for absence. Now the employee is unsure how to proceed and is scared to have to face this awful boss, even knowing it won’t be for much longer.
Author: Kayitsi.com
