This person gave their 2-week notice 2 weeks ago… but for some reason, their boss and coworkers haven’t processed that they’re leaving for good!
After giving your 2 week notice to your bosses, you have this surge of optimism and excitement because your life is about to change bigly. You have a salary increase and a fresh start directly ahead of you! Life feels so sweet. All of the issues you had at your old job start fading from your memory. You no longer have to wake up in a cold sweat wondering if your terrible boss sent you an email berating you. Your least favorite coworker who took up so much of your mental space will soon be a random memory in your head — the best part is when, years later, you can’t even recall that awful coworker’s name. Everything about this old job that you disliked is about to become irrelevant. And because you’re leaving, you’re the office’s special little guy for those 2 weeks. Some coworkers will be jealous, others thrilled for you, and some indifferent. No matter to you! You’re light as a feather, fresh as a daisy. Nothing can bring you down, and you have 14 days to wield that powerful “I’m outta here” attitude.
This person found it quite amusing that their bosses and coworkers seemingly didn’t know how things operated when they announced they were leaving. They did all the right things by giving their 2-week notice. 2 weeks went by, only for their boss to keep treating them like a normal employee. This worker was baffled that the boss wanted them to join in a weekly forecast meeting on their final day. This person politely and professionally declined, only for their supervisor to pout about it! Their coworkers then kept asking them to complete all these big tasks, as if those coworkers would ever speak to that person again after the end of that workday.
It does seem like their boss kinda forgot they were leaving — or maybe 2 weeks just wasn’t long enough to find a new hire. After all, these things take time. But the bosses really need to work on their offboarding processes, instead of expecting an employee with one foot out the door to care about the job they’re leaving.
Author: Kayitsi.com
