Last day email..

jackdaw

Hey folks ..

have got a new job .. and i want to write a good goodbye email ..

1st of a resume of my current place :

a few months ago they decide to move a lot of the IT jobs to Manilla
people start leaving ..
people lose motivation..
some (in fairness maybe 1 or 2) were "asked to leave"
Company is waiting for people to leave rather then fire them as they have to pay us off ...

Pay here is not great ... (we are in Barcelona)


So my new job has a good deal better money .. anyway
was thinking of writing the usual goodbye email .. but want to
add something like " anway it's been great working here but i figured id go for a paying job ... " ...

something "subtle" (if you'd call that subtle)
I know there are great examples out there .. but i don't wanna burn any bridges ..

Pighead

If subtle means what Pighead thinks it means then you could write sometime like "Fcuk you and your crummy two bit job. Burn in hell. The End. jackdaw"

javaboy

jackdaw wrote: »

So my new job has a good deal better money .. anyway
was thinking of writing the usual goodbye email .. but want to
add something like " anway it's been great working here but i figured id go for a paying job ... " ...

something "subtle" (if you'd call that subtle)
I know there are great examples out there .. but i don't wanna burn any bridges ..

Don't bother sticking in anything cheeky. It may come back to bite you in the future when you need a reference. On the other hand nobody's going to come up to you in a year's time and say "Hey that email you sent was hilarious!".

Varkov

Eat shi-t and die fuc-kers.

jackdaw

hey no need to move it from AH .. as it's not a serious topic ..

AARRRGH

Tbh I wouldn't bother writing a goodbye e-mail - they are bit unprofessional - and it's definitely a bad idea to burn bridges, and your e-mail may do just that!

the_syco

No matter how subtle you write, they'll see Pigheads reply.

Say "thanks for the fun, here's my email, bye", or something along those lines.

Saint_Mel

jackdaw wrote: »

something "subtle" (if you'd call that subtle)
I know there are great examples out there .. but i don't wanna burn any bridges ..

If you dont want to burn any bridges then dont bother trying to subtly call them a shower of c u next tuesdays.

If you want to write a last day email just do the usual and thank everyone you worked with and wish them all the best in their future while quietly in your own mind say how rubbish the place really was. No need to be subtle there.

GoneShootin

jackdaw wrote: »

but want to
add something like " anway it's been great working here but i figured id go for a paying job ... " ...

What is the point of doing this?

Varkov

Insert an image of a glistening erect ebony cock.

jackdaw

Saint_Mel wrote: »

If you dont want to burn any bridges then dont bother trying to subtly call them a shower of c u next tuesdays.

If you want to write a last day email just do the usual and thank everyone you worked with and wish them all the best in their future while quietly in your own mind say how rubbish the place really was. No need to be subtle there.

No .. The people i really liked .. it was the company salary and way of doing things i didn't ... it would be just a small dig at the company .. ok so management will be insulted .. but not my peers..

GoneShootin

jackdaw wrote: »

No .. The people i really liked .. it was the company salary and way of doing things i didn't ... it would be just a small dig at the company .. ok so management will be insulted .. but not my peers..

Drop it - move on - it's not worth the hassle and possible repurcussions.

AARRRGH

You think you're doing the right thing - but you're not. Honestly, you're just going to look like a difficult, immature person.

I appreciate your employer was a dick, but don't lower yourself to their level.

Saint_Mel

jackdaw wrote: »

No .. The people i really liked .. it was the company salary and way of doing things i didn't ... it would be just a small dig at the company .. ok so management will be insulted .. but not my peers..

I still dont see the point of it.
Will it make management change policies? No.
Will it make your former peers think, Hey thats so funny that the shítness of the company is being pointed out"? No
Will it make management think that your a clever buck for subtly pointing out you dont like the wages/policies? No
Will it make management think that you are being an árse? Yes

You never know when you'll need them for a reference or something in the future so as I said, if you dont want to burn any bridges dont bother trying to have a dig at them. A dig is a dig no matter how subtle and it might reflect badly on you in the end!

LouOB

Maybe some along the lines of below?

So all its time to say good bye
How the time has flown
I even remember my first day
Team I have worked with have been brilliant and would like to thank all

leeroybrown

Don't bother. These kind of petty e-mails are not worth it. You might feel good about yourself for five minutes but afterwards long after you might forgotten about it there might still be a few people spinning an exaggerated tale about the e-mail you sent. A former co-worker had a great story he used to tell about Mr. X whom he worked with in Company Y who went around suggesting that his boss had been sleeping her way to the top on his last day. While that's obviously a good few steps above a snide e-mail, it still made for a great coffee time story (at another company) complete with names, dates, etc nearly five years later.

Just move on. Most people will probably know exactly why you're leaving and wish they were doing the same.