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verticalkiller Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 11 Dec 2006, 12:31 · [Salvaged from Archive] Do any of you have advice on writtign a two week notice, I will be handing mine in tomorrow and i'm not sure exactly how to go about it. Primarily I want my last day to be the 27 of DEC. Just a notification to not expect me back after the 27th. It would have been this Friday but I want to get payed for Christmas, thats 30 bucks for free. I've requested off on the 26th, thats my favorite shopping day in the world! i would quit on the 26ths but then they'd just have me quit on the 24th. So i need to work at least one day after christmas. I know what I want to say, just not how to say it. Dammit! I hate working with customers and co-workers and EVERYONE. Just someone constantly in my fucking face drives me bonker. It's not nice to just not come back though. Plus I need them for a reference. Sooooooo, ya know.....any advice on how to write a notice? Tactfully?
tgd_02 Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 11 Dec 2006, 12:50 · [Salvaged from Archive] dear assholes fuck u and the horse u rode in on signed Unabomber and in case u were wondering VK i got as far as "Do any of you have advice on writtign a two week notice," in this particualr post of urs before losing my attn to a particularly clean key on this keyboard GOOD DAY!
steppman2 Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 11 Dec 2006, 14:28 · [Salvaged from Archive] Be very nice and let them know you are moving on to better opportunities, you never know, they might give you a raise and deal with the issues you're talking about.
Quackers Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 11 Dec 2006, 14:41 · [Salvaged from Archive] Unfortunatly I no longer feel able to commit myself to working here bla bla bla due to other commitment bla bla bla and so on.
Frost Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 11 Dec 2006, 20:10 · [Salvaged from Archive] You've already got your own way with words. Just tell them off as you would T.Rex.
Cheb Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 12 Dec 2006, 03:16 · [Salvaged from Archive] Well here are some samples ;) http://jobsearch.about.com/od/sampleresignationletters/Re… All I did was tell the guy that I got a better offer and im leaving. But if you need a letter these samples will do i believe.
Thanatos Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 12 Dec 2006, 08:17 · [Salvaged from Archive] Very, very nice. I have usually had pretty good managers, but there was one particular fat bitch who got on my tits - I was working in retail at the time, and as everyone knows, Christmas is the busiest period for retail, so just to screw her over, I quit just as the rushes started, and moved to asda (aka: wallmart) instead, for better pay, better treatment, and less oestrogen.
verticalkiller Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 12 Dec 2006, 08:28 · [Salvaged from Archive] Well, I just told my boss, she doesn't need a written notice. I gave her like 16-18 days advance notice and she says.......I wish you would have told me sooner. SERIOUSLY? WTF? I couldn't have said i'd moved on, I told her I was going back to the UK, I mean thats not for a little while but they don't know that. HAAZAH!
Big Ozzie Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 15 Dec 2006, 04:13 · [Salvaged from Archive] http://www.maori-in-oz.com/FunnyStuff/Toothbrush.jpg.....… Ain't it the Truth?
suncrafter Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 15 Dec 2006, 05:35 · [Salvaged from Archive] dear assholes fuck u and the horse u rode in on! Don't use "u" for "you" - it's very unprofessional.
Cloudane Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 15 Dec 2006, 06:05 · [Salvaged from Archive] I just did one of these last week! Be nice, don't burn bridges. You'll never know when your new company needs to deal with your old one, or an old boss/colleague that you've said "fuck you I'm leaving" to ends up working for your new company too, or you have to try and get your old job back or.... well, there's a neverending list of why finishing on a bad note is a bad idea. There's also the fact that sometimes it can be difficult to get your last pay packet out of an employer when you leave but it's likely to be much easier if you're nice to them when you go. And they'll give you a decent reference if you need it too. The gist of it is - be polite, state that you're moving on (no need to say why, just the generic "time to move on" will do), and put in no uncertain terms how much notice you're giving them, when your last working day will be and what you expect of them (if you expect to receive holiday pay etc). Here's the one I used last week (based on one of the job hunting websites). Do it as a formal letter with your home address on it etc. Dear (My boss) I hereby give 3 weeks' notice of my intention to leave my position as IT Manager. Due to the Christmas holidays this would make my final working day Friday 22nd December 2006. I have decided that it is time to move on and I have accepted a position elsewhere. This was a very difficult decision and took a lot of consideration. However, I am confident that my new role will help me to move towards some of the goals I have for my career. Please be assured that I will do all I can to assist in the smooth transfer of my responsibilities before leaving. It has been a pleasure working for ACME Corp and I would like to thank you for having me as part of your team. I wish both you and ACME Corp the greatest success. Yours sincerely etc Oh, and make sure it's DATED. The "3 weeks' notice" bit means that I'll be technically employed (and so still get paid) up to the 29th December, even though the week 25th-29th is Christmas holidays so my last working day will be the 22nd. If I hadn't put "3 weeks" and the current date on the letter, they undoubtedly would've tried to take it as 2 weeks' notice and not paid me for the last week, leaving me about £200 short for the Christmas period (bad!!) - so you see how you need to put things in writing so that you can hold them to it.
tgd_02 Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 15 Dec 2006, 14:53 · [Salvaged from Archive] dear assholes fuck u and the horse u rode in on! Don't use "u" for "you" - it's very unprofessional. thanks miss teacher bitch
Colzi Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 15 Dec 2006, 17:01 · [Salvaged from Archive] http://www.maori-in-oz.com/FunnyStuff/Toothbrush.jpg.....… Ain't it the Truth? :lol: mass hysterics!!
suncrafter Salvaged from Archive	Posted: 26 Jan 2007, 06:06 · [Salvaged from Archive] dear assholes fuck u and the horse u rode in on! Don't use "u" for "you" - it's very unprofessional. thanks miss teacher bitch You are most welcome. :)