Proby521

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Ok, I think I'm going to jump ship. Been offered a good package at another firm, and long term prospects should be better. So I have made the decision to go, but as I'm home based (my base office/manager is over 100mile away), do I:

(a) phone my manager and tell him in a phone conversation, followed up by posting my official notice in writing to him.

(b) phone my manager and request to see him and tell him 'face to face' that I'm resigning and hand him a letter.

I can't make my mind up what to do, and need to do it sooner rather than later. I will have to visit the office before my final leave date to return phone/laptop/camera etc.

Thoughts??

Kev_turbo

How often do you see your manager generally? If you have weekly/fortnightly face to face meetings can it wait until the next one?

If not ring them ASAP, tell them you want a face to face and tell them why. Your boss may not be bothered about a face to face to hear the news but may want one after they have got their head around it for handover etc.

subaruturbo_18

Phone him as an informal resignation, then arrange to meet up with him or post an official letter if he prefers?


In fact you could even phone him and say you have been offered another job, and you want to discuss your situation as he may give you a counter offer?

urban

iTrader: (1)

Personally I disagree withat that comment.
Don't do it via the phone, arrange to meet and hand letter of resignation
And DON'T even contemplate additional offers from your existing employer.
Once you've made up your mind to leave then that should be it as your employer will see it as disloyal

Terminator X

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A phone call can't constitute resigning so can only be an advance warning that you'll do so ... so either (a) face to face & hand over letter (b) post it after phone call + email PDF copy as well to make sure.

TX.

Proby521

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I generally don't see my manager that often at all. Can be 3/4 months in between visits to the head office. Personally, I believe in a traditional letter of resignation. I think I will phone him and request a face to face meeting, if he asks why (which he probably will as its unusual to ask for a meeting) then I will tell him, and then its up to him whether he wants to see me or not. I'm not looking to go in tendering contracts, or to see if they will better my package, I'm going to be better off out in the long run.

TingTongPJ

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i would give him a call and tell him you need to meet up with him.

i'm pretty sure he will guess why and ask you is it anything to worry about at which point i would say i'm handing in my notice but would like to do it personally rather than over the telephone as you want to discuss the best way to work through your notice period.

in my experience people in management usually know whats coming when someone requests a sudden meeting.

legb4rsk

Sorry,I don't agree with the comment about an employer seeing you as disloyal.
This hasn't applied for years,it's every man for himself these days.
Just wait until the bean-counters decide employees have to go and your loyalty will have as much value as it would for the the people who clean the office at night.

MICAWRX

+1 I have worked for a very rich company that got rid of dyed in the wool employees just to keep shareholders happy... They did the whole ' most valuable asset are employees' blah blah blah bit too.. Of all the companies saying this I believed them the most!
Good luck with the new job

Mr Wagon

Just send him an email with your resignation and copy in HR.

Easy as pie, good luck in your new role.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Yes, meet him in person, be professional and do it with dignity, thank him and leave it at that, dont burn bridges if you can avoid it as strange twists of fate do happen.

Lisawrx

iTrader: (1)

If it were me, I would phone him and request to see him. Out of respect more than anything. It means you have done your bit so to speak. Most likely he'll ask why and tell him, then the ball is in his court as to whether he needs to see you or if he just needs a letter.

This way, you part on good terms hopefully, and if things don't work out in the future, you have been decent and not burnt your bridges.

rb5_336

In my experience of resigning with tech firms and the big uk business consultancy firms...email your line manager first, and then they will follow up with a phone call initially then a face to face. Understand in advance if you want: more dosh or to genuinely leave.

Sean

Trout

iTrader: (1)

I thought we all resigned by text these days


If you only see him every three to four months I would give him a call and email/post your letter to him.

In my last job I resigned by phone.

Proby521

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Well, got a step further, but still unsure on a couple of things. I phoned my manager and requested a meeting face to face, quite surprisingly, he never asked what for!! He said he can meet me in the morning, leaving me tonight to write my resignation letter.

My new employer has called this morning with a start date of 5th of July, my minor problem being I'm going away from 20th May to 5th June (problem being I cant hand my notice in any later really as I'm not around) If I hand my notice in tomorrow, I'll officially have to work until 12th June, leaving me 3 weeks in between with no income/job.

Can I post date a notice letter? Or should I just hand my notice in, stating I'm available to work until the end of June if required?? Then just tough titty if I have to have 3 weeks off!

Trout

iTrader: (1)

In my experience you can give notice for a date. If you have a notice period of a month, you can speak to your manager and say you intend to resign on June 4th, working one months notice and leaving on July 4th.

Kieran_Burns

iTrader: (1)

You HAVE had an offer in writing from your new employers haven't you? You're not resigning on the strength of a verbal offer?

Proby521

iTrader: (1)

Yes Kieran (thanks for the concern!), I have an offer in writing, and full contract of employment, as well.
Maybe I should not write my letter for handing in tomorrow, but lay my cards on the table in front of my manager, tell him I intend to resign, and need to finish by the end of June, and see what he recommends.

Leslie

If the firm has treated you fairly in the past, I would certainly want to leave in a dignified and well mannered fashion. As someone said, it could improve your treatment in future because you never know how things might go, and I am sure it will ensure that you get a fair reference as well.

Good manners costs nothing and is always the best way.

Les

Proby521

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I agree Leslie, and to be honest the firm has treated me well (only certain staff that haven't!)

I think I'm going to write a letter to hand in tomorrow, and state in some way:

Dear Soandso,

This letter is to inform you that effective as of ??th May, I give you my resignation notice as position of ****** for a period of one month, resulting in a leaving date of ??th June.

(With the effective date being in a couple of weeks time when I'm away)

Leslie

Good luck.

Les

Klaatu

No question. Option a, provided you post a letter of same. There is no face-to-face requirement. You may be asked to face-to-face meetings to "work out why you are leaving". If you have made the choice in your mind, leave, but confirm in writing (Of course, it's professionally polite to do so).

Kuohu

Stand on the doorstep of your company and announce it.

Then go and see the Queen.

Klaatu

A German descendant, no way!

Proby521

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Bang On!

Why didn't I think of that first!

Westwood2006

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Best sanitize your laptop before handing in the resignation!

Don't know what industry you are in but they may insist you hand everything over there and then... Our place has marched people off site before now and their personal belongings couriered to them as soon as they resigned.

The plus side is pay for no work during the notice period.

Don't want your "after dark" habits being found out

Hysteria1983

Dont worry! It's all on the network drive.

Littleted

Im a manager of guys all remote if your relationship is good with him and hes approachable then ring him tell him your thoughts then do the letter.

If hes 1 that doesnt pay u attention nor has ever commented on your carrere ie stuck up his own ***.
do you letter make sure you pop down your leaving date and start the ball rolling.

Dont forget to rape all the client databases and fill ya boots

Ted

Turbohot

IMO Proby should inform his line manager ASAP if he is leaving. If his manager is 100 miles away, then he should break the news to him politely over the phone, and tell his manager that he is posting his formal resignation, and intends to serve his notice. If he has maintained a reasonably okay relationship with his manager, his manager himself may suggest meeting up and do the "handing back the plethora", "the last supper" stuff etc. with him.

In my opinion, he needs to let his manager know as soon as he can, that he is doing one. Phone call is better than an email, or a handwritten formal resignation letter on first instance IMO.

Hysteria1983

He called him, made a meeting, had the meeting.
So now it's just a case of work his notice. Two weeks of which we will both be in lanzarote anyway!