Property News · June 21, 2008

The long goodbye: how to behave after you've given your notice


It can be tempting to take it easy while serving a notice period, but how you behave will leave a lasting impression – a graceful exit will ensure your legacy, says Kunal DuttaCall it a Tony Blair moment. I am currently serving my notice, seeing out my last days with a magazine publisher before starting out as a freelance journalist. But instead of visualising the exciting future ahead, I find myself tussling with the same question: have I done enough here to secure my legacy?Serving out your notice period makes you think introspectively. Like Superman flying towards a kryptonite factory, I feel my power and authority eroding with each day closer to leaving. Emails are sent that I’m no longer copied in on. Meetings can take place without me. And decisions are made that I’m no longer involved in. In fact the tectonic plates of office life move so quickly after resigning that it’s easy to wonder what role you ever had. And if dealing with existential questions isn’t enough, what about the colleagues who brew cloak-and-dagger theories? “Oh, I heard you were leaving,” one muttered nervously. “But I didn’t want to say anything.” Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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