Re: advice for leaving a job
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I'm giving my 2 weeks tomorrow for a company I've been at 3 years, they bought my old company so I've never actually quit a white collar job before. aside from the standard 2 weeks, anyone have any good advice? dos/don'ts?
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Leave on good terms. You never know when you'll be working with someone again, perhaps at a completely different place. Do not burn any bridges if you can avoid it.
Do all your work. Don't slack off. Be professional about the transition. Make a special effort to advise your boss of the status of any projects that you won't have resolved by the time you are scheduled to leave, along with a recommendation for how they should be handled, or who they should be given to.
It doesn't hurt to send thank you notes, either. That may seem weird, but people really dig that kind of thing. Just a "I enjoyed working with you over the last 3 years, I hope our paths cross again in the future, etc". Takes you little time for potentially a great upside if you do meet again later.
Also, remove most of your personal items from your desk the day before, so that if they immediately escort you out (becoming more and more common in IT field, not sure about yours) of the building, you don't have to be concerned about getting your stuff later. That way you can just pick up the leftover items and vamoose.
Good luck!
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