Timeline for I announced my resignation . . . and was completely ignored. What to do?
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| Jan 27, 2023 at 20:53 | comment | added | Peter Cordes | I think it's not unreasonable to try a second method of communication for something very important like this. If they don't take your phone calls and give you the runaround, then your advice to just ghost them until they contact you is something you could reasonably do, but at this point I think the OP has only sent one email. That's not a 100% reliable means of communication, and it's reasonable to consider the possibility it may have been lost, and to ask for an acknowledgement. Especially if you don't dislike the people you work for, and don't want to nuke your bridges. | |
| Jan 26, 2023 at 15:11 | comment | added | G. Ann - SonarSource Team | In a right to work state, you can quit by simply not showing up anymore. Anything else is a professional courtesy. OP has already dotted the i's and crossed the t's. | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 17:57 | comment | added | DKNguyen | @Ertai87 Yes, that's my point. | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 17:52 | comment | added | Ertai87 | This seems like a pretty dangerous slope to go down. It seems like the argument is that an employee can't quit until either their resignation letter is acknowledged, or they have followed up by another method of communication. To turn that in reverse, if an employee "loses" their termination letter (does not acknowledge it), and subsequently refuses to answer any phone calls or join any meetings from the company, is the company required to employ them indefinitely? | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 17:49 | comment | added | Ertai87 | @DKNguyen Wrong analogy. The analogy is, what if an employee loses their letter of termination before reading it? Does that extend the employee's entitlement to employment, particularly in respect of collecting a salary? In the current remote work environment, people are often not terminated in person, and are often terminated by email (as in the recent case of Twitter). Does simply losing the termination letter constitute a forced unilateral continuance of the employment contract by the employee? | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 16:35 | comment | added | TOOGAM | @DKNguyen If the employer lost a letter of resignation before reading it, then if employee follows up to make sure that the letter has been received, then employee's eventual departure is not a surprise thanks to the successful additional communication attempt. Sometimes employers want to have management discuss what response will be, before trying to respond informatively. If a day or two later employee follows up again just to get quick confirmation that the message was seen, employer will typically not feel too bothered (but will internally know it was because of their slowness responding). | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 15:44 | comment | added | DKNguyen | @TOOGAM Turn it the other way...what if the employer lost a letter of resignation before reading it? Does that suddenly extend the OP's remaining work period? I wouldn't think so. | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 9:11 | comment | added | TOOGAM | This advice sounds quite concerning. What if the E-Mail didn't get delivered and seen as expected? Maybe some anti-spam measure deleted the E-Mail or placed it in a location where it isn't seen. Just ignoring the concern could lead to some significant troubles that could be easily avoided if there is just a bit more effort to confirm. | |
| Jan 25, 2023 at 5:06 | comment | added | PC Luddite | Not sure why you're getting down voted. The at will employment cuts both ways. There's no legal responsibility to submit a notice of resignation. Doing so is a courtesy. The op has done that, so when they reach their resignation date, they have no obligation to communicate with their (ex-)employer further. | |
| Jan 24, 2023 at 23:04 | history | answered | Ertai87 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |