Sending a Farewell Email When You Leave a Job

If you're fired from your job or decide to leave on your own, you'll want to let your co-workers and other contacts know you're moving on. It's likely you've made some friends at work and you'll want to say goodbye to them. Then there's the matter of your network. You want everyone to know how to reach you. The easiest way to spread the news of your departure — any news actually — is to send an email.

Now comes the question: what should your message say? Should you supply all the gory details? Tell everyone how you were done wrong? Robin Abcarian addresses this issue in her article Hit 'Send' Then Hit the Door in the LA Times. She tells the story of one woman who used her farewell email to blast her bosses. It may have made her feel better, but it didn't make her look too good. Her nasty gram got posted elsewhere including on a popular blog in her industry. Ms. Abcarian's article has some other examples of farewell emails gone wrong or right.

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