Have you ever turned in a letter of resignation and then changed your mind? Texted your boss when you were upset about something and said, “I quit!” and then, after you calmed down, realized that wasn’t the best idea? Or what about resigning because you have a new job all lined up, but then that falls through? These things happen all the time to people and then they write me (EvilHRLady@gmail.com) and ask me what they can do to get their old job back.
The answer is usually nothing. Managers don’t often allow you to rescind a resignation—even if your reasons seem perfectly logical to you. For instance, if you resign because your childcare fell through, but then your neighbor offers to watch your kids, why shouldn’t your boss welcome you back with open arms? After all she’ll have to hire and train someone to replace you and that costs money. Why not just keep you on?
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Same reason that anyone who takes a counteroffer does so at their own peril. Last I heard, the average time a person who accepts a counteroffer remains with that company is about 17 months….and it is usually not their idea to leave.
As much as we tout forgiveness and forgetting and letting bygones be bygones, the reality is that human beings are petty and punitive beings too often guided by ego, pride and vanity and that never turns out win/win.
Wish it were not the case, but it is. Quit your job or quit and take a counteroffer and your boss will never forgive you for making them look bad with surprise attrition (especially if you are good) and will never really trust you again.
Ahhhhh, the human condition. Yes, I know, I am cynical
I quit a job at age 19 and since I was the best pizza maker on staff fully expected the manager to call and plead for my return.
Thankfully she never called and I’m indebted for that great lesson.
I love it. Good lesson learned. Smart boss. And I’m sure you were the best pizza maker ever. 🙂
What kitchen utensil would you be?
I would be a knife in order to cut through BS more quickly.
Oops, responded to the wrong article, lol
One of our employees quit last year, and I have a feeling that was a rather foolish salary negotiation tactic. They’d been agitating for a promotion and a raise that hadn’t been forthcoming, so I suspect when they resigned they expected us to beg them to stay and push through the promotion/raise. In reality we said fine, sorry to lose you, lets talk about a hand over.