So finally, the last thing I want to talk about before we have some Q&A around this and discussion is job transitions. Just like negotiating your way into a job is negotiating, leave is a negotiation. Leaving a job is a negotiation as well. So Case Stud of two employees at my organization who have left and one left, you know, I think very well based on the way that he did it and one didn't leave so well. So the guy who left, of course I won't use names. He came to me one day and he said, you know, I've been here three years and I just feel like I'm not really moving forward in the organization. I want you to know that I've started to look around at other jobs. And there are always kind of trickiness as to transitions but I wanted you to know that. I want to figure out can we work out a transition plan that works for both of us. OK. So what do you think my response to that as a manager? My response was like, almost any manager, wow! I really appreciate you come in to me in that spirit. And I can kind of see from your perspective you kind of, you know, squeeze all the juice out of this lemon. We probably don't have the next level role for you here. Let's figure how to make that work. And in this situation you ended up staying for six months in the transition. We ended up getting a client that was going to be about a six-month assignment. I gave him the option of working on it. It was some new stuff for him. And it ended up just being a tremendous, you know, effective transition both for the clients for our firm and for him. And we're still in touch. He emailed me today in fact. I got email from him today about some different things and you know, that just provoked and launched a positive relationship. Another employee, you know, the finance industry is kind of funny about transitions. There's a lot of proprietary information. And so often at big banks what they'll do is, you know, if they are going to let somebody go, they'll walk them to the door they'll bring security in and shut down their computer and there's sort of an awkwardness. Well, obviously not that kind of a bank but still there's some fear about people taking proprietary data and he'd come from a big bank and so want to give him a little bit break on this. But he came to me and said, can I come talk to you in my office? I thought to myself, wow you know, this guy's like four levels below the main organization is kind of commanding me to come to his office. Something's up this is weird. He wouldn't normally, you know, take this kind of approach. So I walked in his office and we sat down, and he handed me his letter of resignation. And he said, I'm resigning effectively. I'll, you know, be packing up my things today and I'm gone at 5 o'clock. And my response was, I mean, I tried so hard not to just burst out laughing because it was just so ridiculous. I mean he was like very hostile. He's trying to put on the game face. You know I'm out of here at 5 o'clock. I said, why that's surprising. You know, I hadn't seen that coming. That's interesting. What I'd like to do is talk about that a little bit. I mean you got a bunch of clients you're working on. You want a transition that work and he was just so difficult about it. And he just left things in a mess and we are cleaning up for six months afterwards. And I haven't talked to him since. OK. Not surprisingly. And so the last impression that you make at an organization and you're going to have transitions, right? None of you are going to work somewhere for the next 50 years. The last impression you make is what stays with the people you left behind not the first impression. I have no idea what my first impression of him was on the first day of the job. I absolutely remember how he left. And so think about making those transitions with grace and using some of the skills that we've been over in the negotiation class. That's a difficult conversation, it's hard to pull it off well but if you do your reputation is going to follow you.
Awesome class
Very much agreed
Well, for me this is so important and helpful. I’m agree with this opinion “it’s easy way to understand the career path”.
Most organisation do not have a transition plan but I think it is best not to burn bridges.
Awesome class and its easy to understand the career path
This is so important for people who are in the transition periods....the last impression lives forever
what an insightful class this was. I am currently planning leaving my job and planning leaving with no notice as the employer does so bad in staff welfare and maltreatment.... But, you really have changed my orientation. I will work on my transitional plan. More over, my employer is such a bad looser who never respects staff....He sure will not be happy i am leaving and might be hostile at my transition...Do i still go ahead?
Case studies : The Right and wrong ways to exit a job; The insights here have been great, however to a larger extent,majority of employees leave in the wrong way. I believe there various reasons why they do so; some reasons being internal and others external. Despite the fact that these reasons exist, people leave a large portion of the compensation package behind, which., if they had planned their leaving well, they would not only transit well, but also would have a reasonable peace of mind. Thank you
I think the guy who left the wrong way experienced job dissatisfaction. Maybe there was some negative perception about his boss that he could not bear or he felt some unfair treatment.
How do you exit a job when you are been considered as a threat to your boss in terms of taking over from him?