When leaving a job, did you tell your boss how you feel or did you keep the peace and not burn the bridge?
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The smart thing to do is not burn the bridge. You never know when you will encounter this person again, or what he will say when your future employer calls him for a reference.
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I have found that should I burn a bridge, I often later have a need to reconstruct it. :o) It's always better to make friends than enemies on the way out. I have one reference that I have used since 2000 who is a former employer.
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I just told them: "thank you for making me a part of your company." No burning of bridges. That's a no-no, even if you hated your boss so much. Who knows, your former boss might be the best friend of your new boss?
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You say nothing that could be used against you in the future. This means, that you do not let rip with your thoughts about the shit-hole of an office that you worked in or that in your opinion, he [the boss], was a total waste of space that should have been shot at birth. Remember, your future employers may well request a reference from this job and if you have told them what you thought of them when you left, then you will have done yourself a huge disservice. If you have an 'exit interview', just be polite and smile in the right places - say nothing detrimental and leave with your reputation intact else you may find a bad reputation follows you into the next job.
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I leave peacefully, no matter what I feel. When you burn bridges, you're playing with fire and can get burned. :)
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No, the company that i worked for has a gross misconduct clause that they can refuse to give an employee their pension. I don't know if that's legal. I wanted to tell off a few people, but i just walked away.
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I try to keep atleast one bridge open for safety :P
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When I left my job, I was very nice about it. Worked till the end of the term and not just the notice period so that my students would not be left in the lurch in the middle of the term. Also, after leaving, offered to mark a few papers, which was a mess up from the admin side. When I left, I was told that the doors were always open for me. What I really felt about the principal and admin and committee cannot be printed on these pages, but it took a lot of self control to just exit gracefully. The payoff is that I can still attend school functions, where i meet up with my adorable students, and dont feel awkward or embarrassed about it. Don't burn bridges - just let go, and you dont have to wince either at past or future situations.
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I had a shirt made that said, I love (the business) so much I quit!" Then took it around and had my coworkers sign it!
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I kept the peace because I liked my boss as a person, but she was very difficult as a boss. After I left, I returned on a part-time basis and then we closed the businesstogether. I retired, she went on to other things. That was 6 years ago and we have since developed a very close friendship. We have lunch at least once a month, occasionally travel together and really enjoy each others' company.
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I bite my tounge until it bleeds, It's best to not burn a bridge. The less said the better, and remember it's not what you say sometimes but how you say it. Just stick to the facts, always thank them for the opportunity even if you want to run down your list of gripes, it's best left unsaid in most cases. You need to keep a good list of refs. when looking for new emplotment and always being professional will hardly ever come back to you.
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i just kept the peace because you never know when you made need to comeback.
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