{"id":82495,"date":"2022-03-01T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isarta.com\/news\/?p=82495"},"modified":"2022-04-04T17:06:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T21:06:50","slug":"the-art-of-quitting-with-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isarta.com\/news\/the-art-of-quitting-with-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"The art of quitting&#8230; with grace!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The job market is more dynamic than ever. With what looks like a new exit from the crisis, workers are questioning themselves, repositioning themselves and&#8230; some are getting ready to quit their jobs, to take on more stimulating challenges or find a better work-life balance. Let&#8217;s take a look at how to do it right.<br><\/strong><br>Some workers make their exit with a bang, as evidenced by&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/tiktok-quit-their-job-videos_l_60ed9ecae4b01ba8eecfa869\" target=\"_blank\">this&nbsp;&#8220;trend&#8221; of filming their resignation and posting it on&nbsp;TikTok<\/a>.&nbsp;Perhaps the most famous example is Shana Blackwell, a former Walmart employee who slammed the door via intercom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lubbock Walmart Store Goes Viral After NSFW TikTok Resignation\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gfbH4q4y6i0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6897524008884256768\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent post<\/a>&nbsp;on LinkedIn, talent acquisition&nbsp;director&nbsp;Caroline Boyce had an important warning about how to announce a professional departure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>You will be remembered for the way you left, she warned. In the age of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/isarta.com\/infos\/la-grande-demission-bluff-ou-realite\/\" target=\"_blank\">the big resignation<\/a>,&nbsp;it&#8217;s important to remember that people have short memories,&#8221; she added, meaning that an employee&#8217;s accomplishments can be quickly overshadowed by a dramatic departure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The director provided a few actions, in the form of a to-do list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Break the news orally (not via text message for goodness sake)&#8221;;<br>&#8220;Give notice that makes sense&#8221;;<br>&#8220;Be authentic in your reasons for leaving&#8221;;<br>&#8220;Don&#8217;t try to recruit your colleagues(!)&#8221;;<br>&#8220;Work hard until your last day&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>It is your professionalism that will be remembered!&#8221; she concluded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s some sage advice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Communicate without a middleman<\/strong><br>In an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roberthalf.ca\/en\/blog\/salaries-and-skills\/quitting-your-job\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advice article<\/a>&nbsp;published on their&nbsp;website, Robert Half&#8217;s firm agrees, reminding us how important it is to break the news to your direct manager yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>You want to control how the news is delivered to your boss. If the information reaches his or her ears through a channel other than you &#8211; through office gossip and rumours &#8211; it becomes unprofessional and frankly insulting.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time of the article&#8217;s writing in 2019, the authors suggested resigning in person. The equivalent today would be to schedule a Zoom meeting,&nbsp;at the very least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Keep that meeting professional, the authors add. And above all, don&#8217;t give in to the temptation to vent about your job. While it&#8217;s fun to fantasize about a dramatic exit, it&#8217;s not advisable to improvise when explaining your reasons for leaving.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To give the &#8220;real reasons&#8221; or not?<\/strong><br>We are in an age where authenticity is highly valued. So,&nbsp;there should be room for an honest conversation around the real reasons for leaving &#8211; as Caroline Boyce suggests. However, resigning employees should keep in mind that they have nothing to gain by talking negatively about the company they are about to leave.&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/instituteofcoaching.org\/author\/carucci-ron\" target=\"_blank\">Executive Coach Ron Carucci<\/a>&nbsp;offers a tip, which helps avoid a stalemate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Be clear that you are leaving because your career needs and goals have changed,<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2021\/08\/how-to-quit-your-job-an-hbr-guide\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;he told HBR<\/a>. Avoid sending the signal that your boss is the reason you are leaving (if that is the case). When you place the blame on someone you&#8217;re trying to negotiate a peaceful ending with, you risk getting burned and burning bridges. The last thing you want is to lose a positive reference, or worse, provoke a defensive reaction from your boss, who may decide to attack you in turn.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Decidedly&#8230;no one wants to go there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers are questioning themselves, repositioning themselves and&#8230; some are getting ready to quit their jobs, to take on more stimulating challenges or find a better work-life balance. 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