Resignation via e-mail.

[Iamzod]

I'm in a bit of a pickle.

I intended to hand my notice in today as I have found a job which reduces my commute from a two hour round trip to a 6 minute round trip (or even a walk! ) , it's also more pennies.

The problem I face is a load of work has come in so my manager and his entire team have been tucked away in a meeting room the entire day discussing strategy so I haven't managed to say a single word to him all day, it is a tiny company with only 12 staff and I could see he was sat with 4 others using his laptop as a projector so dropping him an e-mail to get him to one side would have popped up on the screen and raised some eyebrows, not ideal.

This busy status is unlikely to change all week and apart from a toilet the office only has 2 rooms so it's a bit tricky as I need to have this done tomorrow as I have to give 2 months notice and any later will interfere with my start date, the only way to do this currently in person is going to raise eyebrows unless I follow him to the toilet, actually, that's worse lol.

Anyway, I have penned a nice resignation e-mail, my reasons for leaving are not down to the company more my own desire for more pennies & an extra 10 hours a week to myself.

Is a resignation e-mail frowned upon?

I am about to hit send!

 

[Iamzod]

If one of my team resigned via email I would just think grow some balls

Well I did intend to speak to him, but he is now permanently glued to other people, they were still in there when I left at 5pm.

What about staying at work late and catching him as he's leaving?

With the amount of work that has come in I wouldn't be surprised if he is still there now!

 

[Iamzod]

Just grab him before he goes into meetings, maybe come in early or stay a little late to achieve this.

Say excuse me can I have a quick chat in private.

I have never seen him arrive so I don't know what time he gets there, I know he is the first in as he has mentioned it is like a fridge on a Monday when he turns the heating on so i'm guessing it could be 7-8am, I get there at 9 which in itself is a struggle at the moment as we have an ill cat I have to drop off at the vets at 8am.

I know when they have been this busy in the past there have been instances of them being there at 10pm.

Just write a resignation letter, sign it and then give it to him at 4:59pm just before you leave.

The problem is it'll be in front of his team, this isn't fair on him as I actually like the guy.

 

[Iamzod]

Oh how I envy you, resigning from your job is one of those underrated joys in life so few of us get to experience.

Apart from when you actually like the company that much that you invited every member of staff to your wedding, the full thing day do and all.

 

[Iamzod]

What, my thread was moved, the next response is now a month away and I am about to hit send!

 

[Iamzod]

The Careers and PD forum is fairly active,i'd also be more inclined to base any actions on the responses from in here rather than GD.

They don't have a letterbox!

 

[Iamzod]

Message sent asking for an urgent 5 minutes with him in the morning, if he hasn't grabbed me by lunch it's going to be an e-mail.

 

[Iamzod]

Or if he was at your wedding, assume you have his mobile number. Drop him a text "I could really do with a chat tomorrow about something quite urgent, I understand you're really busy but I would really appreciate it if we could grab a coffee"

He was the only staff member that couldn't make it actually, his kids were competing in an event.

Managed to get it done this morning, after I got to work 15 minutes late due to a car issue, guess I won't have that problem in future

Time to start eyeing up cars with large petrol engines rather than another 2.0 Diesel, woop!