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Again Another Letter of Farewell:

Last Friday another employee of the organization where I work left the company.  His tenure was very short, around a year, but being a Chartered Accountant (Fresh) he has his dreams to progress according to his Professional Qualifications.  Following is his letter of farewell which he posted to all of us on company server. 

In the previous letter of farewell which I posed Eva raised this question: 

“I have a question...is it only allowed to write positive things in a resignation letter?”

My prime purpose to reproduce this letter is to answer Eva’s question, because in this letter an employee’s displeasure also transpires, displeasure of being deceived, cheated by the management (or because of just individual head of department) for violating the rights of employees and un-fulfilment of commitments made to employees while hiring.   

This is the letter: 

“Hello Everyone 

These Goodbye Emails usually have fraudulent cheese dripping off them so I’ll try to make this one a little bit more genuine, interesting, and most importantly, purposeful. Jokes aside, there were some valuable takeaways from my experience here at this organization and I think I would be doing everyone a disservice if I didn’t share. 

I have during my short tenure number of people I was able to interact with all along the way. Many are still here, while some are now gone.  I want to appreciate for being a very good colleagues as well as best friends and for helping me in taking this decision at the right time..

As I leave to pursue my new career venture, I want to take the time to acknowledge my immediate boss for his expert tutelage and support during my employment. Working under his capable supervision and direction has been a guiding experience. 

I consider myself very fortunate for having a chance to work with senior colleagues.  Working along with them was a great learning experience for me. I really value the knowledge and insight they have, and their willingness to share it with me.  I would also like to thank my counter parts who are still struggling to get sound footing in the organization for every experience shared, friendship made, and good times had during my stint here. I wish you all the very best in the future, but only if you wish me the same.

And now I want to give a piece of advice to the Management, thought it may be considered over reacting being is still junior, because I passed a very short tenure with this organization just around a year.

As the research shows “The more time you spend around rotten apples – those lousy, lazy, grumpy, and nasty people – the more damage you will suffer. When people are emotionally depleted, they stop focusing on their jobs and instead work on improving their moods.” 

Therefore the Management need to pay special attention towards the rights of employees and should fulfill the commitment made by them towards the employees as only then they can achieve the desired outcome. 

Hopefully, attention will be paid towards this suggestion and will not be taken for granted.

Regards”