Know How To Make An Exit
Life can bring us many new opportunities. If we choose to pursue those opportunities it often means that we need to leave some old things behind. The most obvious is when you leave one job for the next. Sometimes you might be leaving on good terms and sometimes they might not be the best of terms, if you were let go from your position for instance. No matter how those transitions go, I believe it is our responsibility to make sure we do everything within our power to make that which we leave behind as successful as possible.
When one leaves on bad terms they often hope for the demise of the company or department they were dismissed from. Hopeful that things are hard on them because of what they did to them. But too often it isn't the manager that feels the impact of a person leaving, it is the co-workers that suddenly are left holding the bag, trying to figure out how the dismissed person actually did their job because it doesn't make sense to them. The right thing to do is make yourself available to those that are taking over for you. Give them your contact information and encourage them to reach out should they have questions you could answer. If you really want to take the high road, send a note to the manager that fired you, thank them for the job you did have and offer them your help should something come up.
Often times the right thing to do is not the easy one.
When one leaves on bad terms they often hope for the demise of the company or department they were dismissed from. Hopeful that things are hard on them because of what they did to them. But too often it isn't the manager that feels the impact of a person leaving, it is the co-workers that suddenly are left holding the bag, trying to figure out how the dismissed person actually did their job because it doesn't make sense to them. The right thing to do is make yourself available to those that are taking over for you. Give them your contact information and encourage them to reach out should they have questions you could answer. If you really want to take the high road, send a note to the manager that fired you, thank them for the job you did have and offer them your help should something come up.
Often times the right thing to do is not the easy one.
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