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Slack DM Cleanup Before You Leave a Job: A 30-Minute Plan

Here's the short answer. Cleaning up Slack before your last day takes about 30 minutes and covers three moves: save the handful of DMs you'll actua...

How to Announce You're Leaving at Your Team Standup: A 90-Second Script

Here's the short answer. Announce your departure at your team standup in about 90 seconds: one sentence stating your last day, one sentence naming ...

How to Announce You're Leaving at Your Team Standup: A 90-Second Script

Here's the short answer. Announce your departure at your team standup in about 90 seconds: one sentence stating your last day, one sentence naming ...

Remote Last Day at Work: 7 Ways to Say a Real Goodbye on Zoom

A remote last day at work is easy to under-do. There is no desk to clear, no hallway to walk, no one to catch on the way to lunch. Here is the shor...

Farewell Message to Your Team as a Departing Manager: 5 Templates

Here's the short answer. A farewell message to your team as a departing manager should be short, warm, and specific to the people you managed. Aim ...

Why You Keep Checking Your Old Work Slack (And When to Close It for Good)

Here's the short answer: checking your old work Slack after you leave is usually not about the messages. It is your nervous system reaching for a r...

Best Day of the Week to Give Two Weeks' Notice

Here is the short answer: the best day to give two weeks' notice is Tuesday afternoon, between 3 and 4 pm, in a scheduled fifteen-minute meeting wi...

Farewell Party at Work: 5 Things You'll Regret Saying

Here's the short answer: the farewell party lines people regret most are the ones that lock them into obligations they cannot keep, name a next emp...

Farewell Party at Work: 5 Things You'll Regret Saying

Here's the short answer: the farewell party lines people regret most are the ones that lock them into obligations they cannot keep, name a next emp...

Night Before Your Last Day at Work: A 20-Minute Checklist

The night before your last day at work is a 20-minute job, not a two-hour job. Draft the farewell email you have been rewriting in your head. Pack ...

Night Before Your Last Day at Work: A 20-Minute Checklist

Note to Leave for Your Successor: A Short Template

The best note to leave for your successor is short, personal, and honest. Four to six sentences: welcome them by name, name one or two fragile thin...

When Your Old Team Starts Making Inside Jokes Without You

Feeling replaced at your old job usually shows up as a small, specific moment: your old team lands a joke on Slack that you would have laughed at f...