‘I smiled and pressed send': Employee sends resignation email to entire company after they were refused a raise, reviewing boss's lack of managerial skills

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Eleonora Bader
Jan 11, 2024 8:00 PM EST

One employee sent a scathing resignation email to the entire company after quitting, due to not getting a raise in over three years.

Three years is a LONG time. Has this manager not heard of companies paying their employees competitive salaries? Believe it or not, there are actually companies willing to pay their employees well. Some managers simply do not appreciate their team enough, and that leads to quick turnover, which is not the ideal business model, if you know what I mean…

When will companies learn? When will managers start fighting for their employees? So many questions. At least we don't owe them anything, and we can technically leave when we have had enough. I can definitely relate to feeling unappreciated, and I am sure many of you feel the same. Reading this email felt like someone was talking to my soul. Scroll down to read it for yourself, and then let me know which part resonated with you the most. Next up, more awful work stories, duh.

Here is a hotel guest who showed up at the front desk, expecting to be checked in before they actually paid.

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    "I sent my resignation letter to the entire company, detailing why I was quitting..."
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    One year ago today, I sent the following resignation email to my boss with the entire company cc'ed. Today will be my last day at [sh ty company]. I am resigning, effective immediately.
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    It should come as no surprise to you all as I have not received a raise in over 3 years, despite my multiple requests. I've also been effectively censored from sharing my opinions with the team because someone's feelings are too fragile to hear criticism of any kind. This is no longer a place in which I feel valued or appreciated, so I've decided to take my skills elsewhere-the offer [a nearly $30k raise] I accepted today definitely solidified that decision.
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    Your efforts in attracting new talent should instead be directed into retaining the talent that you currently have by paying your employees what their skills are actually worth in this industry. But I'm sure this will fall on deaf ears.. You can find my keys and passwords at my desk. Please forward my last check, including any unused PTO, and all applicable tax documents to my account and/or current address.
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    To all my coworkers— I've thoroughly enjoyed working with you all throughout the years. I will miss you guys tremendously. And I sincerely apologize for any backlash or extra work you will have to endure due to my abrupt departure. [To the coworkers in my department]- I can only assume my 86 open orders will fall on the both of you my deepest sympathies.
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    [Name of Manager]- Your lack of leadership is ASTOUNDING. I have never in my life met a more passive-aggressive, useless, and oblivious manager. The fact that you think this is the "best place" any of us has ever worked is laughable. Maybe because you've been here 29 years, you're not aware that other companies actually pay their employees competitive salaries and offer 100% employer-paid benefits. They typically don't treat their employees as children either, by enacting
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    punitive policies based on emotion. Also, the fact that you've never addressed me personally after having made a factual statement regarding your oblivion to the current workload volume is pathetic -your temper tantrum was certainly a sight to behold and only served to accelerate my departure. Oh, in case common sense doesn't come naturally, the 9am daily meeting you conduct is completely useless and a waste of everyone's time. Maybe it makes you feel like you're doing
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    something at least once per day, but if your main concern is bringing more money in, then you should be having a daily meeting with your sales reps. I suggest you hire a competent manager to handle all of the financial and executive decisions moving forward, so you can continue to focus your efforts on redecorating and lurking on social media. Good luck to you all— BYYEEEEEEEEE
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    burghporter314 10 hr. ago Beautiful. Hopefully it inspires others to leave. Reply Share 478 Zykium 9 hr. ago In reality the moment this hit anybody in management's inbox IT was contacted and the email was immediately recalled from their inboxes. 294 Reply Share
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    R3gularJohn 7 hr. ago In this case you should send it twice. Once with and once without management as receivers. And delay the one management does get a couple of hours, to make sure everyone gets to read it. ↑ 86 Reply Share
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    TRISPIKE 7 hr. ago I sent mine in today... "Please see this as my formal resignation from my position at [company]. My last day will be 1/12/2024." 107 Reply Share Savage Comic. 6 hr. ago Wow. 11 months notice. 47 Reply Share
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    Henchman_21_Disciple - 6 hr. ago Unless you read dates as mm/dd/yyyy, which it's this Friday. 32 Reply Share hellion232z 5 hr. ago Why would anyone in their right mind read a date like that? Insane way to do it. Reply Share 29
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    Hutchiaj015 hr. ago That's a bold assumption Cotton. Postulating that we Americans are in our right minds 42 Reply Share TRISPIKE 4 hr. ago This thread took the right turn. 12 Reply Share
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    usa_reddit · 7 hr. ago For those of you in UK Dearest colleagues, One mustn't harp on bygones, but certain realities do tend to cast rather long shadows, wouldn't you say? I'm speaking, of course, of the yawning disparity between my invaluable contributions and the, shall we say, "modest" recognition they've received as of late. Three years sans raise, my friends, is rather akin to navigating a fiscal fogbank
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    -one's sense of worth tends to become quite disoriented. Furthermore, a certain fragility seems to have permeated the atmosphere, rendering the open exchange of ideas as welcome as a monsoon at a garden party. I assure you, my intention was never to inflict emotional paper cuts, merely to offer constructive critique. Alas, it appears some constitutions are as thin as tracing paper.
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    Therefore, with a heart heavy with the burden of unfulfilled potential, I must bid you all a most cordial adieu. My talents, you see, have been wooed elsewhere by a siren song of a, rather enticing, near-thirty-thousand-pound raise. A most compelling argument, wouldn't you agree? So, as a parting gift, a word of advice: perhaps your efforts in luring new b!d might be more productively directed towards retaining the loyal thoroughbreds already in your stables. A fair wage, for instance, can do wo
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    Though, of course, such wisdom may well fall on ears deafened by the echoes of complacency. My keys and passwords shall await your discovery upon my vacant desk. Please ensure my final cheque, along with any accrued, unspent leisure time, finds its way to my designated coffers. To my esteemed colleagues, my absence will leave a void as vast as the Sahara, though I trust you shall navigate it with aplomb. I shall miss our spirited exchanges, your wit like a well-aged port, your resilience a phoen
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    may cause, I offer my sincerest apologies. Finally, to those brave souls in my department, upon whom my eighty-six open orders shall now descend, my deepest sympathies. May the tea be strong, the biscuits plentiful, and your spirits undimmed. And now, to the esteemed [Manager's name], whose leadership style possesses the subtlety of a bull at a china shop. I must confess, your brand of passive-aggressive ineptitude is unparalleled in my experience. Yet, your unwavering conviction that
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    this is the "best place on earth" remains, shall we say, a source of much amusement. Perhaps your twenty-nine years of tenure have shielded you from the harsh realities of competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and the dignified treatment of employees as, well, adults. Your tantrum upon my "factual observation" regarding your obliviousness to the workload was, I must admit, a comedic highlight of my tenure. A veritable masterclass in emotional mismanagement, it did, however, serve to expe
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    On a final note, the nine o'clock daily meeting? Utterly superfluous. A mere mirage of productivity in the desert of your schedule. If revenue generation is your true desire, surely your time would be better spent with the sales team. Perhaps investing in a competent manager for the financial and executive side of things would allow you to indulge your passions for interior design and, of course, your tireless social media engagement. With that, I bid you all a most robust farewell. And remember
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    wealth is not measured in pounds, but in the satisfaction of a job well done. I, for one, shall sleep soundly with a conscience untarnished and a bank account far, far brighter. Ta-ta for now, [Your Name] P.S. Do try to keep the plants alive. They haven't had the easiest life under your... stewardship. 166 Reply Share
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    Xynrae 9 hr. ago . I hate it when managers just want a power trip, they don't care about the business because they're paid to keep investors, other wealthy people, happy over the employees and customers. ↑ 36 ↓ Reply Share
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