Worker resigns from their role, writing comprehensive tell-all resignation email: 'A complete disregard for safety'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Aug 23, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

The problem with writing or saying too much and flagging issues with your organization is that leaders will just default to considering you to be the problem, especially in instances where they are actually the problem but don't want to own it. And, let's face it, any issues within an organization are issues with leadership. At the end of the day, they're setting the course, and issues fall on their shoulders. But, they're not going to want to accept that, so someone who is flagging issues, whether or not they have a point, will be branded as a problem or "just crazy." Even if others in the organization feel the same way as you, they may join leadership's move to "other" you and push you out as a bootlicking means of their own survival. 

This happens all too often, which is why it becomes beneficial to just keep your mouth shut and leave if you're in an organization that handles criticism in this way. Silently hand in your resignation, put it all behind you, and clear that space in your mind as you head for greener pastures. At the end of the day, it's the organization that will suffer through refusal to change and accept feedback.

This topic was hotly debated in this discussion that emerged on a post shared with this online community in which the original poster, an employee, shared screenshots of an email they sent the their employer detailing the reasons for their resignation. 

While we applaud the honesty on display here, with almost absolute certainty, their boss didn't even make it to the end, and if they did, they probably just dismissed the resigning worker and their message due to the lengthy and critical message.

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    "I loved my job and I took great pride in it from the beginning. Over time, I lost my motivation..."
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    The employee added this context to their email in their post:

    I have never sent an employer such an email, but I am very hurt. This job was one of the best I have had, yet my manager managed to the spirit out of me and I grew to hate it with a passion. I was a housekeeper mainly, and often wasn't provided the supplies to do my job. We have had multiple bedbug outbreaks, and my manager failed to follow the protocol and would send me into an infested room to clean anyway and would just say "make sure you disinfect really well, and when you get home just drop
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    them into the wash". She was a micromanager to the extreme, but I did not want to go into every little detail as it was unnecessary. Multiple employees, myself included had spoken to her in person about the cleaning supplies and the bedbug issue and nothing changed. Our best employees quit over a month ago due to her poor management as well. She wants robots, but we are people. I started another job where I won't have to worry about this anymore.
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    Good morning, I hope this email finds you well. I have removed teams, and I have decided that I will not do a 2 week notice. I am ready to leave, and have been for a while. I loved my job and I took great pride in it from the beginning. Over time, I lost my motivation, and I dreaded every day knowing I had to clock in. This was due to a couple things, and I feel I at least owe it to you to tell you what they were. You are a micromanager. You feel the need to be involved in every little thing tha
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    made aprons to protect them, why would it be okay to use the chemicals with bare hands? They say on the bottle that they should not be in contact with the skin. Also, the toilet. I found it a bit disrespectful to think anyone would bend down and scrub a dirty toilet (sometimes an absolute biohazard, filled to the brim with human waste) with no protection. There have been multiple times where | considered just clocking out and heading home once I realized that there were no gloves. Again. We work
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    Readers responded in the comments:

    • dukeofgibbon 14 hr. ago. The refusal to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) is an OSHA violation
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    False-Strawberry-319. 15 hr. ago Cc every email address in the company you can lay your hands on. Otherwise, your boss won't even read it to the end.
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    wanderButNotLost2. 15 hr. ago Yep, lots of effort spent on writing it. Boss won't read it unless you force them to do damage control by sending it to everyone.
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    • the___moops 15 hr. ago Well said and good for you. Cc HR, every manager and big wig you can think of, and Bcc your personal email.
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    ricksebak 15 hr. ago • I wouldn't send an email like this. I would just do "this email serves as my resignation, my last day will be X, thank you." A big complaint letter might feel good to type but it won't help change anything.
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    WrastleGuy 15 hr. ago No one will care, you will be written off as a crazy person. What they might care about is OSHA violations but you would need to highlight it as such. It takes a bunch of people walking out for companies. to make manager changes sadly.
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