Employee handles his resignation notice to his boss, but he said he needed a week to "let him know his thoughts." After a while, they ended up meeting, and the boss said: '[he] decided he was still upset and disappointed, but he had my replacement ready '

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María Cetra • Writer
Jul 25, 2026 10:30 AM EDT

You can't just take a resignation letter as a request. The decision has already been taken. They are leaving, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Deciding to leave a job position after years is really hard, especially if you don't have a backup yet. It takes guts to stand up to your boss and say, "This is my resignation letter. I'm leaving in a couple of weeks". Is hard, it takes pride, and it's extremely valuable. You have the right to leave your job, and doing so with notice is great. You avoid leaving on bad terms, and you even offer to train the person who will take your place. It shows character.

The story below shows us a person with enough pride and courage to do this. To tell their boss they were leaving in a couple of weeks. But instead of the boss reacting normally with an "okay" or a "good luck!" They just got a childish manager who decided to respond to the letter with "I need a few weeks to let him know his thoughts on it." What? There is nothing to think about. The decision is made, the letter has been sent, and the employee is leaving. That's it. There is nothing to think about nor anything to express the manager's thoughts on. The employee is leaving, and that is finalized. He was just kind enough to let his boss know beforehand so he could start interviewing people for the position.

The fact that the boss did this instead of simply saying goodbye proves the employee is making the right decision by leaving. He is separating himself from a toxic boss and workplace that couldn't even handle an open position professionally. And what makes everything worse is the fact that the new hire that is taking his place is going to actually get a better salary and a better job description.

This employee should have left before. Staying at a company where not even your boss values you enough to give you a raise, but they don't hesitate to do it for a new hire, is proof that you are better off. Go on to your new adventure and forget everything about this toxic job. 
 

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  • I handed my notice in a week ago, my manager said he needed a week to let me know his thoughts?

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    I'm a General Manager and I find this ridiculous. I sat in front of him and said we need a plan for my departure. He completely. dismissed it and said he needed a week to gather his thoughts rather than being irrational. How unprofessional and what's the worst he was going to do in anger? Sack me which is illegal anyway? Anyway, it's a week ago today
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    A letter signed with the pen that is on top of it, model image.
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    A letter signed with the pen that is on top of it, model image. 

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    and we have a meeting this morning that I arranged to discuss it further. Honestly never known anything like it. UPDATE My manager said he'd sat on it for a while and decided he was still upset and disappointed but he had my replacement ready and she's starting on Monday AND as a COO which is higher paid than my position. I'm SO glad I handed in my notice. The next 7 weeks
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    teaching her everything I know is going to be very tedious but jokes on them now
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    A man using a computer on the desk.
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    A man using a computer on the desk.

    Representation.

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    LevelEfficiency 1772 I think the only way to view this is that manager has lost the company 1 week of professional handover. He has hurt the company with his unprofessional attitude. Make sure you're not pressured or stressed during this resignation period, due to "losing a week".
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    IndependenceMean8774 Who cares what he thinks? Very soon he won't be your boss anymore and his thoughts will matter about as much as a in the wind.
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    Sad-Educator-4547 "no problem, that's what the weeks notice is for. Bye" You're giving them notice, not asking them to accept notice.
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    Chair_luger What country are you in and what are the contract rules there? In the US usually people just give two weeks notice and if a manager does not want to make good use of that time then that is is the companies problem.
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    No-Disaster-1345 My gm quit with a month notice and the owners wouldn't talk to her the whole time. Suddenly went from relying on her for everything to pretending she didn't exist. She did her best to prepare our agm to move up during that time. When she hung out at our shop after before picking up her kid who worked there she ended up banned for 90 days, no reason given. P ed off the whole staff who missed her. A higher up
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    leaving really changes things for ownership. It's like going through a divorce for them.
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    2nd NicestOfTheDamned "Well, I guess that works out, because a week is what you've got."
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    cyanicpsion He has the time to think and plan. That time started when you handed in your resignation. What he decides to do with this time isn't your concern
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    BillEvans TrioFan He can gather his thoughts as your gather your things to head out the door.
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    nwood 1973 Your boss seems to have misunderstood your notice letter as being optional. The clock is ticking as soon as he gets given it so if your notice was 1 month, it is now 3 weeks. His unprofessional attitude will not affect your notice - nothing he says or does will change that. You have notified him but make sure you copy HR in if applicable (as they are the ones that will actually
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    process your leaving documents normally).
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    underwater-sunlight He can have a week, your notice period began from when you gave it. If your notice was 4 weeks, you have 3 left
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    purplishfluffyclouds "I realize I phrased that as a question, but.... Oh wait - I didn't. So yeah, my last day will be in a week."
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