Boss blocks employee from all workplace channels after receiving their resignation letter and notice, employee stops coming to work: ‘Too bad I'm a coward’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Aug 16, 2026 5:15 PM EDT

There are several appropriate responses to an employee quitting their job; this ain't one of them.

As a boss, we can imagine that it's not pleasant to receive a resignation letter from an employee. A resignation letter usually tells the boss that the employee was unhappy at work or believed they could do better, and most of the responsibility for that falls on the boss. In fact, many employees will admit that the reason they decided to quit their jobs is directly because of their boss, and not the actual job, a fact that we assume many bosses are well aware of.

So, getting a resignation letter from an employee is a statement that hints at the boss's flaws and faults in management skills, which can't be fun to have to deal with, and may lead some bosses to react not-so-professionally to the news that their employee wants to leave.

We can somewhat understand a cold shoulder, or a backhanded comment about the quitting employee during their notice period, but we cannot excuse hostility like the one below. As soon as this employee sent their boss a resignation letter and a month's long notice, they were completely blocked from any workplace-related channel, including the boss's direct number. Even though they technically still had another month on the job, the employee was blocked from Telegram and kicked out of the WhatsApp group, which made them feel like coming to work was basically pointless.

So, they didn't. The boss's reaction to the resignation letter made the employee feel like they were unwanted at work, so they decided not to show up even during their notice period. But others are warning the soon-to-be ex-employee that failing to show up might affect their unemployment and give the boss a valid reason to fire them for absence. Now the employee is unsure how to proceed and is scared to have to face this awful boss, even knowing it won't be for much longer.

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    Disappointed boss looking at a resigning employee.
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    Disappointed boss looking at a resigning employee.

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    I Sent a Resignation Message to My Boss, He Blocked Me Right Away

    Few days ago, I sent a resignation letter to my HR Saying I'll quit next month. He read it right away but suddenly he blocked me in
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    Telegram and WhatsApp. He kicked me out of the Telegram and WhatsApp group.
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    No contact at all from work even to this day. I didn't come work, because I'm scared, and I'm assuming it's an "Ok, then get out of my fing face" act.
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    My co-worker told me, there is no replacement, the clinic manager even asked if I'm sick (Though she's not contacting me).
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    I've only been working there for 2 months but dan I hated it.
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    It's just toxic, the pay always late, so on and so on. I've been in the workforce for almost 15 years, and this kind of thing never happened to me.
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    Employee writing an email.
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    Employee writing an email.

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    Kinda regretting that I left my previous job just for a higher pay. I resigned 4 times in my whole career before this, all of them were nice:
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    "I'm sorry to hear that, is there anything we can do to change your mind, but of course, it's your decision and we will respect that." Kind of s' 't
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    But this, the fifth time is wild
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    hundred percenthuman Keep showing up until you get an explicit message. You are putting yourself at risk of no- showing.
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    Dry Muscle_188 OP I guess you're right
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    jshmoe866 One thing you eventually learn, professionalism only applies to you, never to the owner
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    NonyaBeeswax Block him back and continue to show up.
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    Dry Muscle_188 OP Too bad I'm a coward
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    ProxyProne Sometimes they go no contact to get you to not show up for work, then fire you for being absentee so you can't claim unemployment.
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