More on Employee Resignation in the Work Place

When an employee resigns, as their former or their soon to be former employer, you are going to need to know how to announce the employee’s resignation to the rest of the company and the rest of your staff. This is both beneficial to your company as a courtesy to keep everyone informed, and to make it clear that things will be changing and there may be some title changes and/or promotions, etc. in the works accordingly. What you say in the e-mail or any other form of official correspondence is more than likely going to differ depending on the circumstances of the employees resignation.

If the resigning employee is being let go immediately due to untrustworthiness or some other less than happy reason, immediately send out a company e-mail simply stating that X employee has left the company to seek other opportunities as of that days date. You could also add a polite wish for success in the search for those opportunities if you felt so inclined. For an employee who is well liked and trusted and will be working up to the date of resignation, a more cheery e-mail might be more appropriate in this type of situation.

You would still want to state specifically that the employee is leaving the company to seek new opportunities, but you would also note the final day of employment at the same time. You could then go on and wish the employee well on the search for new opportunity, and if you so desired, state plans to hold a small get together on the employees last day to see them off and wish them well in person. These things can help foster morale amongst your employees to know they are valued and won’t simply be dismissed. Having an employee leave is very rarely an enjoyable situation, but you can lighten the stress level associated with a resignation by making it smooth and easy for everyone who is involved.