10+ f-cking years at this company, moved up the ranks in different roles and on my last day, nothing. No mention of departure, no acknowledgement of my work, no thank you, or even a simple “don’t let the door hit you in the a-s on your way out!”
Just reinforces my decision to leave and wish all the rest of you well in the he-l that Wells Fargo has become. Good f-cking riddance!
Chuckie thinks he’s won, but I’m the lucky one for getting the h-ll out!
Was in the last wave of “Displacements” as Wells likes to say…..30 plus years and I would have retired next year anyway. While I would have like to have gone out on my terms, this was better financially. Company loyalty doesn’t pay any longer. Your peers are sad when you leave, but their work load then gets doubled with doing the work of those displaced. I have already heard the remaining in my group had a nationwide conference call in which the leader of our group worked to rally the troops, ensure they were needed but in the end nothing was taken off their plates. Even the Head of Retail Banking joined the call to ensure everyone knew how valued they were. Wise up, you are only as valuable as the stock price, and you might be better off updating that resume!
What role?
bruised ego? Get over yourself, you are a cog in the machine.
the best part is even after you leave the people you work with and that have relied on your work and knowledge won't get a notice either, just a bounced back email in a couple weeks.
What happened to retirement parties?
When I leave, most will not notice. But when some work starts to go unfinished, they'll remember my name.
Lol, dude you are just a number. One day upper management is thanking you in a group email. You are thinking, wow! I'm going places, they know my name, it won't be long now before I'm running this place. The next day you are old news. Become a consultant, you will be much happier, and can bill the sheet out of them...
For someone so lucky, you sound bu**hurt.
You got your P O S plastic cube. What more do you want?
Yep, and all those "best friends at work" - you'll likely never hear from them again. 🤷♀️
It's just a job. Show some maturity.
Don’t worry about it; it’s just a job and in the grand scheme of things utterly insignificant. Be glad you are out of this place and hopefully on to greener pastures. Whenever I leave, I will do it the right way, tell everyone good-bye and good luck, walk out the door and put WF in the rear view. It will be a chapter of my life, some good some bad, but will move on and not think about it. Good luck to you …
Thank you for your work and good luck in the future.
That’s the way to respond to someone who is leaving.
Have some class, people.
I would have preferred your situation than the lame conference call with peers that I got. It was shallow. Think about everyone who left before you. I am betting you keep in contact with very few if any. Thats the way it is in the work world today and virtual work contributes greatly to the lack of connection people feel. I don't just mean WFH either. I was virtual in the office with my whole team somewhere else and peers who WFH so not much connection except maybe an annual manager meeting somewhere. I managed people for 10 years that I never met in person.
Some people like a rah rah meeting on the way out, and some people prefer to just "slip away" and do not want to be the center of attention in that scenario. Different strokes for different folks. Have you ever told your manager your preferences in this area?
Most normal teams do stuff like that but we are a group of virtual teams who have not seen each other for 2 years or if ever.
I put in 22 years and got the same. Who cares? You want a participation trophy or something?
To be honest, most managers do not send out emails anymore when people leave. Some do, but most don’t take the time. As an individual, you should send one out to the people you care to inform. If i don’t know you are leaving how can i wish you well?
Also, i tend to reply to those emails right away, rather than wait until the last day because i get very swamped with meetings and will most likely forget if it’s not in front of me. I should start creating calendar reminders for myself to remember those events.
Serious question, but what did you expect?
Apparently this was your first job. Now you have learned something.
I don't expect anything when I leave. In fact, I don't even want a good-bye or good riddance from the people I am working with. I will say fu to all of them in my virtual, loving way on my way out though. :-)
Don’t take it personal OP. People are probably jealous you got out. Don’t look back, it’s a wasteland.
When I leave, I'll be surprised if they bother to collect my laptop.
So, you couldn't develop strong relationships with your peers for over 10 years?
Yeah they don't typically provide cake and shower you with praise when you leave.
Boo hoo