Priscilla
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![[*]](./images/green/default_icon.gif) posted on 8/20/2007 at 02:27 PM |
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New job!
I finally found a new job  I'm going to work in costumer support. I'll have a
training in the week of September 10th and will start working the week after that. It's not my dreamjob, but I'm so glad that I can quit my job as a
mailwoman! The work is mind killing.
Now I have to write a resignation letter. I've never done that before. In the past I just packed up my stuff and left. I have no idea what to say or
what the tone of the letter should be. The people I'm writing it to are more my friends than my supervisors. It feels just kind of weird, you know?
One of them called today and I told him "I'm leaving you." He knew it was coming because he was kind enough to put in a good word for me as a
reference for the temp agency. And he said "Aww.. but we've been going steady for so long!"
Yeah, it would have been four years in December. I'm really sad to leave my co-workers and very much hoping that I made the right decision.
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laura
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| posted on 8/20/2007 at 04:46 PM |
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yay!! i'm so happy for you! i hope you like the new job a lot better. i hate doing the 2-week notice thing. luckily for me, i've only had to
really do that twice and once i just called and told them i wouldnt be coming in again- EVER! 
So meet me in Georgia
Make sure you're not late
Under hillside and skyline
The city stays awake
Two lovers under a stairwell
Right on the edge
And the dream's been ripped off
Just like her dress
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Priscilla
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| posted on 8/20/2007 at 05:16 PM |
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Two weeks? Ha! I have a month notice, and then it has to be at the start of the month as well.. so the earliest I can quit is officially october 1st!
Insane isn't it? But somehow I managed to save two months of payed leave (no idea how that happened, I took at least 3 weeks off for vacation every
year) so I'm going to use that so I can leave sooner.
A month notice is the standard over here, but I once met a lady who worked at an office who had a 10 month notice... wtf, right? How would she ever be
able to switch over to another job. No idea what her position was, I just ran into her down the hall when I had the lovely task to fill up coffee
machines. (end rant)
I usually just disappeared when I wanted to quit jobs, stopped showing up and didn't pick up the phone. It works like a charm! But now that I've grown
up (a little) I just want to do stuff right so I won't get into trouble if someone checks my references in the future.
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Amy
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| posted on 8/20/2007 at 06:52 PM |
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yay, i'm so happy for you! i know how unhappy you were at your other job. as for the two weeks notice? i definitely looked up a resignation letter on
the internet, added in my info, and i was set! haha good luck hunny
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laura
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| posted on 8/21/2007 at 06:41 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Priscilla
Two weeks? Ha! I have a month notice, and then it has to be at the start of the month as well.. so the earliest I can quit is officially october 1st!
Insane isn't it? But somehow I managed to save two months of payed leave (no idea how that happened, I took at least 3 weeks off for vacation every
year) so I'm going to use that so I can leave sooner. |
WOW!!! 1 month?! thats such a long time to think about. i can see where it would make switching jobs hard; especially 10 months!! i guess it does
make it on easier on the work place though, finding a replacement for someone leaving in a month is a lot easier then finding and training someone in
2 weeks.
So meet me in Georgia
Make sure you're not late
Under hillside and skyline
The city stays awake
Two lovers under a stairwell
Right on the edge
And the dream's been ripped off
Just like her dress
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ryan
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| posted on 8/21/2007 at 09:29 AM |
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dude...a MONTH'S NOTICE? that's wild!!! i thought 2 weeks was being overly generous.
and congrats! i hope you like it.
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Priscilla
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| posted on 9/4/2007 at 01:02 PM |
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OMG guys, I'm starting tomorrow.. I'm so scared 
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laura
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| posted on 9/5/2007 at 09:28 AM |
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OOOH i wanna know how everything is going!!
So meet me in Georgia
Make sure you're not late
Under hillside and skyline
The city stays awake
Two lovers under a stairwell
Right on the edge
And the dream's been ripped off
Just like her dress
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