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My Farewell a valediction in 4 parts 1. i think most of you know by now that today is my final day. 2. i’m not a big fan of farewells, so I won’t dwell too much on the past months — but i wanted to say thank you for each one of you for your all support during my time. 3. It has been a privilege to work with some of the most incredible, passionate people in the industry. 4. wishing you all the best the very best, both professionally and personally, and hoping we reconnect when our paths cross going forward ~exit~

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There’s something poetic — melancholic — about the farewell email from a colleague whose name you didn’t recognise until the leaving card bearing it transported itself forlornly around the department’s in-trays a fortnight ago.

I think most^[1] of you know by now that today is my final day. I’m not a big fan of farewells so I won’t dwell too much on the past months — but I wanted to say thank you for each one of you for your support you have given me during my time here. It has been a privilege to work with some of the most incredible, passionate people in the industry! Wishing you all the best, the very best, both professionally and personally, and hoping we reconnect when our paths cross going forward! — Sandy

What to make of this: faintly passive aggressive thanks for nothing? A lack of irony? Or just no sense of perspective?

Anyway, you can make it into peotry, as per the panel.

Even more fun can be had should the leaver be incautious enough not to use the blind copy field to address her soon-to-be ex-colleagues. The truly embittered might not: after all, what harm can that final faux pas — by which she reveals the breadth of the staff whose inboxes she is polluting — now do? Her career has hit the skids: could it be worse? Well, only if some well-intended bureaucrat deigns to reply-all. “Dear Fortesquieu: Thank-you for your hard work and dedication over the last six months, and best of luck with your search for new job. You will be missed!”

This may kick off a viral bout of virtue-signalling from others, joining in to wish similarly vague, equally ironic, valedictions.

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-There’s something poetic — melancholic — about the blind-copied farewell email from a colleague whose name you don’t recognise. A faintly passive aggressive thanks for nothing?
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+===My Farewell===
+''a valediction in 4 parts''
-:''I think most of you know by now that today is my final day here<ref>Most —</ref>. I’m not a big fan of farewells so I won’t dwell too much on the past months — but I wanted to say thank you for each one of you for your support you have given me during my time here! If you are on [[LinkedIn]] I'll look you up to connect. You can also keep in touch via gmail. Wishing you all the very best both professionally and personally!
+:'''1'''.
+:i think most of you know
+:by now
+:that
+:''today''
+:is my
+:''final day''.
-Was I meant to know? Should I have paid more attention? Is it buried sarcasm that powers your confession that you’re so blessed to have worked with such a wonderful and talented group of professionals, or just a lack of irony?
+:'''2'''.
+:i’m not a big fan of farewells, so
+:I won’t dwell too much on the past months —
+:but
+:i wanted to say thank you
+:for each one of you
+:for your all support
+:during
+:my time.
+:'''3'''.
+:It has been a privilege to work with
+:some
+:of ''the'' most
+:incredible,
+:passionate
+:people
+:in the
+:industry.
+:'''4'''.
+:wishing you
+:all the best
+:the ''very'' best, both
+:professionally and personally, and
+:hoping we
+:[[reconnect]] when our paths cross
+:[[going forward]]
+:~''exit''~
+}}}}There’s something poetic — melancholic — about the [[farewell]] email from a colleague whose name you didn’t recognise until the [[leaving card]] bearing it transported itself forlornly around the department’s in-trays a fortnight ago.
+:''I think most<ref>“''Most''” —</ref> of you know by now that today is my final day. I’m not a big fan of farewells so I won’t dwell too much on the past months — but I wanted to say thank you for each one of you for your support you have given me during my time here. It has been a privilege to work with some of the most incredible, passionate people in the industry! Wishing you all the best, the very best, both professionally and personally, and hoping we [[reconnect]] when our paths cross [[going forward]]! — Sandy''
+What to make of this: faintly [[passive aggressive]] thanks for nothing? A lack of irony? Or just no sense of perspective?
+Anyway, you can make it into [[peotry]], as per the panel.
+Even more fun can be had should the leaver be incautious enough not to use the ''[[blind copy]]'' field to address her soon-to-be ex-colleagues. The truly embittered might not: after all, what harm can that final ''faux pas'' — by which she reveals the breadth of the staff whose inboxes she is polluting — now do? Her career has hit the skids: could it ''be'' worse? Well, only if some well-intended bureaucrat deigns to [[reply-all]]. “Dear Fortesquieu: Thank-you for your hard work and dedication over the last six months, and best of luck with your search for new job. You will be missed!”
+This may kick off a viral bout of virtue-signalling from others, joining in to wish similarly vague, equally ironic, valedictions.
+{{sa}}
+*[[Leaving card]]
+*[[peotry]]
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+{{ref}}
+{{c|Peotry}}

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