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There’s something poetic — melancholic — about the blind-copied farewell email from a colleague whose name you don’t recognise.
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:''I think most of you know by now that today is my final day<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. 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''
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===My Farewell===
A faintly passive aggressive thanks for nothing? Was I meant to know you were here, or care that you are leaving? Is it buried sarcasm that powers your declaration that you’re so ''blessed'' to have worked with such a “wonderful and talented group of professionals”, a lack of irony, or no sense of perspective?
 
Anyway, you can make it into poetry like so:
 
 
===my farewell===
''a valediction in 4 parts''
''a valediction in 4 parts''


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:'''4'''.
:'''4'''.
:wishing you all the best
:wishing you  
:the very best, both  
:all the best
:the ''very'' best, both  
:professionally and personally, and  
:professionally and personally, and  
:hoping we  
:hoping we  
:[[reconnect]] when our paths cross  
:[[reconnect]] when our paths cross  
:[[going forward]]  
:[[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.


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*[[Leaving card]]
*[[peotry]]
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Latest revision as of 11:06, 2 July 2021

The JC’s guide to electronic communication


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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