How Not to Resign

Maybe Jerry should have just left "Flipper" behind

  I would have never sent this email out (below), but I sort of love it. It's honest and to the point, but at the end of the day, you just can't burn bridges like this. I mean, it worked out for Jerry McGuire, but unless this guy has Rod Tidwell (played by Cuba Gooding Jr) waiting for him on the other side, this is a bit foolish. Hopefully the feedback is taken and both parties can move on in a meaningful way, but realistically, this person will be seen as disgruntled and written off. In a perfect world (which we don't live in) Every point of feedback should be considered, especially the negative ones - it's the only way to get better.

Just remember, if you're going to resign, maybe it's not a bad idea to leave the "goldfish" behind.

As always, Drive Slow

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Greetings Colleagues,

Friday will be my last day with [Company] and I wanted to send out a quick note to all those that I have worked so closely with over the past 4 years.  

In the immortal words of the Gambler (Kenny Rogers)……….’You gotta know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away………know when to run’. 

Man, I see @ [Company] the strongest and smartest men & women who've ever lived.  I see all this potential, and I see squandering.  God damn it, an entire generation consolidating net cost change analytics, calculating full absorption, enforcing SOX controls, validating CIPs, holding business partners accountable, and formulating meaningless GBU inflation splits……….slaves with white collars.  Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy sh*t we don't need.  We're the middle children of history, man.  No purpose or place.  We have no Great War.  No Great Depression. Our Great War is war on cost....... our Great Depression is the yearly business planning process.  We've all been raised within [Company] to believe that one day we'd all be high potential seniors, and finance managers, and eventually the future CFO’s. But we won't.  And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off. 

It’s been an honor and pleasure to create efficiencies and drive value in order to ensure sustainable profitable capital growth with each and every one of you.        

Thanks