Farewell for employees who have resigned
HR in TX
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Looking for a better way to communicate to the staff that an employee is leaving the company. Any ideas on a professional way to send them off?
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What have you done in the past? There are a couple of schools of thought on this. One is to have as little disruption as possible - an email to everyone saying X has decided to leave, we wish him/her best of luck in future endeavors, until a replacement has been found please see Y for questions related to this position. If the employees wish to do something then they can do it after business hours like organizing a happy hour event, but not a company sponsored event. The second is to make a bigger deal and thank the person for their service - if an office environment have seen the employees put together a pot luck to say good luck, a good luck card and everyone puts in money for a gift, etc. It really depends on the company culture.
To be honest, unless someone is retiring, I really prefer to keep it to as little disruption as possible. If one of the employees wants to organize a happy hour after work to say goodbye then the employees can do that on their own.
Team,
X is no longer with the Company. (S)He did some good things while (s)he was here and has moved on to other things. I hope you will all join me in wishing him/her the best of luck.
-TXHRGuy