Informing business contacts about you leaving company X 3

[foxbat1979]

Hi all,

As of november 1st, I will be leaving my current job. My question is whether any of you have informed customers, suppliers and other external people.

In my position (Sr. Engineer) I have a lot of dealings with both customers and suppliers. In my opinion it would be the right thing to inform them by e-mail (just a couple of polite lines) when I still have a few weeks to go in my current job. That moment would be around the end of this week I would think.

Anyone had any similar experiences?

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[foxbat1979]

Update from my side. So I sent an e-mail to all business contacts that needed to be informed as far as I was concerned. The content of the e-mail was more or less the same as in my post of 9 Oct.

It turned out that I was right and not a single contact had been made aware of my upcoming departure. Without exception, all responses I got were a mix of surprise and " wish you well" but they were all grateful for me informing them in a timely fashion.

One major customer found out that I was leaving over the course of an important meeting during which both my boss and the undersigned were present. My boss had dropped a few small hints (meant to be humurous) aimed at me. That got the customer guessing and as soon as I was alone with them, they started asking......

IMHO really not the way for a customer to find out..... customer was not too amused either I might add

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[josephv]

Wouldn't a phone call be better? The customers may appreciate the opportunity to talk to you before you leave.