On the way out....How Do you Do it 1

[bigmig]

so I want to quit my job and go out on my own because my boss is a (insert adjective here). I won't type the sob story here.

The jobs I have access to (giving proposals on) I only know about because of where I work. Half of which I brought in.

How ethical is it to tell my boss "up yours" and then call up client A to Z and say "by the way, I'm on my own and here is my proposal"?

 

[SomptingGuy]

I witnessed a great "up yours!" exit a few years ago.

A former director had used his administrator as a slave for several years. I was in the vicinity when the straw that broke the camel's back was applied. I remember the phrase well:

"You can stick your f****** job up your f***** a***"

And she stormed out. One of our sales guys sniggered that she'd be back ... because she'd left her car keys on the desk. We all hid when she did.

But yes, burning bridges in any situation just isn't worth it.

- Steve

 

[asixth]

If there your clients wouldn't they follow you?

 

[apsix]

Prior to leaving send an email to all 'your' clients informing them that you're leaving and giving them an alternative contact name & details.
If they really are your clients they will find you.

 

[berkshire]

apsix (Structural)
Do not do that on company time!
B.E.

The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor

 

[jmw]

When I left my last company I emailed only those few with whom I had current projects ongoing to tell them the new contact details for my replacement in the company.
The company itself proved time and again it was incapable of joined up thinking when some one left.
The telephone receptionist was beside herself having to explain time and again that "so ad so is no longer with the company." and then spend a lot of time trying to sort ought to whom she needed to refer the call.

I also did circulate my colleagues.
But as to a blanket email to all my contacts?
That seemed very unprofessional to me.

PS as might be inferred from the thread in the ethics forum, I did take my contact list but have been very careful about using it in any way that would seem unprofessional. Certainly not to directly solicit business or seduce clients away.

This is, to me, an important question: how we are perceived by our professional contacts and acting professionally is important. It's a bit of a catch 22 but that's life.

JMW

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