Have any of you ever submitted a letter of resignation? What was your experience?
My experience is that once a letter of resignation has been submitted that the customary two weeks’ notice is rarely required and, indeed, that your boss probably considers you disruptive and wants you to leave as quickly as possible. Getting two months to put things in order before you leave seems naive to me.
Very good point, Mattis must regard himself highly to set his own departure date.
Depends upon the reason for resigning. I have asked some people to hang on an extra month or two if possible. Other times, I have told them they can leave sooner. Since I assume you are referring to Mattis, I think Trump was correct to move his date up. As resignation letters go it was pretty harsh, so best to get him out.
Steve
What steve said, and…..
I was asked to stay once for as long as I could. But my title was only Sr Engineer, so not really a policy position. Come to think of it, I’ve never been asked to get out of dodge. But I was never disruptive.
Not reported in the press, but when Mattis was fired by Obama (were Nancy, Mika and Joe scared then?) he was rather disruptive in that he let it be known to subordinates exactly how he felt. A very remarkable career, but not a pro on the exit.