Sir, this is my resignation letter and this was my first job experience ever therefore
I quit and just to let you know I've got a much better job now.
Oops...this wouldn't be a good way to quit your job at all. Do you wanna learn how to
quit your job professionally? Then please stay with me, Michelle coz I'm going to teach
you that in this lesson today.
Have you ever heard a phrase called burning the bridge, yes that's related to your job.
So what it really means is, if you are quitting your job on a bad note and you are being very
angry with your boss and you are complaining, then you have surely no chance of getting
back to that job. If something at all goes wrong with your next job, there is no chance
that your boss is gonna accept you again. So it's always said that don't burn the bridge
when you are leaving the job and that is what we are going to learn in this lesson. How
to not burn the bridge when you are quitting. If anyone of you is quitting, then trust me
this is the lesson for you. Let’s start.
Can anything be done about this? How does it sound to you? This phrase actually talks
about negotiating. So you know what, whenever you get a new job offer, it's just the right
time to negotiate with your boss. If you are really a good employee, then your boss might
entice you to stay and then you can tell him what will it take for you to stay. You can
put forth your conditions. So can anything be done about this? Will be used to put forth
your conditions. To put forth your conditions. What kind of conditions really? So maybe you
want a change of position, right? So you can tell your boss, for this lesson your boss's
name is Marc. Okay, so Marc I've been asking for the program management responsibility
or program manager responsibilities for some time now but nothing has been done about it.
So can anything be done about this? Yes, that's how you can ask for a change of position or
some other responsibilities that you want to take. What if you want a salary rise? Then
you can say that, hey Marc, I've got this new job offer. You know I really love working
here, and that's why I have not yet accepted that offer. However do you know, they are
giving me a 7% salary rise? Would you guys be able to match that? Can anything be done
about this? So it can be used either for the position or for the salary rise. Yes, so this
is one way to negotiate with your boss. The perfect time to do that, when you get a new
job offer. Negotiate.
I shouldn’t pass this up. This is used to talk about an opportunity. Yes, to talk about
an opportunity. When you get a new job offer, you could tell your boss, hey Marc I got this
new job offer and I shouldn't pass this up because this is the time when I want to find
other challenges. So I'm sure your boss will be considerate and he will understand that
you are young and you wanna try other things, so he'll probably accept your resignation.
let's look at the third one, I have to put in my two week notice.so two week notice is
the time period of two weeks before which you quit work. Before you quit work. So time
period before you quit work. Time period before you quit work. But the question here is why
do you really need to give a two week notice? See, I'll tell you if you don't give a two
week notice, you are definitely burning the bridge because if you do give a two week notice,
your boss will have enough time to hire another employee to replace you. So it's quite ethical
to give a two week notice and I suggest that you should do that, if at all you are planning
to quit on a good note. Don’t burn the bridge.
Let’s look at the next one, I wanna take a break. But break from what really? Break
from work. You know I know people who quit their job and but why, what's the reason really
why they quit their job? They quit their job because they want to spend more time with
their family or maybe they wanna travel all over the world. So if you are in that situation,
you could tell your boss, hi Marc I have worked here for ten years and I really enjoyed my
time but now I wanna take a break and spend time with my family or I have spent ten years
with you and it was a great work experience. However now I wanna take a break because I
want to travel all around the world. For a long time, I wanted to take an extended break
and this is the best time to do that for me. So you can use it, when you want to take a
break for travelling or to spend time with your family. For travel or personal time.
and don’t really worry about it coz if you are really a good employee, a great employee
rather, your boss will hire you back once you know you are done with your travelling
and spending time with your family, you can apply again, most probably they'll hire you.
May be at the same position or may be at an even better position.so you can sure go ahead
with it.
Next one, next Friday is my last working day. Will you say that to your boss? No, then you're
burning the bridge. You’ll say that to your close friend at work. Yes the first four phrases
here are used when you are telling your boss that you are quitting work. So let's write
it here. B-o-s-s. How about this? This is used when you are telling your close friend
that you are leaving work. Close friend. Hey buddy next Friday is my last working day.
What, really? Are you serious? When are you leaving? I just told you, next Friday. I've
already put in my two weeks’ notice. Oh my gosh, why? Because I've got screwed here
so many times and I'm leaving this dump. Does that sound happy? No, you use these two phrases
to talk about trouble. Screwed means when you faced a lot of trouble, faced a lot of
trouble. And what about dump? Dump is another word for garbage where you store the garbage.
So that's a really bad word for your workplace, store the garbage, where you store the garbage.
you must be careful with using these two phrases, please make sure you are using it in secret
with your close friend with no one else overhearing you, otherwise your bridge is burnt for life.so
I'm leaving this dump, I got screwed here, so many times, which means it was really terrible
experience for you. If you’ve had a terrible experience at your work, then probably you
can use these two phrases with a close friend at work.
Let’s look at the next one, it was great working with you. How does that sound? To
me that sounds quite formal, yes, formal and who will you say that to? You can use this
with a coworker. Yes, who may not be very close to you but he or she is just a coworker.
so you could say to them, that next Friday is my last working day, it was really great
working with you. I'll give you my email so that we can stay in touch. Yes very formal,
very sweet and nice.
Let’s look at the next one, lemme me know if they have another opening. What is this?
Lemme, have you ever heard this before? It’s a slang word where we join let plus me, you'll
usually hear native speakers saying lemme instead of let me. So lemme know if they have
another opening. This is talking about personal interests. But to whom? I thought you were
leaving work in this video. No you can use these phrases when someone else is leaving
work. Is there anybody leaving work at your place? Then this will be a smart way to tell
them that if you are leaving, if you are quitting, then lemme know if they have another opening,
but who? The new company that, that coworker of yours is joining. So you are telling him,
with personal interests, that if they have another opening, then I would also like to
join in because probably you are also not enjoying that job, personal interest.
Save me a seat, how about that? Save me a seat is also one way of saying this, have
another opening. If you have another opening, here you are asking your friend, you know
to tell you if there's an opening. But here you are telling your coworker to recommend
you, yes. To the new company, to say that okay this is my friend and he is very good
at work and I'd like to recommend him to work at our company. So this is used when you want
to recommend somebody. Or when you want somebody to recommend you. So if your friend is leaving,
you could say that, now that you are leaving good luck with your career. But please save
me a seat too.
The last one, good luck with your new career. Thankfully we have no personal interests here.
This is a generous and honest way of saying to a coworker or you know a close friend at
work, that good luck with your new career, be successful. Maybe you look up to that person,
you’re inspired by that person or maybe you know you just like the way they work,
could be. Good luck with your new career, honest and generous. How cool is that? We
have learnt so many new ways of quitting at work. Phrases that you can use with your boss,
phrases that you can use with your close friend and also phrases that you can use with a regular
coworker and also the last three phrases which you can use when someone else is leaving.
You know it's very easy to raise hell when you are quitting. It’s really easy, you
could just simply say, I quit and this is the worst job I ever had. Like I said in the
beginning of the video, if you do that, you're leaving on a very bad note, so that won't
be a good idea, right? So don't burn the bridge until I’m back again with new lessons on
workplace tactics. I hope to see you soon in my other lesson, till then you take care, bye