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The Art of The Farewell Email
2/24/2009

With so many people losing their jobs, the valediction


copyrights:cite this source synonym collection v1.1copyright © 2008 by lexico publishing group email, letting colleagues and contacts know where you are moving and how you can be reached, has become common. Writing a really good one, whether it be funny, sad or just plain mad is an art form. Chris Kula, a worker





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clergy first meant 'learning at a New York social planning firm, wrote: "For nearly as long as I've worked here, I've hoped that I might one day leave this company. And now that this dream has become a reality, please know that I could not have reached this goal without your unending lack of support." In May, lawyer Shinyung Oh was let go from the San Francisco branch of the Paul Hastings law firm six days after losing a baby. "If this reaction seems particularly emotional," she wrote to the partners, "perhaps an associate's heartwarming vulnerability after a recent miscarriage is a factor you should value the next time you fire or lay someone off. It shows startlingly poor judgment and government skills — and cowardice — on your parts." Let's hear the best and worst goodbye emails you've seen.

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