In fact, searches for 'resignation email' have spiked on Google over the last three months as people grapple with when to quit, and what to tell their bosses.īelow, Klotz and two other career experts share their best advice for writing a strong resignation email and quitting your job without burning bridges with your former employer.
Klotz adds that the pandemic 'hasn't really changed the basic etiquette' and impacts of resignations, even if most employees are quitting over video calls and emails now. 'As a supervisor, having an employee quit on you can generate a lot of negative emotions, like someone breaking up with you.' 'Regardless of how you're having that conversation, it's an interpersonal interaction related to a big decision that's going to affect a number of individuals,' he tells CNBC Make It.
Anthony Klotz, an organizational psychologist and professor at Texas A&M who first coined this pandemic-induced quitting spree as 'The Great Resignation,' says resigning from a job isn't much different from breaking up with a romantic partner.
