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When Your Resignation Turns Sour

June 8, 2010  |  Posted By: Trevor Wilson  |  Posted in Quitting

Yikes! Just read about Evan Culver’s resignation from Mahalo on TechCrunch. Normally an employee leaving a startup isn’t news, but in this case, you get to see what happens when the boss overreacts. I won’t spoil the surprise, but suffice it to say, after sending a perfectly reasonable resignation note to his boss and coworkers, [...]

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Fired Over Facebook

March 24, 2010  |  Posted By: Trevor Wilson  |  Posted in Quitting

This makes me sad. Termination should only ever be done face-to-face out of respect for the person being fired. Best line came from the author: Might she have left a voice mail? Humanity is too much for me to take sometimes…

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Sun CEO Announces Resignation Via Twitter

February 11, 2010  |  Posted By: Trevor Wilson  |  Posted in Quitting

In what can only be described as a great use of social media, (now former) Sun Microsystems CEO announced his resignation to the world via Twitter. And, as an added bonus, it came in the form of a Haiku! Personally, I really like this move. It’s nice to see high powered executives broadcast their personal [...]

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