So my boss quit

pinkcow13

This morning. I came to work to an email from our CVP (my manager's boss) -  meeting notice asking us to please do everything we can to attend the meeting. She told us that she came to work this morning to a letter on her desk. He basically resigned, and that's it. No notice, nothing. After the meeting, I went by his desk  and noticed all his pictures are gone, I guess I didn't notice that when I walked in. Some coworkers saw him at the gym this morning which was unusual, and later realized he probably just went to empty out his locker.

No one has any idea what could have happened. Just a few days ago he set up a bunch of meetings for us to attend in the coming weeks. Seems like a weird thing to do if you knew you were resigning a few days later. One of my coworkers thinks he has a job lined up that needed him right away, but most jobs understand that you need to give some type of notice. And we are in the insurance/finance industry, not the CIA or something. Not to mention it screws up everyone in terms of the work, and deadlines. I heard them talking about getting access to his (work) email in regards to sensitive information he has, which now has to be delegated to others.

His boss thinks he wanted a change (he had been in the department for 17 years, and we actually started together in the area I am now in, back in September.) She doesn't know if anything else was going on, though. I feel kinda blue now. I've been in this company for 7 years, and have had different positions with different managers, and have had all shitty managers (my last manager was Okay, not great) until I moved to this area. My manager was awesome, and treated me as an equal. He also had my back, I know he pushed for me to get an awesome bonus in March despite the short amount of time I've been in the area. For now I will be reporting to the CVP (she's also awesome) but who knows who they will replace him with. So yea, that's my Tuesday. Just needed to vent. I need all the wine today

SapphireCounselor

Wow...To not say anything at all about it in advance and just be gone...that is crazy. At this point I'd be concerned that there was a personal/family emergency going on, but even that is a stretch. Hope this all works out.

JCbride2015

I'm sorry to hear that!  If it were me, I might be a little hurt he didn't even say goodbye or anything.  Definitely a strange thing to do when you've worked with somebody for a while.

Hopefully they'll hire somebody equally great, and hopefully there's no huge personal emergency for your boss.

Enjoy that wine tonight!

mysticl

I've seen this happen before.  When they resign out of no where but have been working their butt off right up to the point where they leave it can mean their resignation was requested.  Even their supervisors are told they resigned, only a few people at the top know the truth.  

SmileDamnit

That sucks  

mschristie123

Woooow that's crazy, and so unexpected!! That has never happened to me before, but I can't imagine how shitty that must feel to be left in the lurch like that. Drink up tonight, you deserve it.

SBmini

Is it possible that he burnt out? I missed a burn out when I was out of the office one day. The guy was second in charge of a department was always a super hard worker. Could not delegate to save his life, was always first in and first out, etc. Apparently, this was causing stress at work and at home, but not anything that would be obvious to people who worked directly with him.

So one day, during a regular status meeting, the topic is directed to a project he is working on and drowning with. The department head got frustrated that it wasn't done. I'm sure some not nice things came out of her mouth. And all those months of stress and suppression finally hit there breaking point. He apparently blew up at her, stormed out of the room, cleaned out his desk and left the building. They had to beg him to come back and finish up the week because no one knew what he was doing- he kept everything so close to his chest that it would have been impossible for anyone to step in where he left off.

But after a few weeks of confusion, everything found its place once again. And I'm sure it will for you too.

HisGirlFriday13

mysticl said:

I've seen this happen before.  When they resign out of no where but have been working their butt off right up to the point where they leave it can mean their resignation was requested.  Even their supervisors are told they resigned, only a few people at the top know the truth.  

This is a good point.

Someone at the national organisation for my group of people recently left. Just....gone. No notice, no transition, just one day, all the e-mails were re-routed to someone else and we all had a new point of contact.

Word slowly trickled down that this person had made an EPIC error -- like, HUGE. And once it was made, there was no way to correct it, so it was exposed for everyone to see, and the ramifications of it were far-reaching and have untold MILLIONS of dollars in damages.

So, basically, the resignation was requested and accepted and the person was gone.

pinkcow13

That's a good point, the forced resignation. I really have no idea. I thought maybe it was an emergency, and I still think maybe that may have been it, but I heard that his friends have been texting him throughout the day, and none of that came out. Of course, maybe he just does not want to divulge details. 

I definitely do feel kinda hurt. It's so weird! I told my friend I feel like this is the work equivalent of being dumped via a post it note (SATC reference lol). I am definitely going to have some wine after work. I just hope this is an easy transition, whatever it may be. Ironically, I worked in a crappy department with crappy bosses and none of them pulled something as shitty as this. Even one manager who I clashed with, personally took my aside to tell me she was putting in her notice and to apologize for how things did not really work out with us. She ended up writing me an amazing review before she left. Funny how things turn out.

SapphireCounselor

HisGirlFriday13 said:

mysticl said:

I've seen this happen before.  When they resign out of no where but have been working their butt off right up to the point where they leave it can mean their resignation was requested.  Even their supervisors are told they resigned, only a few people at the top know the truth.  

This is a good point.

Someone at the national organisation for my group of people recently left. Just....gone. No notice, no transition, just one day, all the e-mails were re-routed to someone else and we all had a new point of contact.

Word slowly trickled down that this person had made an EPIC error -- like, HUGE. And once it was made, there was no way to correct it, so it was exposed for everyone to see, and the ramifications of it were far-reaching and have untold MILLIONS of dollars in damages.

So, basically, the resignation was requested and accepted and the person was gone.

This situation was a little bit different, but at DH's last office a new employee who had been there for about two months ended up resigning/being forced out for screwing up big time as well. Basically she and a contact in the community she worked frequently with on high level projects (who was a lot more valuable to the company than she was) butted heads to the point where they began to hate each other. The new employee ended up getting so frustrated that she went above above the local office and complained to corporate HR . She told them essentially, "Don't make me work with this person or I quit." HR considered this to be her official statement of resignation - even when she later cooled down and regretted what she'd said.

ETA: This transition happened virtually overnight as well.

pinkcow13

SapphireCounselor said:

HisGirlFriday13 said:

mysticl said:

I've seen this happen before.  When they resign out of no where but have been working their butt off right up to the point where they leave it can mean their resignation was requested.  Even their supervisors are told they resigned, only a few people at the top know the truth.  

This is a good point.

Someone at the national organisation for my group of people recently left. Just....gone. No notice, no transition, just one day, all the e-mails were re-routed to someone else and we all had a new point of contact.

Word slowly trickled down that this person had made an EPIC error -- like, HUGE. And once it was made, there was no way to correct it, so it was exposed for everyone to see, and the ramifications of it were far-reaching and have untold MILLIONS of dollars in damages.

So, basically, the resignation was requested and accepted and the person was gone.

This situation was a little bit different, but at DH's last office a new employee who had been there for about two months ended up resigning/being forced out for screwing up big time as well. Basically she and a contact in the community she worked frequently with on high level projects (who was a lot more valuable to the company than she was) butted heads to the point where they began to hate each other. The new employee ended up getting so frustrated that she went above above the local office and complained to corporate HR . She told them essentially, "Don't make me work with this person or I quit." HR considered this to be her official statement of resignation - even when she later cooled down and regretted what she'd said.

ETA: This transition happened virtually overnight as well.

Now that I think of it I'm not too sure if it could have been a forced resignation because word travels fast in this company. When that has happened here, everyone knows. Of course, that was in my old department. Maybe people don't talk as much in this new one?

HisGirlFriday13

pinkcow13 said:

SapphireCounselor said:

HisGirlFriday13 said:

mysticl said:

I've seen this happen before.  When they resign out of no where but have been working their butt off right up to the point where they leave it can mean their resignation was requested.  Even their supervisors are told they resigned, only a few people at the top know the truth.  

This is a good point.

Someone at the national organisation for my group of people recently left. Just....gone. No notice, no transition, just one day, all the e-mails were re-routed to someone else and we all had a new point of contact.

Word slowly trickled down that this person had made an EPIC error -- like, HUGE. And once it was made, there was no way to correct it, so it was exposed for everyone to see, and the ramifications of it were far-reaching and have untold MILLIONS of dollars in damages.

So, basically, the resignation was requested and accepted and the person was gone.

This situation was a little bit different, but at DH's last office a new employee who had been there for about two months ended up resigning/being forced out for screwing up big time as well. Basically she and a contact in the community she worked frequently with on high level projects (who was a lot more valuable to the company than she was) butted heads to the point where they began to hate each other. The new employee ended up getting so frustrated that she went above above the local office and complained to corporate HR . She told them essentially, "Don't make me work with this person or I quit." HR considered this to be her official statement of resignation - even when she later cooled down and regretted what she'd said.

ETA: This transition happened virtually overnight as well.



Now that I think of it I'm not too sure if it could have been a forced resignation because word travels fast in this company. When that has happened here, everyone knows. Of course, that was in my old department. Maybe people don't talk as much in this new one?

But you also don't know what the word could be. At my old job, we had someone leave overnight and It wasn't until criminal charges were filed that we found out WHY he'd been let go (financial irregularities triggered an audit which uncovered embezzlement.)

WinstonsGirl

It sucks that you just lost a good boss.  Those are hard to come by.  

My first thought on reading your title was that if my boss upped and quit, I'd throw a major party and wouldn't stop for weeks!! 

FiancB

The forced resignation is a good point. I don't mean to alarm you, but is it possible he could be suicidal? My alarm bells for that are triggered a bit easily

cupcait927

Is it possible he went to a competitor and didn't want to go through the process of being walked out? I work at an insurance brokerage (health and life) and we actually just had an account exec resign today. She's going to a competitor so they walked her out, even though she was willing to stay 2 weeks. He may have just wanted to avoid being stared at while he was walked out and thought this was the best way to handle it? Who knows but either way, that sucks and I'm sorry I've been blessed to always have had amazing managers so I feel your pain, not knowing who the replacement could be and what your relationship with that person would be.

lyndausvi

ckel24 said:

Is it possible he went to a competitor and didn't want to go through the process of being walked out? I work at an insurance brokerage (health and life) and we actually just had an account exec resign today. She's going to a competitor so they walked her out, even though she was willing to stay 2 weeks. He may have just wanted to avoid being stared at while he was walked out and thought this was the best way to handle it? Who knows but either way, that sucks and I'm sorry I've been blessed to always have had amazing managers so I feel your pain, not knowing who the replacement could be and what your relationship with that person would be.

That is what I was thinking.   Or it could be a forced.   There are many reasons why people leave with no notice.

DH's boss just gave notice.  He wasn't liked anyway and the GM told him to leave that day.  She saw no need to keep paying him for a bad job.   There wasn't anything for him to pass-on.   

mysticl

pinkcow13 said:

SapphireCounselor said:

HisGirlFriday13 said:

mysticl said:

I've seen this happen before.  When they resign out of no where but have been working their butt off right up to the point where they leave it can mean their resignation was requested.  Even their supervisors are told they resigned, only a few people at the top know the truth.  

This is a good point.

Someone at the national organisation for my group of people recently left. Just....gone. No notice, no transition, just one day, all the e-mails were re-routed to someone else and we all had a new point of contact.

Word slowly trickled down that this person had made an EPIC error -- like, HUGE. And once it was made, there was no way to correct it, so it was exposed for everyone to see, and the ramifications of it were far-reaching and have untold MILLIONS of dollars in damages.

So, basically, the resignation was requested and accepted and the person was gone.

This situation was a little bit different, but at DH's last office a new employee who had been there for about two months ended up resigning/being forced out for screwing up big time as well. Basically she and a contact in the community she worked frequently with on high level projects (who was a lot more valuable to the company than she was) butted heads to the point where they began to hate each other. The new employee ended up getting so frustrated that she went above above the local office and complained to corporate HR . She told them essentially, "Don't make me work with this person or I quit." HR considered this to be her official statement of resignation - even when she later cooled down and regretted what she'd said.

ETA: This transition happened virtually overnight as well.

Now that I think of it I'm not too sure if it could have been a forced resignation because word travels fast in this company. When that has happened here, everyone knows. Of course, that was in my old department. Maybe people don't talk as much in this new one?

I have seen managers beg a person to reconsider their resignation not realizing the resignation was forced.  

I have also seen people give the "required" notice only to basically be told "never mind, get out now".  

pinkcow13

Yea honestly I guess you never know. I went to have some wine after work and at one point I got kinda upset (nothing major, just kinda blue) but I got over it, and I'm fine now. It just kinda sucks still. I guess the forced recognition does make sense. They definitely have security walk you out here, and who would want that? Idk maybe tomorrow we'll hear more. Honestly I'm really considering my next move. I'm not doing anything drastic now because of our wedding, but if nothing good comes of this, I'm seriously considering finishing my MBA full time, and quitting my job. Maybe that's why I'm so stressed about this. I always thought I would continue part time, especially within my new department. I just refuse being miserable again.

tortoisebride

I don't think it'd be out of line for you to text or email him and say he'll be missed. Maybe that would help?

climbingsingle

That's pretty crazy. Wow. 

Our last plant manager resigned while the owners were out of the country. He gave two days notice and was gone by the time they got back.