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641: How to Quit Your Job the Right Way | Deep Dive

The Jordan Harbinger Show

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How Honest Should I Be About My Reasons for Quitting?

If you're leaving to take a new job, that'll probably be pretty straightforward. If you're unhappy, though, that's a little bit of a trickier conversation. In most cases, your best bed is to just share the headline: i'm leaving to go due x. But whatever you do, make sure that what you share with them on your way out is in a spirit of helpfulness rather than spite. Do everything in your power to set your team up for success after you're gone. Find and train your replacement, transition key relationships to new people so there's no interruption. Even if you hate the company and end up inadvertently punishing the next person who takes your job -

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