Leaving a Job: How Not to Burn Bridges

When you decide to leave your current employer for a new one, there can be a great deal of hardship that is involved. The hard feelings could be on your end, especially if you are leaving a bad job or an unprofessional boss. Or, the hard feelings could be on the part of the company you are leaving; this happens when you have been at a company for a long time, or when you started your career with a company and then move on.

So how can you retain business relationships through these hard feelings? If the hard feelings are on your side, no matter how much you may want to express your displeasure to your boss when you quit, don’t. You never know if you may need him as a reference further down the road. If the hard feelings are on the employer’s side, this is more complicated. If you are lucky, the company will accept your decision; if not, you may have irreparably destroyed the relationship.