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You don’t have to say where you’re going, but it’s kind of uncommon not to… so unless you have a specific reason for not sharing (like you think your current company will try to badmouth you to the new one), it will come off as a little weird. Do with that what you will.
I would add to this, if you’re on LinkedIn and update your profile they’ll probably see it at some point anyway
1. Tell your direct report you took another offer via email. Don't say where.
2. No, you don't need to tell anyone higher than that.
3. See how they react. Are they professional about it? Snide, angry?
4. If they're professional, I think it would be ok to tell them where you're going. If not, don't tell them.
5. Do your normal work load. Don't feel the need to overwork yourself. Try to make the transition easy but don't put all the burden on yourself.
6. If they do overload you with work and such, just start taking sick/vacation days. Don't put up with such passive aggressiveness.
Rising Star
Do not do it via email. Call your direct manager.
Tell who your report to that you have an offer first. See if they counter. That will tell you EVERYTHING. Then if they don’t counter back, give that person your 2 weeks notice in writing (email).
Don’t let them counter if you know you don’t want to stay. It can be a huge effort with a lot of hoops for your boss to jump through where they basically have to vouch that you’ll stay if the company can counter. Don’t put them through that if there’s really no chance.
Chief
No why do you have to tell your manager where you're going? You don't owe them anything beyond resignation and notice.
There is no harm emailing the ECD if you have a relationship. Always frame it as a thank you. Do the same for every colleague you feel had positively impacted your time there.
I would recommend NOT saying where you’re going. I generally try to be as open as possible, and in my resignation conversation I told my previous manager where I was going. They realized it was for an agency under the same parent company, and went behind my back to the new agency. Somehow they managed to push my start date out, all agreed to without my consent. I logged in at the beginning of what was supposed to be my final week, and my previous manager just told me that I was going to be staying with them an additional week (at the same lower pay level) because they worked it out with the new agency. I was fuming, and just played along because I didn’t want to rock the boat.
This still makes me so angry, and I wish I had pushed back at the time. The lack of autonomy crushes me, but this wouldn’t have been a problem if I had just skirted the subject of where I was going when I was asked in the initial resignation conversation.
Rising Star
This is standard when you move agencies within a holding company.
For us, it's common to share, but if you leave for a competing agency, you don't get two weeks, you get walked out. It's just known within our agency and not a hostile thing, but worth mentioning in case that's a possibility you're not expecting.
Thanks all. I’m not in a place to be well-utilized if they tried to match my promo where I’m at, since then 3 out of 4 of us on our team would be senior in the same role, and we all have just been half-booked lately anyways. I would be moving to a senior role, one of two in total, in a place where I would be much better utilized and actually act as a senior.
My team has been very nice & I’ve been here for 2 years so I don’t expect much hostility, just unsure of what is common/uncommon. Thanks for all your thoughts!