Then offer your letter to the HR person today, formal notice to boss on Monday. Get the righteous fuck outta there.
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Strix - Aug 09, 2013 6:30:23 am PDT #1929 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Jesse - Aug 09, 2013 6:35:10 am PDT #1930 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I've always told my boss first and then made it formal. I think you could tell your HR buddy without it being Official Notice, but what do I know.
Fred Pete - Aug 09, 2013 6:39:02 am PDT #1931 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
Maria, is HR manager enough of a friend that you could ask to keep it quiet until you tell your boss Monday morning?
Jesse - Aug 09, 2013 6:40:27 am PDT #1932 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You really don't want your boss to hear it from anyone who isn't you.
le nubian - Aug 09, 2013 6:42:00 am PDT #1933 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Maria,
my sector of employment is different from yours, but in my two resignations, I have always told my immediate boss first. Then other relevant colleagues. Then HR.
shrift - Aug 09, 2013 6:44:33 am PDT #1934 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I scrambled out of bed this morning in a panic, thinking, "JESUS CHRIST WHAT DAY IS IT AM I SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE AIRPORT?!" I have the feeling this is going to be happening to me a lot over the next three months.
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2013 6:45:06 am PDT #1935 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't know you had to tell HR. I wouldn't dream of telling anyone before my boss, no matter if I hated them or not, though.
Sophia Brooks - Aug 09, 2013 6:57:39 am PDT #1936 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I have only ever told my boss, who told our department administrator, who told HR/Payroll.
Theodosia - Aug 09, 2013 7:21:08 am PDT #1937 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I would tell boss first, unless it really was an uncordial relationship. Thank goodness I've never had that situation, though. Ugh. But since HR is a friend, you could, er, theoretically ask HR if it was proper to tell boss first.
Maria - Aug 09, 2013 7:38:51 am PDT #1938 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Screw it. Everyone gets told on Monday. Thanks for the feedback.