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.
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Jesse - Aug 09, 2013 6:35:10 am PDT #1930 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
msbelle - Aug 09, 2013 8:01:18 am PDT #1939 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
So today we have electricity, but we lost our server about 9:30. No one seems to know the issue. Everything is getting power.