Don't know why I kept this
I would go through a huge saga about what led to my resignation but I'll let my resignation letter say it instead

Dear *Soggy waste of space team manager*,

I hereby wish to give formal notice of my intent to resign from my post as a technical support advisor on Friday 8th April 2005. I regret to say that I can no longer tolerate the current regime of mismanagement within the department.

Over the past year the policies relating to staffing, resource management, staff structure and promotions have served only to alienate and drive out the long serving experienced staff that are the very life blood of any technical support department.

The level of technician knowledge has dropped from over three years to just over one in the same period, the net effect of which has left a department where considerably more mistakes are being made and the number of experienced staff members there to catch and correct the errors has dropped drastically. I find myself spending more of my time fixing and apologising for the mistakes caused by the poor planning, lack of adequate resourcing or inexperience of others. This is a situation which I have no desire see myself continuing in but as there appears to be no sign of a solution or even positive direction from management I cannot see the situation improving, hence the only way to resolve the issue is to leave the department.

I would like to say that I have no issues with working for XXXX as a company, it is purely the Technical Support Department I have no desire to work for any longer. Current policies have seen it change from the enjoyable place to work with career prospects and a reward system based on actual ability to do the job to a low-morale, high staff turnover “Dickensian workhouse” atmosphere.

I currently feel isolated in my role as a technician, the resources to help me are inadequate, the support I receive from the established support structure is virtually non existent. As the customers first point of contact we are expected to deal with program bugs and poor design features which we accumulate more with every version, it would appear we are expected to handle irate customers who are encountering these problems but are not sufficiently trusted to know what is being done about them.

I have no desire to resign from my job but after leaving me isolated, undervalued, extremely frustrated and stressed I feel I have no choice as I have no faith in the ability of the current management structure to rescue us from the hole it has dug itself.

Yours sincerely

Cliche Guevara

I'm not sure if I was subtle enough?

apols.... length... yadda yadda....
(Cliche Guevara Predicatably revolutionary since, Thu 22 May 2008, 19:13, 8 replies)

'twas maybe
a wee bit vague. More hinting than actually saying what the problems were ...

nah - it was ace!

*clicks*
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Thu 22 May 2008, 19:34, closed)

Brill
Subtle as a nail in a brick, love it.
(conzo21, Thu 22 May 2008, 19:41, closed)

Well worded.
Like a steel fist in a velvet glove. I love it. Well done!
(uk_viper stopped lurking on, Thu 22 May 2008, 20:06, closed)

I like it
What did they say?
(Fuiru Sting, where is thy death?, Thu 22 May 2008, 20:09, closed)

I was gone the same day
Apparently I was a risk to staff morale, the fact that 110 out of 340 had already left that year wasn't a factor, they didn't want me taking more people with me.....

1 month of fully paid arsing about, result!
(Cliche Guevara Predicatably revolutionary since, Thu 22 May 2008, 22:03, closed)

Good
but needed a little more directness.

*click*
( betpet is the fun in dysfunctional, Thu 22 May 2008, 22:05, closed)

aww man!
I thought you had written I.D.I.O.T. using the first letters of paragraphs, but then realised that the first I isn't part of the letter.

shame, one missed opportunity!
( morrybyte made a subtle namechange at, Sat 24 May 2008, 12:32, closed)

Woo
Nice wordy one instead of pissing in/on something :)
*Clickity click*

Ooh spelling Idiot out would be awesome! I would do it but sadly love my job :p
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 28 May 2008, 16:04, closed)