Goodbye Email to Work?

[Iamblossom]

Hi all, posting in chat for traffic as have to make a decision about this today.

I have been made redundant and my last day is today. I have signed a settlement agreement but have not yet had a counter signed version, I have no reason to believe I won't get one or be paid the settlement.

I want to email the people I work with to say goodbye etc, and would like to at least allude to them that my leaving is not my decision but my company have a tendency to just disappear people and certainly not broadcast redundancy. So what sort of thing do you think I should say? Or just not mention it?

Don’t mention it, you’ll risk a settlement

I agree, steer clear of mentioning it. Just say that you will miss your colleagues (assuming you will!) and it was great working with them (assuming it was!).

You can't, it would be really foolish to break the terms of the settlement agreement in writing on their system. Just a brief "I've enjoyed working with you but now its time to seek new opportunities" or similar, they will probably work it out.

If we'd settled with you and you hinted that it wasn't your choice we wouldn't pay you the agreed monies. Or we would seek to recover.

That is the point of the settlement.

Is it a settlement agreement which has a non disclosure clause in it?

You could always say you are disappointed to be leaving but wish them well etc

Do not email yet. You can always send a card later on , no?

I mean there is a reasonprevious people have just disapperred, so don’t blow it for yourself

If its a straight forward redundancy then it wouldn't have a settlement agreement as part of it. Sounds like theres more to the reason you are being asked to leave - either the position isn't actually redundant and they have other motivations to get you out, or they are paying extra in order to protect their image and keep it hush (which isn't right but is done by some big companies).

End of the day, if you sign a confidentiality clause then you need to uphold your end of the contract otherwise they are within their rights to not uphold the payment and other terms to you...and I doubt its worth it really?

After a few weeks, no-one at work will remember you anyway so why risk it?
Just sign, keep the money and smile to yourself whenever you bump into an ex colleague, like I used to do. 

Don't send the email. Why risk your settlement.

I agree with MyFavouritePlace. More people are likely to put 2& 2 together if you disappear without a trace, in the way that you have in the past. Don't burn any bridges as you never know who you will end up working with again in the future.