I left my job on Friday and am now on gardening leave before starting a higher position at a rival company. My leaving my do was that evening.
I left for a number of reasons. A major one was that progression within in the company is based on politics rather than performance. I had got as far as I believed I would personally ever get there, never having been a particular favourite of the BIG boss.
I have always got on well with my immediate boss however. I greatly respect her and I had thought she respected me. She seems to have taken the news of my departure very badly however and has been extremely frosty towards me ever since.
She was the first person I told. I sent her what I thought was a very sincere heartfelt email, essentially saying that I felt this was too good an opportunity for me to turn down but that I had greatly enjoyed working with her, was grateful for all that she had taught me, hoped we'd stay in touch occasionally, etc.
She never replied. At my final one-to-one, she was very off. She told me I was making a big mistake and tried to persuade me instead to take a sideways positions overseeing what she made out to be a new and exciting project. I was well aware that it was no such thing and really just an attempt at rehashing a previous project which wasn't received very well. There is in fact a position available at equivalent level to the one I have just accepted elsewhere. No mention was made of this.
Others have told me that they thought her speech at my leaving do was 'lukewarm.' The most upsetting thing for me though actually was our final goodbye. Over the years I have watched her fondly part with many others yet she barely had a word to say to me.
AIBU to feel just a little upset by this? Is it worth one more email in an attempt to make peace?