Would you find this rude? Colleague leaving?

[TomForddr]

If they said “its a pleasure to announce I’m leaving”

Now that’s witty!

Do you own the business?

I think its quite funny.

Not rude.

Potentially honest.

Either this person is known to like their place of work and living for other reasons & so it obviously a joke.

Or known to hate their job, in which case they are being honest.

Who thinks this is rude?

@TomForddr

Not rude at all. The employer must be questioning why though. Why is she glad to leave? It's either a shit place to work, OR she locked horns with the manager/bosses of the company.

@Pandora64

I’d crack up if I heard that.

I once wrote a letter of resignation to a toxic boss explaining that I was leaving to become a nun, having learnt so much from working with him about the virtues of poverty, patience, and absolute obedience to the whims of a capricious, cruel and unknowable God.

Never sent it. But it made me feel better.

I really wish I'd said all that in my leaving speech with my previous horrible boss present.

@firealarmhell

Could be worse. I left a "Sorry for your loss" card on my last day.

Wish I’d thought of that!

When my colleague left we bought him a card that said “Sorry you’re leaving… who are we going to take the piss out of now?” 🤣

I resigned and my horrible boss who had been nothing but snide to me refused to accept my resignation! The recruitment agent found it hilarious and wondered if she planned on holding me against my will!

Well, no one voluntarily leaves a job they love, so it should be self-evident they'll be glad to be going

They do. Better pay, change in circumstances, promotion, many reasons.

I’m hopefully leaving a job I love- closer to home, much better pay, better hours, and I hope I love it as much :)

In my workplace that would be an entirely normal thing to say. But career development and seeking other opportunities is actively encouraged- to the point senior staff will mock interview for other jobs, get you work experience in different depts to better your employability etc.

Tell me you’re management and I’m not surprised they are leaving, you need to be able to have a joke at work!

I would laugh.

Of course they are pleased they are leaving! Most people leave because they have something better on the horizon.

Good for them! Not rude, just honest.

Me thinks @TomForddr was the employer

I agree - in the absence of any useful update from the OP as to the context.

Why is it rude? I assume she wanted to leave, so it is a pleasure once she can announce it. We do enough sugarcoating at work.

Are you managment?

@Bargebill19

Me thinks *@TomForddr* was the employer.

Not an employer

It's fine though. Especially if it's to leave to do something nice.

My colleagues are fab and I would miss them, but the job itself is damn hard work and we all daydream about winning the lottery and getting the hell out.
So a comment like that would absolutely be celebrated by us all.
Don’t think it’s rude. Not unless you’ve left out a lot of expletives?

Could be worse. I left a "Sorry for your loss" card on my last day.

That's so funny!

@grapewine

Why is it rude? I assume she wanted to leave, so it is a pleasure once she can announce it. We do enough sugarcoating at work.

Are you managment?

Why have you come to the conclusion it’s a woman?

@toffeebutterpopcorn
No not always. I left a job I loved and could see me being there until I retired. I was offered a promotion within the same company but a different site - told it would be brilliant and the job was ‘me’ and I would get x money and y benefits. That my current contract would be coming to an end and they didn’t want to loose me etc.
Load of absolute hogwash - I got pushed into a job no one else wanted, on the first day they decided the increased wage and benefits. I didn’t stay.

I can see it’d sting if you were their boss or mentor. It is very funny though because it’s unexpected.

@TomForddr why do you think it’s rude then?
Granted it’s not nafta winning comedy, but it’s not rude. Truthful - quite probably!

@MsTSwift

I resigned and my horrible boss who had been nothing but snide to me refused to accept my resignation! The recruitment agent found it hilarious and wondered if she planned on holding me against my will!

You're not actually resigning - you're providing them with contractual notice of your intention to terminate the employment contract. There is no "acceptance" required. :D

My favourite (in an email) was "remember, if you don't know who the office idiot is, it's probably you".

YABU OP. Why are you so personally offended by this?

You sound like one of those people who are upset when colleague leaves because that colleague did most of the work.

OP sounds bitter