To feel weird that my manager hasn't really spoken to me since I handed in my notice nearly 2 months ago

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I handed in my notice nearly 2 months ago in a 1:1 with my manager. They were sympathetic and sounded sad but then ended the call early as they said they needed to start the process of telling people and that 'a lot of people will be disappointed'.

Since then I haven't really spoken to my manager. In a meeting when my colleague brought up me leaving and how they were sad I was going they said something like 'it's ok, we've got X and Y to replace her. She's good, but not irreplaceable!' in a joking kind of way but I still felt it was a bit rude.

The head of my department also hasn't reach out or spoken to me, even though my manager said they would be in touch.

I just feel a bit shit about it all to be honest. I'm leaving next week and have to go into the office on my last day to hand everything over, and it will be a Friday on a day with train strikes so the office will be completely empty.

Onwards and upwards.

Tbh I think this is one of down sides of remote working. If you bump into someone face to face at the office, you naturally say 'oh sorry to see you go yada yada' but working from home it's bit weird to contact someone and say the same thing - just doesn't feel the same

That's true, I guess I just expected more from my line manager, but they have come across as quite disinterested in me and hands-off before I handed in my notice I guess it's nothing new (it was actually one of the reasons I decided to leave, after having my annual review and it being clear they thought I was working well below the level I was at, despite that being the opposite to what my previous manager was saying, and making me set targets that I had already been achieving for the last year).

I think this is the problem with extended notice periods- anything over a month and it's just awkward generally.
You're the one abandoning ship so I don't really see why you think people would need to speak to you- they've moved on and it seems like you need to too.

OP- I think you work where I used to? 🤔

This was pre-covid, and none of it was WFH. I handed in my notice to become a live organ donor for a sibling with a medical condition who could have died otherwise.

From that day- I was ignored, not allowed to attend ANY meetings, my boss would walk out of the room if I was in there and did everything possible to avoid me!

You will breath a sigh of relief after leaving this toxic company OP. You will look back and think WTF at their 'management' of staff and learn what NOT to do if you manage staff. Its all a learning curve. Best of luck in your future endeavours- which undoubtedly will be FAR better than this company!

Two months is a long time unless you’re in education going from term to term. Some contracts ask for long notice periods and they’re far too long.