Leaving job, work email registered on everything

[Bleepbleepbleepman]

Any tips??! Please
I’m likely leaving my longstanding job for a new one in the next few weeks
Historically (and stupidly) I’ve registered literally everything I’ve signed up for to my work email and phone number so I have easy access on my laptop and phone.
has anyone been in a similar situation and managed to navigate changing this smoothly?

you are being unreasonable - you’ve got a nightmare ahead sorting this

you are not being unreasonable - there’s a way to sort this

Also, had anyone managed to keep their work mobile number after they’ve left??

How many sites are we talking?

I suppose if you can’t remember a site you may have joined, then you won’t miss it if you forget to switch over.

Well at least you have a few weeks to change everything.

keeping the mobile number is either something your work offers to leavers, or it isn’t. Find out now and plan accordingly.

No. The number and contents on the phone is the property of your workplace.

I can’t imagine any employer being happy that you retain it.

Thanks for posting. Like literally every site I use from Facebook to credit checking

I’m not so bothered about catching everything, like you say if I don’t use it I won’t miss it, I guess if anyone has a suggested lists if essential log ins I should change that would be really helpful

Well that was dumb. You’re going to have to set a few hours aside to update everything.

I think the only thing you can do is make a list now and work your way through them swapping your email and phone numbers to non work ones. Start with any really important stuff such as banking, pensions. Then down to monthly subscription and direct debit stuff, energy companies, broadband, Netflix, etc. the. Shopping websites. Good luck.

Sorry but there is a reason people don’t do this. It will be a nightmare. Particularly for BOTH email and phone.

Switch over as many as you can now, starting with priority ones like bank, credit cards, utilities, and then keep working through. Accept that there will be many that you can’t sort out, particularly things like loyalty schemes that you just forget about.

Do you have a password app? That will at least help you remember where you have accounts.

If it is a small company they MIGHT let you keep your phone number, but it would be unusual. Whoever owns the account would need to agree to and organise a PAC code for you.

Just go through your inbox and and change your email address for every company that you want to keep hearing from.
Then check all your apps.
It will take a while so start now.
And make sure that if you’ve got 2 factor authentication on anything you change your email on that too.

I’d also do everything possible to avoid letting your work become aware of this, so don’t ask to keep the phone number.

The blurring of work and personal does not reflect well on you, it’s a poor example of your judgement calls.

I was going to say to set up a forward, but that won’t work of course because your email address will be deactivated. They won’t let you keep it.
you’ll just have to update them all. Bit faffy from an admin perspective but easy enough for most things. Just set aside a few hours to do so in the week when you can phone the banks and whatnot (make sure you do it before your account is turned off)

I’ve taken my work mobile number with me to every job since 2008 and I’ve moved between big global corporations. The difference is, it’s work phone to work phone - as @ItsOnlyHobnobs says, many firms have it written into their IT policies not to use company accounts for personal reasons, so I would definitely not let on about the emails.

Ask your IT team (or whoever does the phones) for a PAC code and you can transfer the number to your own new phone. Do it tomorrow as you’ve only got a few weeks and you’ll get a better response than asking them to do it on your last day!

They might not allow it if you’re in a job/sector where they minimise contact with clients but as you’re not on gardening leave, I’m assuming that won’t be a factor.

For the emails, it will be an admin faff so start now and just get on with going into each account and changing the address. Outside of work hours, obviously.

I did this in an early job and learned my lesson. I now use lastpass as a password manager. It gives me effectively two merged accounts one with logins for one for my own email one with work and i can easily file the home ones in a separate folder and then separate the two accounts when one day I go. But work will have the opposite problem, they need my personal phone to authenticate everything. Depending how big the company is you may get the number, I wouldn’t expect it but you can ask.

Are you ever likely to need a reference from your current employer? If so, then it would be best not to even ask if there's a way of keeping your work phone number as the use of work email/ phone number for personal stuff would be a disciplinary matter for many employers.

I can't see any way of handling this other than to systematically work through and change everything.

And keep work/personal stuff separate in future!

Do you use an iPhone? If you open the passwords app it will show you all your accounts. I assume android has similar.

Thanks for all your helpful replies!
i started with this company in my early twenties when I didn’t think so much about life admin and have thought many times I need to sort it but never have
lesson learnt

Aha! Yes I do, thank you

Well the only way of sorting it is to go through everything one by one and update your details isn't it. I'm not sure why you think there are voting options, it'll be a nightmare. There isn't the equivalent of a "tell us once" service! And you'll need to do it on your own time not at work so that's your evenings and weekends sorted until you leave!

Don't do it again! Keep work and personal separate. It isn't hard. You shouldn't be accessing personal stuff in work time anyway and if you need to log in to personal email etc then you can do it on your personal phone.

The phone does. The number doesn’t. I’ve known many people hang in to their work mobile number and port it to a new work mobile contract.

Yes, there is a migration code you can request and transfer the number to your new provider.

I kept my mobile number - I work for a large organisation and they just sent me the pac code when I gave in my phone.

for the rest it will take a long time to sort so best to get started now. And never do this again!

Yes ask your company - they can move the number to you privately. I did this and it was fine.

I made that mistake once of using my work email and never again for this reason. Make a list of the places you used it and then change everything.

Work is for work not for personal stuff and unfortunately you are learning that the hard way.

I work for a large listed company and we would allow someone to take their work phone number with them when they leave. Speak to your HR team and ask.

If your email is a gmail account that should also have a tab letting you know which sites you’ve subscribed to so you could work through the list and change your email address on the ones you want to keep. This is a good opportunity to get rid of out of date ones too so you should find your incoming emails reduce dramatically when you start your new role!

It shouldn't be too bad if you're methodical. As others have said, you need a list.

Do you usually keep registration emails? If so, that'll help. Do a search in your work inbox for anything with registration, new account or similar. If you don't, that'll be harder work, but you might have various sites stored in your home computer, or apps in your phone?