My last day today and nobody acknowledged it

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I left the company after 1 year (6 months in 1 team, then 6 months on promotion in the second team')
It's really shown me how the office environment can make or break a role. Team 1 was absolutely fine, I had a couple of friends, manager was great, job was fine, I just applied for promotion to team 2 as it was a 5k payrise.

Should say on team 1 I joined with 5 others and that really helped bonding and settling in. Team 2..put in alone with people who'd all been there years and all very extroverted/loved banter. Nobody was nasty but I very quickly got the frequent 'quiet' comments and label. I did make conversation and try, went to the team lunches twice but just always felt on the outside. No friends on that team, nobody to talk to.

Gave my notice in 1 month ago as I got onto a course in an area I'm trying to progress into. Manager announced to the team of 12 in an online meeting I was leaving. One woman (the only genuine one) said 'have you got a new job?) I was told I could wfh for the rest of my notice except for once a week. Nobody asked me what job I was going onto. They knew when my last day was. Nobody said a word to me.

Did handover with manager, gave them my laptop etc. He said good luck and all the best. The woman in my team didn't even look up from her laptop. I just walked out and quit the group whatsapp.

Nobody's said good luck. Not a word. I'm not expecting a red carpet, 6 months is only short but it's basic human decency.

I left a job after 6 months 2 years ago (it was a fixed term role) and I got a card, collection and leaving drinks. It just depends on the culture, I've just never known anything like this. Have I expected too much?

The woman who I found a bit more approachable and genuine was rarely in due to health reasons, so unfortunately I didn't get to see her much.

NHS by any chance? So many interims, contract workers etc coming and going it's hard to keep track.

No, Civil Service, I was a on a permanent contract. I never did anything to them. I worked my notice and did my work, i didn't leave them in the lurch. I understand I was quiet but not even a 'good luck' just nothing! I wasn't mean or rude.

I left a job after 6 months 2 years ago (it was a fixed term role) and I got a card, collection and leaving drinks. It just depends on the culture, I've just never known anything like this. Have I expected too much?

Honestly, after 6 months, my team wouldn't be doing a collection or drinks (unless people made friends). You'd spend so so much money on leavings! There's a group of three of us who do the cards and we'd probably do one. But 6 months is VERY short. And inconvenient to the hirers. It's almost worse than not starting for us, if someone stays so short a time.

But I'm sorry you're sad! And it would have been nice for people to say goodbye properly.

It was maybe different as that was a temp agency role, but everyone talked to each other and got on. I really wasn't expecting a collection, a card, anything, just a goodbye, good luck, what's your new job, anything. I couldn't wait to get out.

This is crappy but unfortunately not uncommon.

People just can't be bothered communicating these days. And leaving parties/lunches are a thing of the past really

Perhaps they thought you didn't like them leaving after only 6 months - and you didn't like them much - or at least didn't enjoy working there. Hopefully you will enjoy your next step much more.

I left my last job as an enabler after over seven years. The longest standing staff member. Totally ignored. No card or anything. Sucks really. Sorry you had the same experience

Maybe they don't care, because it is 6 months, not 6 years, 6 months......

I understand it was short but still. It was also awkward because another woman joined the team shortly after me but she was much more extroverted and fit right in, these things happen I guess, I hope my course is better.

Short or not, it's still basic human decency.

The public sector can be like that. Don’t give them a second thought

I did 16.5 years and got shafted out during the height of covid. No goodbye/good luck/thanks. Nothing. Fuck em.

It is sad, but not unusual these days. It used to be people made great friends at work, and even meeting your husband/wife wasn't rare. People will say wfh is the issue, but this happens at all workplaces-it seems to be the management style now, to want people to be distant and class things that once would have been normal interactions as harassment. When I first started work, the idea that saying "I like your dress" to Cara from accounts would be a bad thing (and even quoted in those training videos you now how to do annually) would have been seen as inhumane stupidity.
This is just the natural consequences. A woman who was retiring after decades at our place got less attention than a leaver in the tenties who had only been there a few months.

I thought the Civil Service was meant to be all inclusive and welcoming, depends on the team I guess! It has made me a bit anxious for my next role. But I've got to remember I had friends in team 1 and enjoyed the atmosphere, and I've had connections in previous roles.

I remember having worked in a team which was disbanded in local government. Most people got jobs in the same building that wanted them. I got promotion and moved to an office 12 miles away. I’d worked there for 10 years and no one said anything on my last day. I just walked out at the end of the day.

Be glad you're leaving.

Who really cares what strangers think?

did you do anything, take in cakes/sweets etc, did they actually know?

Perhaps they saw you leaving after only 6 months as you didn't much like what you were doing and/or the team? They were right, weren't they?

You sound a bit needy

They do as my manager put it in the weekly bulletin 2 days ago, they would've known

Ok

I am leaving my job after 25 years. No one outside of a few friends have acknowledged it.

Did they read it??

FGS op you're acting like a spoilt child

Looks like it's quite common sadly. Nothing after years of service is horrible.