In today’s rapidly shifting work culture, quitting your job has become an entire genre of online performance. On TikTok, ‘Quit-Toks’ glamorise the dramatic exit, and then there’s the worrying new trend dubbed career catfishing, where jobseekers accept a job and then fail to show up on the first day.

We also have quiet quitting, doing the bare minimum at work in the belief it’s about prioritising ‘self’, and its theatrical cousin, revenge quitting, resigning with the intent of deliberate disruption.

Making a scene when you quit can be tempting, but it’s unlikely to serve you well in the long run.

Meanwhile, new right to disconnect legislation is confusing for all when interlaced with conflicting debates around workplace flexibility and the right to work anywhere, anytime, from home and remotely. We are witnessing a broader reframing of the employer-employee dynamic.

However, in this evolving world of work, one thing hasn’t changed: how you leave a job still matters. The way you exit can either elevate or tarnish your professional reputation. And reputations are stubborn things – they tend to stick.

A graceful departure is not a subservient act, and it’s more than a gesture of good manners. It’s an investment in your long game. Here’s how to do it right.

It may feel like payback, but who is really left with the cheque? No matter what you believe, even if there is some minor setback,........

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