Farewell Letters

What is a farewell letter?

A farewell letter is always a valuable tool to say good bye and show your respect and gratitude to your former employer and co-workers.

This type of letter is not formal, on the opposite, because of its friendly motif, it is casual. Use a farewell letter to let people know that you are resigning your position or moving to a new one.

Things to factor in when writing a farewell letter are:

• Who you are going to send the letter to, make a list.
• Include the last day you are working so people have the chance to say good bye in person.
• Wish them the best for the future.
• Make it brief but nice.
• DO NOT FORGET to include your contact info so people can keep in touch with you.

The format of a farewell letter changes when an employee that works for you is leaving and you want to let co-workers know.

Make a letter that other employees will read, letting them know that someone is leaving a position, wishing him/her the best and asking everybody to join you in your wishes. Include the same details listed above, but do not include the contact information of the employee: he/she may not want to publicly share it.

Some Farewell-Letter Samples are:


From Employee to Co-worker(s):

Hello everybody,

It´s been two years working, learning and sharing important experiences with you. Now I would like to let you know that I have accepted a position for MA Trade and I will be leaving on March 22nd. I thank you all for your friendship and support during this time and I wish you the very best for the future.

You can always reach me at my email address: vinod3699@gmail.com or at my mobile phone number: 91-988-02-88607.


Sincerely,

Vinod

Dear Friend,

I would like you to know that I have resigned my position as a writer since I am accepting an offer at Bellamy Arts School. Thank you for everything and I hope we can keep in touch. My phone number is 91-980-77-7768 and my email address is jobs4it@gmail.com.

The effective day of my resignation is December 12th, so I hope we can have a coffee before then.


Sincerely,

Kumar 

From Employee to Employer:

Dear Mr. Ganapathy,

I would like to thank you for your professional supervision and constant support. Working with you has been a very rewarding experience and I wish you the very best for the future and plans to come.

I would like to stay in touch in the future. You can reach me at my email address: lrrlrp2@hotmail.com or my at telephone number: 91-982-79-7446


Best Regards,

Sivaram 

From Employer to Employee and Co-workers:

Greetings,

I would like everyone to know that Mr. Roger Gilmore has been promoted to the Human Resources area and will be moving on April 24th. I would like to thank him for all his support and dedication, always showing great interest towards our goals.

Feel free to join me in thanking him and wishing him all the best in this new course of career.


Sincerely,

Mr. Daniel Johnson