A short talk (YouTube video transcript) arguing that companies should treat departing employees with dignity and maintain human-first relationships. The speaker recounts social-media reactions and personal anecdotes about mistreated departing teammates and urges ending relationships respectfully.
It said, serious question, why are so many companies weird to teammates when they leave? And you can see more of this and it is the most commented shared post I've ever read, ever. Posted thousands of comments. And it was heartbreaking because everyone's sharing stories about they left a company and they never spoke to me anymore, they walked me out the door, they treated me like I was dead to them, they would never ever help me in the future. And it just breaks my heart. It's just like really sad that somebody that works for you, that did so much for you leaves the company after doing some great things and you treat them like they're dead. Right? That's just horrible, right? And so for me, I've even made this mistake once or twice. I never treat anyone like they're dead. But I remember making people, two people actually in her history, feel bad for leaving and then later on with good relationship. But for me, I would say, and again, I'm biased, but end every relationship with a teammate in a human first way.
