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r/work • … • u/Rohml

Quitting my job and tempted to leave "I no longer work here. So long and thanks for all the fish." in my last Teams status message.

I notice that it's a trend in where I work at that when people leave they leave a status message in their Teams about them not working there anymore, maybe as a way to inform people looking for them that they're gone, I don't know.

I am mulling over if it's a smart/funny move, or may not be a good one.

I was there for more than 12 years and things changed for the worse and I decided to leave, I am feeling a bit rebellious but is it worth it for a few chuckles?

I may just be venting, but I did enjoy all the fish...

EDIT/Clarification:

The first sentence is the typical message people leave but it goes more like "I no longer work at [company name]" or "I have left [company name], for concerns please contact [so or so]". My initial sentence may have sounded too blunt.

The second sentence is a quote from the scifi book franchise "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". In this story the Earth was poised for destruction and all the dolphins (who were more intelligent than they were believed to be and were actively warning Earth-humans about the impending doom but their warnings were misinterpreted as playful behavior) decided to leave the Earth and send the sentence as their final message to the Earth-humans.

The movie adaptation of the franchise turned a catchy song for the sentence.

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