A great place to quit
Ok the title might be alarming but hear me out. There are a plethora of different awards for “Swedens best employer” or best/good/great place to work etc. You could argue that they are a bit watered down because of the amount of them. Or at least hard to keep track of. I’m not saying they don’t mean anything. I would think that they hold some merit, and what company would not want to be crowned a great place to work. I’d love to have that for Elva but perhaps equally as important I’d like to make Elva a Great place to quit. Here’s what I mean by that:
Some background
I’ve seen some horrific examples of bad treatment when people have left a company. People have been met with the cold shoulder, not being welcomed at the office during the notice period, with their colleagues kept in the dark, and even a few that’s been threatened with legal actions. For completely no valid reasons other than trying to scare the person into acting differently. Imagine being such a daft and horrible person. I myself have been subject to a subtle but rather unpleasant threat, via email, of being sued when I left a previous work place. I took it for what it was, which was scare tactics that did not hold any ground (it was over a LinkedIn-post I’d shared and written expressing my excitement over Elva). What however hurt me and made me disappointed and mad was the things what was said behind my back once I had left. This after some 7 years together and me leaving to follow my dream to start a company. Not that well handled.
Some of my friends have faced far worse threats and treatments from their former employers. None of us would ever dream of working for that company again. I would go so far as to say we actively will advice people against working there. And (bad) word tend to spread like a wildfire. I'll be standing here with a bunch of marshmallows and a stick.
The conclusion
As mentioned in my previous blog post I’m not naive enough to think that no one will ever leave Elva. Hopefully it’s for a good and ”unavoidable” reason. Even more so we can hopefully find a way to work together within Elva Group, as we’ve actually intended it to be. If you have a great idea and like to try it out within the confines of a new company, Elva will back you up with resources and expertise. If not I’d like to be the first one to give you a hug and my sincerest good luck wishes. I’m not saying that you should hold a parade in the persons honor, or declare three days of company wide mourning, but you need to treat your soon to be former colleague with upmost respect and dignity. It’s seldom an easy decision to resign from a place you like. Leaving friends and memories. Leaving the comfort of the known. In realising that and remembering that this is a human being we’re talking about, what good does it do you to treat them like garbage? We have to believe that the good prevails. That being a bully only gets you so far. And rest assured. I will do everything I can to make it so.
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