How does it feel to be used and thrown away? Just like toilet paper, right? That is how an employee in Singapore felt, and she made sure she expressed exactly how she felt by writing her resignation note on toilet paper.
Clearly she felt she had not been given any importance and was let go “without a second thought”. Of course the message was driven home clearly and with the required sting.
The unique resignation hit the target, making Angela Yeoh, the employer, a Singapore-based businesswoman, feel hurt. When Yeoh posted an image of the note on social media, she admitted to realising how important it is to make employees feel they belong to the company and appreciate them for their efforts and hard work.
The employee’s words highlighted the importance of a good workplace culture that makes employees feel sad to leave behind. Yeoh advises employers to make their “employees feel so genuinely appreciated that even when they decide to leave, they walk away with gratitude, not resentment.”
When employees decide to leave a company because they do not feel a sense of belonging and lack appreciation or feel undervalued, it is called revenge quitting. As the word suggests, the employees often quit out of hatred and anger for the employer and aversion for the toxic work culture. After all, nobody wants to be used and discarded like toilet paper.
