Oh a gift to the boss for allowing you to have this opportunity would be the cherry on top.

While simple, it can honestly be kind of fun to just go in and let them know. When I was recently laid off, it went something like this.

HR: “I know this might be a shock–”

Me: “Yeah, you’re letting me go, I know. Here’s my work laptop and badge, I’ve got all my stuff in a box outside, what do I sign? Trying to catch the next train home, so I have like 20 minutes.”

It totally threw off my boss and the HR lady trying to do their sombre, dignified thing, and was pretty funny to watch.

My dad just got diagnosed with cancer, I just bought a house, I was at a conference in San Francisco and my boss cornered me before the flight home saying i was being laid off. They literally don’t care.

My dad used to brag about those situations being great cause it meant you had the salesperson that worked for you by the balls and wouldn’t have to care about raises or bonuses for them or treating them well cause you knew they needed the job badly.

He was a fucking asshole.