Saying goodbye to your colleagues is one of the most difficult things to do when leaving a job. Here are some great employee farewell messages to colleagues that will help to inspire you to find the right words to say goodbye.
“As a colleague, you are a shield that protects us from the boss’ rants and a weapon that helps us in our war with monthly targets. Farewell.”
“Coming to work every day and not seeing your chirpy face will be a painful anguish. But the fun memories we’ve shared at work will never diminish. Farewell.”
“Having awesome colleagues is a bad habit, because it’ll be impossible to work with someone else now that you’re leaving. Goodbye.”
“Having you as a partner at work was one of the best professional experiences in my career. Farewell.”
“I know that you are going to get an awesome salary in your new job but there is no guarantee that you will get awesome colleagues like us too. Do you still want to go? Farewell.”
“I like the feeling of finding it difficult to say goodbye to someone because it only means that I have found a true friend. Farewell.”
“I want to hunt down the head hunter who hunted you and tell him that he has scored his best hunt ever. Farewell.”
“I will now have to make an addition to the family pictures on my office desk – YOU, because you have always been more like family and less like a co-worker. Farewell.”
“It is hard to say goodbye to a colleague who has been less of a co-worker and more of a friend. I will miss you and I am sad that the joyride of working with you has to come to an end. Farewell.”
“It was a pleasure being your boss, because you sent all my worries for a toss. As you leave I want to lay my heart bare, to tell you that employees like you are really rare. Goodbye.”
“Monthly targets and performance appraisals will come and go, but the memories of working with a colleague like you will stay in my forever. Farewell.”
“NEVER in my life have I EVER thought that I would want to work with a colleague FOREVER – until I started working with YOU. Farewell, I will miss you.”
“Now that you are leaving, miscellaneous expenses of the company will decrease, productivity will increase, deadlines will be met and efficiency will spike. On a serious note, the exact opposite will happen. Farewell.”
“The cold meeting room walls will now feel colder without the warmth of a helpful and considerate colleague like you. Farewell.”
“We are definitely worried about how the performance of our team will decrease when a colleague like you leaves. But what’s more important, is that your absence will make all our hearts grieve. Goodbye.”
“Without your help and never-ending support, I don’t know how I will be able to hold fort. Without your cheerful smile and motivational notes, I will have to depend on inspirational videos and quotes. Farewell.”
“You were my best critic, honest friend, reliable teammate and dependable colleague. Farewell and keep in touch.”
“Your resignation is a cruel reminder that all good things in life must come to an end. You may have stopped being a colleague, but you’ll always remain my friend. Farewell.”
“Your resignation is the biggest loss that our company has suffered this fiscal. We all wish farewell to the employee who was a profit driving machine and a friend so special.”
“Your resignation may have left a small empty cubicle in the office but your departure has left a large empty space in my heart. Congratulations for finding a new job, we will miss you.”
Here is an employee farewell message that was created for his colleagues as he goes on to thank the organization for an inspiring environment and great times spent together over his time there.
Keith Miller has over 25 years of experience as a CEO and serial entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, he has founded several multi-million dollar companies. As a writer, Keith's work has been mentioned in CIO Magazine, Workable, BizTech, and The Charlotte Observer. If you have any questions about the content of this blog post, then please send our content editing team a message here.
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