DON’T BURN BRIDGES WHEN YOU LEAVE A COMPANY

After the announcement of our company’s acquisition, a sales pro began packing his belongings and would quickly exit the office. He previously worked for Dun & Bradstreet, which acquired our company. Given his previous experience with the acquiring company, where he misbehaved upon leaving after his employment was terminated, he anticipated that he might not be retained and began preparing to leave immediately. (He had also lied on his application and did not disclose this to us.) Throughout my career, I have worked under various managers and in multiple companies. I worked for managers who were incompetent, lazy, mean, unreasonable, terrible,...