Farewell emails, letters, and messages: Saying goodbye to co-workers, colleagues and employees is never easy. Here’s how to say goodbye and farewell in an email or letter while expressing sincere gratitude and appreciation for their work and friendship. We understand it can be difficult to find the right words to say when an co-worker departs or an employee is leaving. These sample goodbye emails for co-workers are designed to provide you with wording and phrasing ideas to get you started.
The farewell email entries in this section cover the most common situations for employee departures: job retirement, career promotion, internship coming to an end, job relocation, retirement, and more. Use these farewell email messages to give you an idea of what to write in your goodbye email to friends, employers, colleagues and coworkers. For FREE downloadable thank you notes visit this page: Â Employee Farewell Greeting Cards.
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Dear _______________, Saying goodbye to such wonderful friends coworkers has never been harder. Many of you may have heard rumors that I will be leaving our California office for a permanent move to New York. I want to let everyone know that those rumors are true. An opportunity at our New York office presented itself, … Read more
Dear _______________, It has been the greatest pleasure having you work as an intern here at _______________. Thank you for all the new business you’ve brought us over the past year. Although I still wish you would consider our offer to hire you after you finish college in June, I completely honor your decision to … Read more
Dear _______________, It has been such a great pleasure working with you here in the Arizona office. Congratulations to you and your husband on getting married. As you move to Portland, Oregon for your husband’s new job, we will really miss you in this office. I feel grateful that you will remain with our company … Read more
Dear _______________, Congratulations on your job promotion! You worked hard and deserve this exciting new position. When you relocate to our business head quarters in California next week you’ll be missed here at our Dallas, Texas office. You are an inspiration to the rest of your team. Your promotion has motivated each one to reach … Read more
Employee Retirement Farewell Message Dear________________, It’s always so hard to say goodbye to any of our incredible employees. Because you are also a dear personal friend, it’s that much harder to do. But on the same token I am so happy for you as you enter retirement. I know what a huge personal goal this … Read more