http://www.llm-guide.com/board/6336 en Re: Re: Re: Re: How to tell your boss? - LLM GUIDE Discussion Board Wed, 22 Jun 2005 01:28:00 +0200 http://www.llm-guide.com/board/6336/last#6336 I know exactly how you feel an77 - I am in your boat and just resigned two months ago having received final news on all my offers + funding. I just went in and graciously thanked him for all the learning opportunities and then told him that I've decided to go ahead to do my masters - i told him that this would be the right time for me to do it because if I left it later then it would be difficult to do - tell him its been a REALLLLLLY difficult decision to make because you have really enjoyed your time with him/the firm to date. This worked for me - and I have a really tough boss to deal with! He's been very nice about it. I agree that you shouldn't care too much what you say because chances are that you are not coming back - I guess thought that it may also be useful not to leave with a bad taste in your/his mouth - leave on a positive note. I got along quite well with my boss and colleagues and am really truly going to miss them so I didn't want to leave on a bad note because I do want to keep in touch and meet up with them. However, I appreciate that this may not be the case across the board - so on a practical level, I suppose you may still need work references etc from your boss/firm members so may be good to maintain a good relationship for this simple reason if there is no other reason.