“Sorry everyone” - the latest resignation email

The M&A drought notwithstanding - there are obviously deals out there to keep some poor souls chained to their desks day in, day out.

The latest in the genre of IB resignation emails has hit London - and this time it’s a UBS banker who has made a snap career change and dispatched a heartfelt missive to his colleagues. Sent at 7.02am on a Sunday morning after a long, long night, one healthcare banker in the New York office had had enough.

—– Original Message —–
From: Mauldin, Jonathan-IBD+
To: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Sent: Sun Sep 16 07:02:32 2007
Subject: Sorry everyone

I’m leaving the bank now.

‘m not made to do this. If I put my mind to something as much as I do here to mindless text editing, copy and pasting, and getting yelled at for stuff other people can’t/won’t/don’t do, I would be much better off.

It’s 6:43 a.m. on a Sunday, and I have at least 14 more hours of work to do today that will not be fulfilling, useful, appreciated, recognized, or paid for. Sorry this is last minute, but it’s just not worth doing more

My blackberry is on my desk

Apparently that failed staffing request was fatal (no, not as in I’m going to kill myself, hehe, I’m just going to go enjoy life). There is no happiness here.

I took all my personal stuff. No one needs to contact me for anything (except for a drink for those of you with my personal number). I will only be at my New York address a few days longer.

Good luck y’all,

Jonathan Napier Mauldin
UBS Investment Bank
Global Healthcare Group
299 Park Avenue, 36th Floor
New York, NY 10171

(P) 212.821.5273
(F) 212.821.5482
Jonathan.Mauldin@ubs.com

P.S. I’ll be waiting for some smart-ass associate to send a
“best-practice e-mail for how to quit properly”. Thank you XXXX,
XXXXX, and XXXXX for your previous e-mails. I will be sure to keep
your tips in mind.

Dealbreaker has been on the case with Mr Mauldin (who was maudlin). He told them: “After my 120th hour this week on the job, I decided to peace out. I hadn’t had a day off in three weeks (day off meaning a Saturday or Sunday either), and I got yelled at at 6 in the morning.”

A downtrodden employee deserving of our sympathy or a whinging little toe-rag who knew what came with the big pay cheque? You decide.

This entry was posted by Helen Thomas on Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 at 9:20