Im working on something and I had to request a letter of separation from my former employer. All I need is a letter stating the dates I worked on company letterhead signed by the employer. I resigned on good terms (i only worked a few months at this place, parttime. this wasnt my longterm job that i had prior to DSs arrival) and figured this would be no problem to get. I reached out to the boss 4 times (it's a small office, him and 2 other employees) and didn't hear back from him until yesterday. He's making a big stink about needing to do this since It is his busy season and I need the letter in 2 days now (I originally contacted him with a 10 day window but he wouldn't return my messages). Is there some kind of legal obligation that he'd have to provide this? It's for something important and time sensitive, but he doesn't seem to care. He told me he wasn't sure if he could get to it. Now I'm stuck in limbo and there isn't much I can do...
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I don't know about obligation, but all the time he's been ignoring it and putting it off - he could have just done it and moved on by now!!
Sorry, and I hope you get it soon! I also had difficulty getting mine, but I worked for a large corporation with a million different people passing me around
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I do'nt know about legal obligation, either, but he could have had it done and faxed in the time it took him to write you an email!
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I'm not sure if there is a legal obligation, but is there any way you could send the exact letter that you need (filling out dates, wording, etc) so all he would have to do is copy and paste onto letterhead and sign it? It sounds like a pretty easy task in the first place so I know it won't help him a ton, but it would show that you are trying to help.
Could you reach out to the other employees to have them put it together for him just to sign?
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@swurlygurl: @Mrs. Jump Rope: That's what I was thinking too! He wrote me a message that this is a bad time for him and then called me to complain right after that saying this is really inconvenient for him. It would have only taken 5 min to write it and send it out the door
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@TemperanceBrennan: I included the exact wording I need in one of the messages so all he'd have to do is cut and paste
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@Beyond2: I guess if you get really desperate, go to the office to get his signature. I agree with @temperancebrennan: try and make it as painless as possible. Fill out the paperwork for him, so all he has to do is sign.
Seriously, it sounds like it would only take 20 seconds to do. Annoying!
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Can you just type it up and bring it to him to sign?
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@Beyond2: ugh sorry he isn't being cooperative.
My only other thought would be to print out the letter and go to the office. Have one of the other employees copy it onto letter head then ask to see your old boss and then he wont have any excuse not to sign it!
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Not sure if this would work, but would showing due diligence in trying to obtain the letter, the correspondence and perhaps 'pay stubs' or the modern equivalent be sufficient?
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I went there like @Mamaof2 said and got it! He wasn't very happy about it but at least it's over with!
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Omg I had this same problem with a professor. I needed a letter stating that I took his class and the curriculum contained something specific. The guy was a total d-bag and wouldn't write me the freaking letter nor would he consider copy & pasting a pre-written one for me. I stopped donating to my alma mater over this and torture the poor students who call me asking for donations every year. I tell them that they need to let their superiors know that this is not okay!
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@Beyond2: ahhh glad this got cleared up for you - even if it meant going out of your way.
I needed a proof of resignation for a financial aid thing I was filling out and my boss wouldn't send it either - instead it had to go through the corporate office, which required me to pay $20 just for a stupid letter listing my dates of employment! GAH I was so mad.
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