If you've been let go & tasked with documenting your duties, how thorough were you?

[Anonymous]

My entire department was notified that our last day will be 07/31 and we'll be paid through 08/31.

We've also all been tasked with creating "detailed and orderly" documents that will "allow future employees to jump in where you left off without delay." These documents are strongly encouraged to include screenshots, passwords (and how to change the passwords), links, etc. and it all just feels like the biggest slap in the face.

Each time I work on a new 'how to' document, I get sad that it'll be my last time doing X task and then I get angry. Why should I have to teach my outsourced replacement how to do my job? My first documents were very thorough and now I don't even care anymore. I also find it to be an incredible security breech to list our logins and passwords in these documents that are being emailed all over the place (from me to my supervisor then from her to the outsourcing supervisor and then to the outsourcing trainer) and I've raised my concerns twice in email with my supervisor.

I have 16 years of knowledge in my brain on how to do my job. If I forget a few steps, ehhhh. Oh! And we also had to indicate on our severance documents if we would be open to being contacted in the future for clarification on job tasks and if so, would we do it for free or require consulting compensation. Like BFFR!

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t do a damn thing.

[Anonymous]

I would do it, but I wouldn't try that hard. What are they going to do, fire you again if they decide the documents aren't good enough after you're gone? I also would not include any logins that are specific to my identity/email address. It's too much of a security risk that can be blamed directly on me.

[Anonymous]

It would depend on the nature of the work-if the mission is as something important that would be harmed by a subpar transition if do my best, if it was widget production I would do an ok job as much as time permitted but not go above and beyond at all and not would I skip one minute of lunch etc to do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My entire department was notified that our last day will be 07/31 and we'll be paid through 08/31.

We've also all been tasked with creating "detailed and orderly" documents that will "allow future employees to jump in where you left off without delay." These documents are strongly encouraged to include screenshots, passwords (and how to change the passwords), links, etc. and it all just feels like the biggest slap in the face.

Each time I work on a new 'how to' document, I get sad that it'll be my last time doing X task and then I get angry. Why should I have to teach my outsourced replacement how to do my job? My first documents were very thorough and now I don't even care anymore. I also find it to be an incredible security breech to list our logins and passwords in these documents that are being emailed all over the place (from me to my supervisor then from her to the outsourcing supervisor and then to the outsourcing trainer) and I've raised my concerns twice in email with my supervisor.

I have 16 years of knowledge in my brain on how to do my job. If I forget a few steps, ehhhh. Oh! And we also had to indicate on our severance documents if we would be open to being contacted in the future for clarification on job tasks and if so, would we do it for free or require consulting compensation. Like BFFR!

I wouldn't do it. I definitely wouldn't do it with screenshots and passwords. I would not be open to being contacted for clarification and would be offended that they are asking whether I would expect to be paid to work. Give me a f-ing break.

[Anonymous]

I would not do anything, esp not logins or passwords!

[Anonymous]

Nope. No logons/passwords etc. maybe some general processes. All these should already exist as were provided to you by management. Or management should have worried about creating these documents for the 16 years you were working there.

[Anonymous]

Unless your severance is contingent on doing excellent work, I’d do the bare minimum.

[Anonymous]

Skip steps, insert errors.

[Anonymous]

If you do it at all, do it all wrong. Have fun with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would do it, but I wouldn't try that hard. What are they going to do, fire you again if they decide the documents aren't good enough after you're gone? I also would not include any logins that are specific to my identity/email address. It's too much of a security risk that can be blamed directly on me.

MTE.

This is the entire Finance Department that was let go and outsourced. It's logins and passwords for sensitive data. The only person being kept on is our CFO who will remain state side with our bank tokens for authentication.

[Anonymous]

IT should be in control of access to these systems.

If your bank has process controls, IT should be able to get people onto systems and your logins and passwords shouldn't be needed. Your access and everything you could have memorized should become invalid when you leave your job.

At a minimum, inform the remaining boss that they need to have their own access to the systems. Then they can hand it out if needed.

I once got sent a huge amount of data I never should have been sent if people were security-minded.

Your company needs to vet the outsourced workers. I don't think making it easy for people to use old IDs on Day 1 is "safe".

Use Copilot or Chat GPT to make instructions.

Indicate that you would require a consultation fee. They won't bother you then. Unless they really need you. If you still don't have a job, it might be worth it. Charge a minimum of $200/hour, assuming that's at least double your current wage. Tell them you will expect them to follow 1099 rules.

People don't like to read anymore so making long-looking instructions in a single document file should suffice.

[Anonymous]

Oh and if you HAVE to give logins and passwords, change them to the name and details of the remaining executive.

Ex: login joesmithcfo, password safebankcfo25

[Anonymous]

If your work saves lives or eases people's pain and suffering, try to be as thorough as possible.

If not, I wouldn't give a damn.

[Anonymous]

You turn on camera and split screen to show you PC screen and walk them though it on video.