How to quit?

Ok so calling is better.

I guess most people send out an email afterwards... to the entire team saying that they will be leaving to pursue new opportunities blah blah blah, it's been a great X number of years working with everyone, etc, etc.

The farewell e-mail is usually sent on your last day of work, not when you inform your employer that you will be leaving in a month's time. Your closest colleagues will know all along, but the rest will get the news with this e-mail and probably some will call you on phone (so send it around 2pm and not 5pm). It's usually courteous to add a personal e-mail in CC. Don't worry, most people won't write to you. And the few that do will be those you consider part of your network.

Cheers. L.

I would email him first and just say, "I was hoping we could set up fifteen minutes or so to talk on the phone." The ominous and vague tone of your email will give him a heads up that you're either going to resign or ask for a raise. This way you spare the awkwardness of just springing it on him in the middle of a conversation. It will give him time to think about how he will react so he doesn't fly off the handle or clam up.

Then you can explain to him over the phone. After that, you should send a formal resignation email to him, which he can forward to HR for their records. And then on the last day of work you can send out a mass email to all your colleagues wishing them well.

Oh and one more thing about the farewell email to your colleagues, I would keep it friendly but formal. Some people take the opportunity to try and be comedians or to get too sentimental or to throw in some passive-aggressive jabs at the company. This email will in some ways be your last impression on these colleagues who you may turn to for help down the road, so go out on a high note telling everyone what you've enjoyed about working with them and wish them well.

Ask for a raise then quit ... lOL

Way back in the day during my undergrad I quit my job at Lowe's over the intercom...do they have an intercom where you work?

That's hilarious!

I wish we had an intercom... and I can imagine there would be quite a bit of cheering if I made such an annoucement. But alas, it would be a useless gesture since my manager and his manager are not even in the same country as me.

btw, a mere 3 weeks left til I give notice. Man I can hardly wait.

It was pretty amusing, however not so much to the manager at the time. I did it because people teased me about my intercom voice...so what if I tried to sound like Bruce Buffer when I needed to call a loader to the front, I happen to like my voice!

How about... "Take this job and shove it!"

I agree with the email comment. That is certainly customary where I work, though I have seen it a few days before your last day as well... "My last day will be Friday" sort of thing.