Bryan Power on Exits, Loyalty, and Why Your Goodbye Matters More Than You Think
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What is Bryan Power’s viral “How to Quit” article about and why did it go viral?
What's up, everybody? Welcome back to another episode of HR Heretics. Today we have Power Hour with Brian Power. What's up, Brian? Good to see you, bro.
Third time at the show. Thank you again for having me.
I just have to say, I I saw Power Hour on my calendar invite and I was like, What the what the f I thought it was just an inside joke and here we are branding it like Dear Heritage.
Yeah, I this is I will I gotta take credit for this one. I'm a I'm a drive time radio guy. And so like you gotta have like sticks for the regular people who come on.
Power hour. Let's go.
You guys, the last time I was on, we did Kelly's least favorite corporate lingo and you said it was gonna be a thing and I don't think you ever did it again. So we have to bring it back to make it a go.
Let's close today with another another lingo.
Great. Exhilarating. All right. Brian, you are now unemployed. Congratulations.
Unemployed. Thank you.
And as part of your unemployment, you decided to write the diatribe on how to quit. Which has gotten like it's all over my LinkedIn. Interestingly enough, I'm working on a search right now, talking to a finalist candidate. And was like, Hey, like you know, he's thinking about how to transition out of his company. And I was like, Oh, let me send you this thing. So I I've already seen it. That's everywhere. So you are now like, you know, the the new Shakespeare. Everyone's seen your stuff. Give us the rundown on the why, like what drove this article.
Yeah. It's something I've been thinking about for a while. And I said at the beginning, like I didn't want to write it while I was working 'cause I thought my team would think I'm quitting, 'cause it's about quitting. And that's kind of weak, but also I just didn't want to deal with it. But it's always a topic that I think is not discussed enough, which is what are some things you should consider when you quit. And then, you know, as I've gotten older, I turned fifty this year, I'm really realizing a lot, particularly of younger employees, haven't been taught stuff and they haven't been able to learn stuff by working in the office with other people. This is the type of thing you would pick up. through osmosis of just being able to chat with people at work, which I think is one of the downsides of so much m remote work, is that just kind of cross pollination of how to do things.
And as I've You know, teed off on wishing younger people knew how to do more stuff, I've also come to realize it's the burden and the responsibility of people with lots of experience to share. So I was like, you know what? Instead of complaining about people leaving the wrong way, I'm just gonna say these are my thoughts. But it was really just trying to get something off my chest. I was struck by how many people commented they had never I don't want to say been told 'cause that means they should have heard it from me, but had never seen it written down. You know, so that was validating in taking the time to do it. You know, the point of the article is You can really screw up your time at a company with very little time left at a time when you think you've actually put pencils down.
And then inversely is maybe less common, I've seen people who just got crushed by the company, fired for performance, clearly not working out, and the way they ch manage themselves in the last two weeks changes that. entire reputation to where people are going out of their way to really help you find your next thing. because you're just such a pro. And again, you're in the people space you have a front of a seat to this type of stuff, but it's just so important because the pain you witness when people screw this up unnecessarily Is real.
That was my story. Like I I told you, Brian, when you wrote this, like my response back to you, my comment on LinkedIn was like, I wish somebody had given this to me 10 years ago. And it turns out it's not it's not an intrinsic thing. Like you need to actually watch other people do it. You need to see mistakes. You need to see it done super well in order for you to do it well.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Bryan Power’s viral “How to Quit” article about and why did it go viral?
0:03–5:56
2
Why does an employee’s exit become the defining story of their entire career?
5:56–12:17
3
What is the “loyalty expectation problem” and how does it affect both employees and managers?
12:17–18:54
4
How do managers typically screw up employee exits and what can they do differently?
18:54–24:48
5
What is the best timing advice for announcing a resignation without a long goodbye?
24:48–31:16
6
How should you maintain professional relationships after you leave a company?
31:16–38:02
7
What is the current state of the recruiting market and what trends are emerging?
38:02–44:56
8
How will AI‑native skills shape the future of entry‑level hiring?
44:56–49:39
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