Pots and Cans

Pots and Cans

Monday, March 23, 2026

PERSONA NON GRATA

Only one week to go!

There comes a time during every departing employee’s notice period when you realise that you’ve achieved the status of persona non grata. And without even trying!

You’re no longer invited to team meetings, included in group emails or even asked for your views on anything pertaining to current office practices. It’s as if you’ve suddenly ceased to exist or died behind your computer monitor. Truth is, you’ve become about as welcome as a tax demand or a dose of crabs.

Colleagues you previously enjoyed a good banter with no longer give you the time of day or stop to ask about your weekend because as far as they’re concerned, your team membership expired the moment you decided to jack it all in. People talk as if you’re not there, making plans to integrate your replacement without so much as a by your leave. Views of a persona non grata count for nothing.

It takes a lot of balls to endure this cold shoulder treatment but tough old birds like me have weathered worst storms. This is all par for the course on handing in your notice. Just gotta let it all wash over you like water off a duck’s back.

‘Nothing really matters to me’ sang Freddie and in these instances, he’s more than right.

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