What is the point of a goodbye message?

Frankly, I dunno why they even asked you f in the first palce. It’s probably aprank that your former employers and office mates decided or they conveniently forgot that they instructed you to do such thing. I suggest you lt it go and don’t think too much about it.

How bizarre. You are not responsible for your desy, yo are an employee and it is uup to your boss to leave messages re-directing calls etc. Sounds a company well worth leaving to me.

I wouldn't be happy doing the goodbye messages, as far as I'm concerned you're being KICKED out against your will. Are you still going to be able to stay with the company?

Can I make a guess? It was most likely someone's good idea and then was vetoed by a higher up who said no well just cut that number off. Or something like that. I think the first idea was very nice, as a regular customer I would like ot know what happened to my usual contacts.

hi, i dont think there is a goodbye which is tobe used,because untill we are alive the thoughts or memories would not leave us ever, for the time being we say that we would not be available as we were previously, however the we dont ever forget anyone or anything,may b good bye is a word just a word to tell ,becox we cant stay anymore or stand at that particular position ,as time keeps on changing and situations keep on changing,it is only a word to inform that we wd nt b as we were before

I think, the purpose is for you guys to stay connected with each others. Who knows, you will need each other one way or the other. They say, that we should never burn bridges. Good luck in your new life now. Thank you.

I don't know why I mean that was a bit useless if they wipe you of the System As for the phone there should have been a message to say you had left and to try another Number so People are aware

They wanted to fool you into thinking that someone really valued you? Maybe other people can access it, but you cannot? Heavens. . . it is just goofy and short sighted.

I'm not familiar with setting up business voicemail systems myself,but we do use one at work..I suppose if you had a bunch of customers that were your contacts when they'd call the company,having a message for them to hear that you were no longer going to be around and maybe letting them know of your having handed over responsibility to a colleague might be a good idea..at the same time,the replacement is going to maybe have to get to know these callers to get the business relationship back up to speed..presumably regular customer details can be brought up on the computer to check their regular orders and requirements..

There are some good ideas here, perhaps the suggestion that it got vetoed afterwards might be why. In all the time you worked there, has someone left and did you ever receive an e-mail or phone message?

That is weird! Why did they want you to leave a goodbye message to begin with and then like you said, if they're going to take you off the system so quickly? What's the point to begin with? I'm taking a wild guess here but maybe they just wanted to see what you had to say before they're able to give a referrence about you and how you worked while there? Who knows but I'd be sure to ask!

I wonder if it was an oof on the company's part? Maybe they meant for it to be there, but they chopped it off too early?? I was thinking how thoughtful it was of the company to do that for sake of the people whom you dealt with . . . but now if these people don't know where to go because there is no forwarding message, well, it's the company's dealio . . . you did your part!

hi, they said that the most painful message is the word goodbye or saying goodbye,because once you says goodbye to someone it will tag to his/her mind that you will never ever see each other or he/she will go the far place and would not know if he/she could get back to you.

well thats a wierd situtation..I have not idea what that "leave a good bye message " was aboutn...perhaps it was just in case they couldn't get you deleted so soon... Anyway you are gone so why worry about it...

I think most of the people try to put messages when they cannot be reached. I am also wonder what is the point of a goodbye message. I think now a days mobile phones are available that has good ranges and people can contact directly and tell what they want to say rather than sending messages and leaving messages. Longtime ago land phones were common and people have to contact each other through the wired land phone and sometimes has to call back when they are not available on the place.

I am not equiped to be in an office! The message I would have left would go like this. " The Man let me go , the Fascist!So if you need " Help" just call another firm. Have a nice day!"

That is very odd. I can't imagine why they would ask you to do that and then not even allow anyone access to the message. Weird.

Honestly, I've never heard of anyone that was asked to leave a goodbye message until you have mentioned it here. With that said, I think that perhaps the reason that they have you do it is because there might be some times that it does take longer to get the ex-employee out of the system and they do want to have a way of letting clients know that they need to contact someone else. But, it does sound like they got you out of the system very quickly.

Well, I do not know exactly the condition for which you are leaving your job. However, one should point out some things. The fact of the ticket "goodbye", probably intended (and anyway, let me tell you, always sad!) As a greeting to your colleagues, in essence, to people with whom, after all you've lived with work experience. As for the telephone number and e-mail, I would think they could maybe in the near future, have a rethink, and maybe you could be reinserted back into that job. Others, frankly I could give no a different explanation.

Hmm, guess it's just a way of notifying others that you have left and is no longer working there? I don't know. Some companies just have some weird rules to follow.