Ask The Host
Walked out after twelve years, with a box
Q. I was walked out after twelve years and handed a box. Is it normal not to be told why?
It is, and there is a kindness in it: a reason invites a conversation, and conversations at that stage help no one.
Treat the box as your employer treated you, as an asset to be handled with care. Contributors who kept their profile current throughout, using the company’s own values language, report a smoother transition, since it signals continuity to the next employer.
For a modest fee, a courier service can collect your personal effects so that you need not carry the box past colleagues. See Reader offers.