I have been working in a toxic environment for over a year now and have an offer from another hospital pending a good reference at my current hospital. I do not want to go into identifiable details, except that things have just escalated because of a complaint I recently made to management.
Anyway, I am about to write a resignation letter giving the one month's required notice (in order to receive payment for my accrued vacation and holidays) and have no idea what should be included/excluded from this letter. I know that I chance losing out on the other job because of a retailatory bad reference (has happened to 4 other people I know of that have left this department in the past year); but, I have to have peace of mind knowing I am leaving there soon-it is the only way I could survive the month.
Do I just state my resignation date and inform them that I am giving the required notice, as per policy and leave it at that? Do I include a statement that I will work out the month if there is no further harrassment? Do I state the reason for leaving vaguely (eg, due to circumstances / incidents within the past couple of months that if to continue may compromise my physical, mental and professional well-being)? As you can see, I don't have any experience in resignation letters and have no idea what would be appropriate? Any advise would be appreciated
