Retirement Resignation Letter

How to write a Retirement Resignation Letter? Resignation letters are important as they help to show your appreciation for your current employer and provide closure. Our template will help you to easily create a professional resignation letter. We provide a decent retirement announcement letter that fits your needs!

So goes a popular saying in Dutch used to announce one’s departure without having to go into detail. There is a time of arriving and a time of leaving. When you retire, it's still common to write a polite and grateful resignation letter. A resignation letter due to retirement is commonly addressed to the direct boss and/or HR manager. In general, a resignation letter should be a short letter, formally notifying your boss that you are leaving your job and the company. However, in the case of retirement, it's also acceptable if you summarize important anecdotes or stories, that you have experienced while you were at work. Such a retirement letter can help you to even more improve the positive association you already have with your company and boss by leaving them with a solid and positive last impression, while likewise preparing for you to proceed onward: your retirement.

Standard Retirement Resignation Letter

Retirement Resignation Letter format:

Address

Date

Subject

Salutation:

Dear {{Supervisor’s Name}},
Dear Mr./Mrs. {{Name of HR manager}},

Introduction:

I am writing to inform you of my intention to resign from my position as {{Job position}} at {{Organization}} effective date.
However, I must tender my resignation to focus on current health-related issues requiring my immediate attention.
I have enjoyed what I consider a productive and rewarding career with your company for nearly {{Number of years}} years.
Please accept this letter as notification that I wish to retire from my position as {{Job position}} within {{Organization}}, with effect from the date above.
Please accept this letter of retirement from the position of {{Job Title}}, effective three weeks from today.
I would like to inform you that I will be retiring effective {{Resignation Date}}.

This letter shall serve as a notification that I am retiring from my position as a teacher at the School within the {{Area School District}}.

I am writing to inform you that I will be formally retiring effective {{Resignation Date}}.

The effective date of my retirement will be (or “last day”) .

I would like to inform you that I am about to retire from my position as a customer service representative from your company, effective {{Resignation Date}}.

Body of the letter:

I appreciate all the great experiences I had with your company, starting with an entry level position and concluding with my current management position.
Until my resignation date, I will work to make the transition as smooth as possible for my department and the talented employees working in it.
I plan to implement a contingency plan within the next week.
This includes contacting clients and, pending your approval, appointing {{Name colleague}} as my replacement.
I personally trained and mentored her and believe that she will make an excellent choice.
I hope to be able to remain available for occasional consultations, health permitting, involving client relationships I cultivated over the years.
It is with a heavy heart that I leave the position which I have performed for the last {{Number of years}} years, but I have decided the time has come for me to start my retirement and spend more time with my lovely partner, children, and grandchildren
My last day at {{Company Name}} will be {{date}}.
I have enjoyed working with and learning from my colleagues for the past {{Number}} years, and am ready to move on to the next phase in my life.
I have genuinely enjoyed working for {{Organization}}, and I sincerely appreciate the support provided to me during my {{years}} as part of the company.

The stimulation of our positive corporate culture and the opportunities for promotion and professional advancement I was given made waking up and coming to work each day a pleasure.

If I can be of any assistance before my departure or afterward, then please let me know.

I have given considerable thought to this significant decision over the past year, but I feel this is the right time to retire.

I am proud to have achieved so much with such fine and respectable peers these past {{No of years employed}} years.

I wanted to say thank you for the different opportunities you gave me. Your company helped me so much in developing my professional and personal growth.

Truly, I have enjoyed every working in your company, and I appreciate your sincerity to help me during my tenure with the company.

While I wait for my retirement, I will miss everything from your company especially with the bonds that I have established from your employees.

I understand according to the contract, I am required to give at least 60 days’ notice of my retirement

I have enjoyed working with my students and colleagues.

I am writing to inform you that I will be formally retiring effective {{Resignation Date}}.

I have given considerable thought to this significant decision over the past year, but I feel this is the right time to retire.

I am proud to have achieved so much with such fine and respectable peers these past {{# of years employed}} years.

I sincerely appreciate {{Company Name}}’s support during my long tenure.

Because of our shared accomplishments, I will always consider myself as part of the company.

I wish all of my colleagues the best and am certain that {{Company Name}} will continue to grow and be successful.

I believe I am required to give you {{number of weeks}} weeks’ notice of my intentions; therefore, my date on which I depart will be {{last working day date}}.

If I have outstanding accumulated annual leave, please advise me how much, and when I should take it, or if it will be paid to me.

Closing:

I am more than willing to meet with you to further discuss my resignation.
If you have any questions, please contact me at your convenience.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
During the next three weeks, I am willing to help you in any way to make the transition as smooth as possible.
While I look forward to enjoying my retirement, I will miss being part of our team and the company.
I trust that the friendships I have developed here will last well into the future.
This includes assisting in recruiting and training my replacement.
Please let me know if there is anything specific that you would like me to do.
Again, it has been a pleasure working as a part of your company.
Please let me know when you would like to meet to further discuss my resignation.
I'd be happy to provide any additional assistant to enable a smooth transition.

I'd be happy to provide whatever assistance I can to provide a smooth transition to my successor.

I sincerely appreciate {{Company Name}}’s support during my long tenure.
Because of our shared accomplishments, I will always consider myself as part of the company.
Again, I would like to say thank you for the opportunities you gave me, and I look forward to meeting with you personally to discuss other matters.
If I can be of any assistance, never hesitate to call me over the phone.
I wish all of my colleagues the best and am certain that {{Company Name}} will continue to grow and be successful.
May I take this opportunity to thank you most graciously for the help, support, and opportunities I have had in the brilliant years I have been with the organization.
It has been a remarkable experience and I have enjoyed all the time spent working with you making the company what it is today.
Should you require any additional information from me, do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,

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