A Jaipur brand marketer received a witty email from his former boss two years after quitting. The 'closed doors' punchline expressed support for his success and drew warm reactions online.Jaipur man’s ex-boss reaches out two years later with an email he didn’t expect A man from Jaipur was pleasantly surprised when his former boss sent him an email two years after he quit his corporate job to pursue something of his own.
The message, which began by reminding him that he could always return to the company, ended with a heartwarming twist.The man, who works in brand marketing, shared a screenshot of the email on Reddit’s r/Indianworkplace in a post titled, “My former boss sent me this.”The email began with the former boss recalling the day the man had resigned. He wrote that he had been among the first to tell him he was making a mistake, while assuring him that the company’s doors would always remain open if he ever wanted to return.However, after coming across the man’s LinkedIn post a couple of days earlier, the former boss said he was both surprised and impressed by how things had turned out.
He then delivered the unexpected punchline: “So I thought I would write to let you know that those doors are officially closed now :)”The message quickly clarified that it was not because the company would refuse to welcome him back, but because the former boss hoped he would never find himself in a position where he needed to return. “Wishing you all the best. Keep growing!” he signed off.Sharing the context behind the email, the man said he had left his corporate job two years ago to pursue something of his own.
His boss had not been convinced by the decision at the time and had told him he could always return if things did not work out.“Two years later, things have turned out better than I expected :)” he wrote in the post’s caption.Take a look at the post here:The email drew warm reactions from fellow Reddit users, many of whom interpreted it as a genuine expression of support rather than a passive-aggressive remark. One user said the former boss appeared happy to see him succeed in pursuing his passion and hoped he would never have to return because things had gone wrong.Another congratulated him and expressed curiosity about what he had gone on to do, while acknowledging that he might prefer to keep the details private.A third user said the former boss was essentially wishing him continued success and hoping he would never find himself in a situation where he had to return to his old job.- Ends