Message topic

Farewell & Retirement Messages

A useful farewell names what you appreciated about working or spending time together, then looks forward. The best goodbye notes are specific enough to feel real and short enough to be remembered.

Before you write

Three useful questions

  1. What did you genuinely value about them?
  2. Is the relationship professional or personal?
  3. What do you wish for their next chapter?
Published guides

Farewell wording by situation

3 guides
Farewell

Retirement Messages

Retirement messages for friends, family members, teachers and other people beginning life after work, with wording that celebrates the transition without making it about age.

Read guide