I am usually sad to see someone go. But if it someone I really care about, I usually see them outside the office as well.

Janet, 45
E. Brunswick, NJ USA

I worked with this really cool dude once, at Burger King of all places. He was probably in his thirties, and used to play in a metal band until he wrecked his motorcycle years ago. So while I can't say I was bummed when he finally got out of there, I can say I still miss that guy. Really good

A-Dog, 20
Eugene, OR USA

More than a few times.

Alias Irrelevante

I've had good friends leave my orbit and I've missed them, but except for mutual membership in the sorority of Wives and Mothers these women could not be considered co-workers.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA

Not really. Over the years I've been glad to see people leave, happy that they have moved on to better things, and disappointed at losing a coworker I valued.

Jane, 63
West Linn, OR USA

My current organization has a very high turnover rate. I have seen the departure of over two dozen people in six years. I miss quite a few of those previous staffers and keep in touch with a handful of them.

Felicia, 37
Lowell, MA USA

Yes, but in about a month's time, I recovered. We stayed in touch outside of work so there was no lapse in the friendship.

Fisch, 47
Preston, CT USA

Co-workers leave all the time. And of course you're bummed because you've made friends with the person, but such is life, you move on.

Keri-Jade, 23
Brampton, Ontario CANADA

Absolutely. There was a time of great upheaval and change in my department. Within 3 months, 7 out of 10 co-workers resigned. When #7 submitted his resignation, I just left the office for the day, made my husband stop what he was doing at home and went and stared at the ocean for a few hours.

Laura, 38
Lowell, MA USA

No. Of course I've been sad for awhile and missed them, some more than others, but I've never been "bummed out".

Reba, 57
Gaithersburg, MD USA

When Nade left, I was devested! I never said anything to her because I knew she was leaving for a much better position, but, God I missed her! I still do! Just walking in there and seeing her face brightened my day. The day she left, I went home and cried.

Tam

In 1989, my two best friends in the world took jobs elsewhere. One was a co-worker and the other was not, but I was devastated because they both left the same month. I could not put up a Christmas tree that year because I was so miserable about my coworker friend who left because we always shared lots of holiday fun together and he is a nut about Christmas. We're still close, just not in proximity.

Cindy, 41
VA USA

Yup, a co-worker of mine when I worked at a bank, left for the same reason I did, but she left 5 months before I did and another girl and I cried over it since we had all become good friends.

Ashley, 20
Jacksonville, FL USA

I usually leave first and by then we all leave. There is always a reason to leave.

Stephanie, 27
TX USA

I want to thank your website for cheering me up. I need to explain. Throughout my life, I've only kissed people on the cheek and other "innocuous" places such as that. In fact, if I were to be in a romantic relationship with someone, I'd do the same. Well, until a few years ago, I thought most people understood this to mean something. But I've found out in the past few years that many
people consider what I do and would do to be meaningless, that it doesn't "count". People seem to have a "hierarchy of affection", in which a hug means you're acquaintances, a kiss on the cheek means mere friendship, and a kiss must be on the lips to be considered romantic, and so forth. But on your site (found via search engine), I saw that some people included these other
"places" for their first kiss. One young woman was kissed on her fingernail, and the counts
this. Another was kissed on the cheek and remembers it very fondly. Thank you. Post this if you can. I don't feel as lonely now.

Brian, 30
PA USA

Sort of, yeah. My former boss was moved to a different area within our building. So it wasn't like
I never saw her, and there was nothing wrong with my other boss, but I did miss her. I'm more bummed out that I had to leave that job. . .I loved it, because I knew what I was doing and got to
see my husband all the time.

Karen, 23
Ames, IA USA

I don't understand this question, what does bummed out mean?

Alice
Cardiff UK

Sure, kind of happening right now.

Ryan, 29
Riedlingen GERMANY

Yesterday / Tomorrow