'Thank you for your mentorship and guidance!' Call centre boss rewrites worker's resignation letter to include a glowing tribute to HIMSELF

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Chester Ang, 29, handed in his notice to leave his job in telesales at a bank in Singapore

A call centre worker who handed in his notice was then given a rewritten version of his resignation to sign by his boss - including a paragraph of praise for his 'mentorship and guidance'. 

Chester Ang, 29, had worked at the bank's telesales department for more than two years but quit to follow his dream of starting his own pet shop.

He penned a brief resignation letter for the manager Kenneth Chen on October 21 to trigger the one-week notice period at the firm in Singapore.

But later that afternoon the boss dropped a cringe-worthy revised version on his desk that praised his leadership, thanking him for 'important contributions to my professional development'.

Mr Ang said: 'The manager passed the letter to me telling me that this is a better piece and to pass it back to him after signing.

'But after reading it, I chucked it aside. And I can tell that he was waiting for the letter back.

'It was still at the corner of my table at the end of the day, so I tore it up before I left the office.

'My reason was, I could have typed a good one myself with compliments if he was a good manager. But everything was the opposite so I don't think I can sign it.

This was the letter that Mr Ang handed to his boss, notifying him that he would be leaving

Instead of simply accepting it, he gave him an alternative letter - which included a shining tribute to himself - to hand in

Mr Ang tore the letter up (pictured) and left it on the corner of his desk for his boss to find

'It's just a personal decision and I'm sick of corporate life. There are too many fake people trying to impress one another.'

Mr Ang is still working at the firm, which he asked not to name, while he serves his one-week notice period which ends on October 28.

The initial typed, signed and dated letter said simply: 'Hi Kenneth Chen, This is to notify you that I, Ang Chong Kiak Chester, wish to terminate my service with the company.

'According to my contract, I have to serve 1 week (sic) notice.

'My last day of service with be 28th October 2016. With regards, Chester Ang.'

Mr Chen, a line manager, returned his own lengthy self-praising version of the letter a few hours later.

It read: 'Please accept this letter as my formal notice of resignation as a Telesales Executive effective from 21/10/2016. Kindly take note that my last day of work shall be on 28/10/2016.

Mr Ang (pictured left with a friend an right) had mixed reactions when he shared the letter online, with some saying he did the right thing and others calling his own resignation letter unprofessional

'Leaving was a difficult decision. I was recruited to this position and I want you to know it took numerous prodding to create any interest on my part.

'Once I finally took a look at this opportunity, it offered such significant career growth and challenges that professionally speaking I could not turn it down.

'To Kenneth Chen, thank you for your mentorship and guidance. You have made important contributions to my professional development.

'I really enjoyed working with you and wish you all the professional and personal success possible.

Mr Ang has now left to pursue his dream of starting his own pet shop

'I intend to make this transition as smooth as possible. I will do my best to tie up loose ends before I leave. Of course, I am available at any time.. I will give you my number so you can reach me if there is a need. I appreciated my time here and will always speak highly of this company as an employer.'

Chester said he had received mixed reactions after sharing the letter online.

Some said he had done the right thing by refusing to sign the altered letter while others suggested he should have written a more professional piece resignation letter to begin with.

Chester added: 'I was told off by a few people online who felt that I should have sent a more professional letter.

'I simply wanted to resign. I didn't write bad things about the manager which I could have done. And he shamelessly adds untrue credits to himself.

'And I heard from previous staff who left from his team, he too edited their resignations.'

'I have plans to open a pet shop. Which I can have fun with my hobby with animals.

'And I will definitely make sure that my employees will never have to bootlick in my own business. It will be a very straightforward biz with no corporate bs.'