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LinkedIn Farewell Post Examples: 9 That Do Not Sound Fake
LinkedIn farewell post examples for leaving a job well, whether you resigned, were laid off, or are staying quiet about why, plus the lines worth deleting.
By Animesh Kudake, Co-founder, Apna Project
The short version
- The strongest LinkedIn farewell posts lead with the fact, name real people, and skip the gratitude paragraph that could describe any job at any company.
- Write the version for the reader you actually want: former colleagues, or the hiring manager who will read this post next month when you apply.
- If you were laid off, saying so plainly outperforms the vague version, because vagueness makes people guess and they usually guess worse.
- Do not use the post to settle anything. The audience includes people you will need references from, and the internet keeps a copy.
- The comment section is the actual value of the post. Reply properly to every person who shows up, because those replies are what people scroll back through later.
What to cut before you post
The gratitude paragraph. "I am so grateful for the opportunities, the challenges, and the growth" describes every job that has ever existed. If you cannot name what you are grateful for, cut the sentence.
The word journey. And chapter, and rollercoaster.
Anything unresolved. If a sentence exists to make one specific person feel something, delete it. The audience includes future references, and screenshots outlive companies.
The mystery tease. "Big news coming soon, watch this space." Either say it or wait until you can.
Every tag you added for reach. Tag people who are in the story. A wall of names reads as a mailing list, and if you are unsure how the company tag works, how to mention a company in a LinkedIn post covers the mechanics.
The part everyone skips
The comment section is worth more than the post.
Farewell posts pull replies from people who have not spoken to you in years, which is exactly the network you are trying to reactivate. Then most people leave forty comments sitting under a thumbs up reaction and wonder why the post did nothing for them.
Reply to each one properly, with a specific memory where you have one. It takes half an hour and it turns a broadcast into forty small reconnections. When someone from your old team announces their own move next year, you will be in a position to say something real under it, and what to comment on a new job post has the wording for that.
This is also the one thing we will say from building a commenting tool: a farewell post is the clearest case we have found where an AI draft is worse than nothing. The value in those replies is a private memory of a specific Tuesday, and no model has that. Commenti has a skip filter precisely so it passes on posts of this kind, which is a limitation we designed in rather than a gap we are working on.
If you want the wider set of patterns for posts that are not about leaving, best LinkedIn posts examples is the place to go next.
Frequently asked questions
Should I write a farewell post on LinkedIn at all?
Only if you want the people you worked with to know how to find you next. That is the real job of the post. If you left after a few months, or the exit was messy, a quiet update to your profile and a few direct messages does the same work with less exposure.
What should a LinkedIn farewell post include?
Four things: the fact that you are leaving, how long you were there, one or two specific things you worked on, and named people who made a difference. Everything else is optional. Keep it under roughly 200 words unless you have a real story to tell.
How do I write a farewell post if I was laid off?
Say it directly. "My role was cut in this week's restructure" is clearer than "my chapter has closed" and it tells recruiters exactly what happened. Then say what you are looking for and what you are good at. Vagueness reads as something to hide.
Should I tag my old company in the post?
Tag the people, always. Tag the company if you left on good terms and want the Page to see it. If the exit was difficult, leave the company untagged and let the post be about the work and the people instead.
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Co-founder, Apna Project
Co-founder at Apna Project, where he helps founders and agencies turn ideas into products. Writes here on LinkedIn growth and what actually earns attention in a comment section. Commenti is the LinkedIn comment automation tool by Ampliflow.
There is a house style for the LinkedIn farewell post, and it is not a good one. Three paragraphs of gratitude, a rocket emoji, the word chapter twice, and no information. Anyone scrolling past learns that you are leaving somewhere, and nothing else.
The LinkedIn farewell post examples below are built the other way around: fact first, specifics in the middle, people named. All nine work on the same principle, which is that this post has a job to do beyond feeling nice.
What the post is actually for
You are not saying goodbye. Your colleagues already know. Slack said goodbye.
The post is doing two other things. It is telling a wider network of former colleagues, clients, and people you met once at a conference how to keep track of you. And it is a document that a hiring manager may read next month, when you apply somewhere and they scroll your recent activity.
Write for those two readers. It changes almost every sentence.
Nine examples
1. The straightforward exit
"Friday is my last day at Northlane after four years. I joined to run one reporting tool and leave having built the analytics team to six people. Anna Vidal hired me when I did not have the experience for the job, which is a thing I have tried to pay forward since. Next up is a data role in climate tech, starting in October."
2. The short one
"Today is my last day at Reyko. Three good years, one very long migration, a lot of people I will keep in touch with. On to something new in November, more soon."
Not everything needs a story. If you do not have one, this is a complete post.
3. After a layoff
"My role was cut in Monday's restructure, along with about forty others. I ran partner integrations at Halden for two years and shipped the Stripe and Xero work that most of our mid-market customers use. I am looking for a senior integrations or platform partnerships role, UK or remote. If you know of one, I would appreciate the introduction."
Plain, specific, and it ends with an ask. Vagueness in this situation costs you, because people fill the gap with a worse guess than the truth.
4. When you cannot say why
"I have left Corviq. I am not going to go into the reasons, and I would rather talk about the work: the support rewrite, the onboarding project, and a team I was lucky to manage. Taking a few weeks, then back to product ops. Message me any time."
Naming the boundary is better than a fog of positivity. Readers respect it and stop guessing.
5. Leaving to start something
"After six years at Baltus I am leaving to build something of my own. The idea came from watching our sales team paste the same data between four tools for two thousand days. If that is your afternoon too, I would like to talk to you."
6. Retiring or stepping back
"Thirty-one years, four companies, one industry. I am stepping back at the end of the month. I will still be here, reading, and occasionally arguing about procurement. If you are early in this field and want an hour of someone else's mistakes, my calendar is open."
7. Leaving a job you did not enjoy
"I am moving on from Peltra this month. It was not the right fit for me, which I say without any drama, and I learned things about warehouse operations I could not have learned anywhere else. Grateful to Dev and Marta in particular. Looking for logistics roles in the Midlands."
Honest without being a complaint. That balance is the whole skill.
8. The internal move that reads like a departure
"Same company, new team. From next week I am moving from support to product, which after five years of reading your bug reports feels less like a change of career and more like an admission. My old inbox goes to Priya. Be nice to her."
9. The one line version
"Last day at Ferrous. Six years, one enormous spreadsheet, many good people. See you around."