Employee Exit Checklist
□ 1. Inform relevant parties
o The manager informs the HR and the department that the employee is leaving.
o HR informs IT and Payroll departments.
□ 2. Prepare paperwork
o Have employee fill up a termination form.
o Have the employee sign a nondisclosure agreement.
o Give employee their last paycheck, tax documents, and other relevant documents.
□ 3. Duty transfer
o Ask the leaving employee to log important details for their replacement.
o Ask another employee to shadow the leaving employee during their final weeks.
o Take note of documents, files, and other deliverables.
□ 4. Conduct exit interview
o Prepare the exit interview form.
o Ask for honest feedback, criticisms, etc.
o Analyze the credibility of employee’s statements and share results with leadership,
anonymously.
□ 5. Recover company items
o Retrieve company phones, computers, etc.
o Retrieve keys, security cards, badges, and uniforms.
o Close company expense accounts (i.e. company credit card).
o Process any reimbursements.
□ 6. Have a pleasant send-off
o Pass along a best wishes card around the office.
o Schedule a goodbye dinner.
o Send the leaving employee a personalised gift.
□ 7. Leave the door open
o Make sure employee contact information is updated.
o Keep employee information in the company’s system.
o Invite employee into the alumni network, if there’s any.
□ 8. Clean up
o Delete employee account from company systems.
o Change passwords of systems or accounts that employee has access to
o Update the company organisation chart.
o Redirect incoming calls/emails for the employee to their supervisor.
o Make sure the desk is empty and clean.