[snorkel]

strategically burning bridges? Sometimes it’s tempting but I always tried to leave each gig on good terms, no hard feelings, no matter how good or dysfunctional the situation was, since you never know when past connections can be helpful later on. Curious to know when is it helpful to burn the bridge.

[rabidrat]

If a manager was mean to the woman on your team, and you stood up for her and called him out and maybe taken it to HR and thus burned the bridge with that manager, the woman and her team might be much stronger connections in the future.

[kamaal]

If you have enemies, or for that matter people who just hate/envy you, the bridges are burnt no matter on what terms you leave. They will just be happy to see the end of you.

Don't burn bridges is for relationships where people like each other.

Strategically burning bridges is cya in a way that you benefit while leaving, leave others wondering before they deliver a blow.

[troels]

How does that benefit you though?