What is the best way to deal with people leaving your team? I have talked with a couple of my teammates lately and they have told me that they are not returning to the team this coming fall. I want to be supportive of their decision, but I’m still upset. Any advice?
Honestly? Just accept it and move on. It’s fine to be upset that you won’t get to spend as much time together but it’s not fair to project that on to them because the situation’s not about you. I’ve found that you very rarely ever know the full story as to why someone decided to quit so you kinda just have to accept that this is the decision they’ve made and then go about your business as usual. Personally I think the best way to show your support is to keep any negative feelings to yourself and say “we’ll have to make plans to do something whenever we’re all free” … and then actually make those plans. Things only get awkward when people say they’re gonna hang out and then keep finding reasons/making excuses not to.
