I recently graduated college and after a handful of rejections for jobs in my field, I took a retail job to make ends meet while searching for jobs more relevant to my intended line of work. Of course, by my first day of the retail job, I had two interviews lined up for much higher paying jobs that are in my field, and I ultimately got offered both (yay!). I have about three weeks until the start of my new position, and I don’t really need to work my current job until then, but I’m open to it. I’m still technically in training, but I’ve had this exact job before (at a different location though) so I’m already able to do a lot of the tasks unsupervised. I’m thinking that I’ll talk to my manager and basically say “if you need the support of me being here until my new position starts, I’m up for it, but if I’m not needed, that’s fine too.” It’s a pretty casual job but I don’t want to burn any bridges because I adore my coworkers and would love to be able to return to the store as a customer without major discomfort someday lol.

My main concern is that I don’t really get any time where I can talk to my manager privately during the work day, so talking in person in a timely manner isn’t going to be super easy. I’m thinking that I will email her, but I don’t really know what to say because it’s very awkward timing and I can’t even settle on a good subject line for this.

I’m looking for advice on 1) how to phrase things and 2) if I should phrase my first email as a formal resignation, or if I should start by clarifying that it’s up to the manager if I stay on for the next few weeks and submit the true letter of resignation after that conversation. Thank you all!!