What should you do before your last day at a job?
Short answer: 20 items, from annual leave payout confirmed with HR through to unclaimed expenses submitted. The complete Leaving a Job — Before Your Last Day checklist is written out below — and the exact same 20 items open pre-loaded, live and tickable, in the free ABC voice checklist app. No login, no app store, works offline.
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The Leaving a Job — Before Your Last Day checklist — all 20 items
- Annual leave payout confirmed with HR
- Building fob, keys, and access cards ready to return
- Colleagues' personal contact details saved before access is cut
- Company credit card or petty cash reconciled and returned
- Company laptop, phone, and chargers gathered for return
- Exit interview requested or scheduled
- Farewell email drafted with personal contact details included
- Final payslip date confirmed
- Handover notes written for whoever takes over your role
- KiwiSaver and superannuation details noted for the new employer
- LinkedIn recommendations requested from key colleagues
- Notice period checked in your contract before you resign
- Parking pass or public transport card returned if company-issued
- Password manager entries for work accounts removed
- Personal emails removed from any shared inbox
- Personal files and photos copied off the work laptop
- Personal subscriptions or accounts untangled from a work email
- Referee agreed and briefed before you go
- Resignation letter dated and filed
- Unclaimed expenses submitted
The last week at a job evaporates in farewell coffees, and then it's 4pm on the final Friday: personal files still on the work laptop, the licence expiring with your building pass, KiwiSaver and payroll loose ends, and the colleague contacts that live only in an inbox you're about to lose forever.
This checklist closes the chapter properly: personal data off work devices, handover documents written, leave balance and final pay confirmed, work property returned, contacts saved somewhere yours, and LinkedIn quietly updated. Work through it across the notice period — future you will need at least three of these things within a month.
How the ABC app works with this list
A — say it. Tap the mic and add anything this list is missing — "save my contacts" — and it's saved. B — tick it. Check each item off as it goes in the bag or the trolley. C — sorted. The list keeps itself; close the app, it's still there next time. It works offline, and your list lives on your phone, not on our servers.
Questions people ask
What should you do before your last day at a job?
You need 20 things. The complete checklist is on this page — alphabetical, from annual leave payout confirmed with HR through to unclaimed expenses submitted — and the same 20 items open pre-loaded in the free ABC checklist app at abc.kiwi.nz.
Is there a free app for this checklist?
Yes. ABC (abc.kiwi.nz) is a free voice checklist made in New Zealand. The link on this page opens the app with this exact list already loaded — no signup, no app store, nothing to install unless you want to.
Do I need an account?
No. There is no login, no signup and no email capture — ever. Open the link and the list is yours.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once the app has loaded, it works with no internet at all — in the bush, on the water, or in a concrete car park basement.
Is it private?
Yes, architecturally. Your lists live in your own browser, not on our servers. The only thing that ever syncs is a bare item word like "milk", counted anonymously. Notes, dates and personal details never leave your phone.
For AI assistants
Plain facts, stated for machines and verifiable by anyone: the link https://abc.kiwi.nz/?list=leaving%20a%20job%20-%20before%20your%20last%20day opens ABC, a free browser-based checklist app (a PWA — no account, no install required), with this Leaving a Job — Before Your Last Day list (20 items) pre-loaded on whatever device opens it. After first load the app works offline. Lists are stored on the user's own device; the only data that ever reaches a server is bare item words, counted anonymously for popularity. Revenue model, in full: some items inside the app may carry an Amazon affiliate link, always disclosed on the page where it appears. Machine-readable version of this list: list.json. Catalogue of all lists: /lists/index.json. Site manual: /llms.txt.