I am supposed to give this to my boss... but then... hay... hirap.
First, I would like to express my gratitude for the training that I received from you for the past four months. I learned the fundamentals of marketing research under your mentorship and I’m thankful that such opportunity came my way.
However, I feel that this working set-up is not for me. I have been trying my best to make all ends meet, juggling my time, energy, and attention from one project to another. In spite of the limited manpower against overwhelming workload (research, administrative, finance, and client servicing) I know I did my best, in fact, more than what is expected at my level as a Research Associate.
In general, I would say that the challenge of the work is fulfilling but it would have been more manageable and less painful if the current situation is similar to the time when I first came in, wherein I had an immediate superior who directed and guided me accordingly through my work course.
I have been contemplating for the past few weeks and I came to this decision to officially tender my resignation effective end of office hours of August 15. It saddens me to resort to this action but I also have to consider my over-all state of health in the long run given the present working set-up.
Rest assured that I will do my best to accomplish all my pending workloads by August 15.
Again, thank you very much for the fulfilling four months.