That's what I see, exactly what you mentioned.
Hod nvr bother n assume he will not resign.
And let him rule everything just like you are in...
And when conflicts, throw letter, then realized no updated docs.
He tried to reign the company like a dictator, so nobody liked him, he caused most of us to leave, so why would we want to do things nicely before we leave?
He caused the original founders to leave, including my boss. My boss knew the system better than me. I was the i/c for the past 4-5 years before he joined.
He put me on PIP the moment he joined, that was telling me 'I'm going to let you go', so I played along. He didn't expect my boss to tender so at the last minute he had to 'approve' my PIP else he would have nobody to work on the system.
What he didn't expect was I already was looking out for opportunities and paid my notice. He even tried to get me to get his lackeys to 'approve' my notice period payout before letting me go. He expected me to drop an email to all and get approval.
Now, we know bosses don't reply emails, so that's just a scheme he's playing. I just went to HR paid and left. Do the documentation? Dream on...
When people resign, they have usually lost heart in the work and environment, you don't expect people to put in 100% anymore. Notice period is just a timeframe for the resignee to handover immediately, not carry on working.
People just make resignees carry on working like it's BAU...