I recently quit my first ever job. I have another job lined up where I'm going to start in two weeks. Being in my final year of university, I intentionally left the two week gap between the two jobs so I could wrap up my exams and present my thesis.
I had to send the laptop they gave me back via a courier which I paid out of my pocket without getting any reimbursment for the shipping costs. I did so because I was instructed to send it this early. Right after I notified the HR guy that I sent the laptop, my Microsoft 365 account got locked with no prior notice, even though I had one more week of work left.
I kindly sent him an email from my personal address asking to confirm when the laptop arrives and if it is broken or not. No answer. The tracking number says delivered, so I sent another follow up email. No answer again.
Now I'm stressing over having to pay damages for the laptop in case it arrived broken. Even better, the new job demands some documents from the old job which I might not even be able to get considering I'm getting ghosted. I will follow up with a phone call next week in case I still don't get a reply, but this whole thing really left a sour taste in my mouth.