Cleaning out office: what to keep?

[MrsE]

I am cleaning out my office at work today in preparation for my last day an starting my new job on Monday. For those who have done this, what did you keep and what did you recycle/trash?

Obvi, company proprietary information will not be kept, but what can/should I keep as references and resources for future projects?

Packratproblems

[jinkies]

Toss it all. I am in marketing/pr/publications, so I do keep some representative examples for my portfolio (...which no one has ever looked at).

Beyond that, I am willing to wager that you will never look back on any of your current work for references.*

** I have no idea what you do; this could be a thing for your industry. I just know that I have never looked back at things I kept as "resources." We also have stacks of notebooks and manuals in our home office that my husband thinks he may need to reference some day. That day has yet to come.

[gt7301b]

As little as possible, I have two boxes from my old job that I haven't looked at once.

[pamela]

I keep a ton electronically, but paper I don't keep anything that isn't my own personally bought reference books. I sort through what would be helpful to the person coming to my job (and try to label it appropriately), required records and toss everything else. I'll be doing this Friday/Sat this week.

[msmerymac]

Keep: industry resources that might serve you well in your new job and of course examples of your own work.
REALLY keep: employee handbook, if possible, and any forms you have had to sign for company policies/procedures, just in case, the CYA.
Toss: random company-specific docs that are of use to no one else (or check with them), most half-used office supplies.