I have, almost to a post, left every job as abruptly as they would have fired me.
I know. I know! I’m a dick. But I know a manager who was called out of a meeting he was holding an presenting in, and fired on the spot while his attendees waited. That’s a lack of concern for continuity and knowledge-sharing that really helps alleviate the guilt.
I did, once, tell a respected peer that it was coming. That’s it.
I’ve quit on the way out the door to vacation. I’ve come in from Remote on Monday and dropped off my shit, passing HR on the way out. I’ve left the work site on a Friday, jumped on a plane and been to work Monday at a new job in a new time zone before they knew what’s happened.
But here’s the thing. The employer only cares about themself, and has all these procedures for my departure … apparently. I need continuity of pay to keep the bills handled, and most of us are only one blown paycheque from being at risk. So, my concern is continuity of pay, and that means I can’t quit early and give notice when the new policy is “that respected and trusted employee is a worthless dirtbag who cannot be trusted the moment he gives his notice, even though all the risk has been present for weeks without manifesting.” They would march me out immediately - it’s a policy - and kill my access the moment I announce it, and that’s a risk to me.
So I minimize the risk, and I don’t feel bad to the job about it. I do stay in contact with peers to answer general questions, but if I haven’t documented something properly in my notes they now have the password for, then I’m really not allowed to give assistance because their employer hates me now.
I have, almost to a post, left every job as abruptly as they would have fired me.
I know. I know! I’m a dick. But I know a manager who was called out of a meeting he was holding an presenting in, and fired on the spot while his attendees waited. That’s a lack of concern for continuity and knowledge-sharing that really helps alleviate the guilt.
I did, once, tell a respected peer that it was coming. That’s it.
I’ve quit on the way out the door to vacation. I’ve come in from Remote on Monday and dropped off my shit, passing HR on the way out. I’ve left the work site on a Friday, jumped on a plane and been to work Monday at a new job in a new time zone before they knew what’s happened.
But here’s the thing. The employer only cares about themself, and has all these procedures for my departure … apparently. I need continuity of pay to keep the bills handled, and most of us are only one blown paycheque from being at risk. So, my concern is continuity of pay, and that means I can’t quit early and give notice when the new policy is “that respected and trusted employee is a worthless dirtbag who cannot be trusted the moment he gives his notice, even though all the risk has been present for weeks without manifesting.” They would march me out immediately - it’s a policy - and kill my access the moment I announce it, and that’s a risk to me.
So I minimize the risk, and I don’t feel bad to the job about it. I do stay in contact with peers to answer general questions, but if I haven’t documented something properly in my notes they now have the password for, then I’m really not allowed to give assistance because their employer hates me now.