I recently gave notice at my job that I was leaving…

7 Comments

1. LorraineMay 9,2022 at 1:42AM UTC

   Hi - if you can hang in there I would. If you get into the same industry, people know each other, and unfortunately they do talk. Plus when another company does a background check you don't want to provide your former organization with anything negative to say about you. My thoughts on the subject.

2. Marquisha ThomasMay 9,2022 at 3:22AM UTC

   Definitely finish out the 2 weeks… it’s always a good idea to leave a job as cordial as possible, even if it wasn’t the greatest experience. You never know who you’ll end up working with in the future, and it’s better to not burn bridges. Two weeks is short in retrospect, so hang in there!

3. AnonymousMay 9,2022 at 5:18AM UTC

   I applaud you for finding a new job.

   If you have your new job lined up and it’s a nightmare I say leave sooner than you planned. Take a week off.

   I can speak from experience. I put in notice at a nightmare job with out a new job lined up. That’s how bad the job was for me. They convinced me to stay indefinitely until my replacement. I agreed because I thought I need the money and I wanna leave on a good note. Work increasingly got really tense and I was more or less being harassed to make a decision (when are you leaving? The owner wants to know. It’s up to you to decide) or just being treated badly. Then rumors started flying about what my intentions were and a colleague of mine was kind enough to look out for me said that I was being used and that they’d keep me for the holidays and toss me afterwards. I thought I could stay until I wanted to leave even with a replacement.

   I decided I’d leave right before the holidays giving 3 weeks notice. Took the month off.

   I landed a new job in Feb which wasn’t great but that’s a totally different story. It will get better.

4. AnonymousMay 9,2022 at 5:58AM UTC

   You should do what works for you - if you need time to reset between the high-anxiety work environment and a new role, do it! You gave notice, but if you have a new job lined up, the reason to wait is only up to you.

5. Heather BinghamMay 9,2022 at 8:44AM UTC

   Anxiety is an acute form of ill health, so you can legitimately take time off sick. I don't know how it works in your location - I'm in the UK - but if you are unwell, whether it is caused by work or otherwise, you can and should take time off to recover. If it is your last couple of weeks, so be it - that doesn't really make any difference.

6. AnonymousMay 9,2022 at 1:13PM UTC

   Do your best for the time you have left, because you don't want to leave a bad impression. Even if you don't name them as a reference, there's no rule preventing potential employers from reaching out.

7. Liz PerryMay 9,2022 at 1:57PM UTC

   I say to finish out the 2 weeks; if you don't then they may put your termination reason as job abandonment and that could come to bite you with future employers during the employment verification process.