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Moondoggy
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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 Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| silkhighway wrote: |
I'm not sure what you are trying to do here, are you trying to talk to them so they don't give you any responsibility on the project since you'll be leaving anyways? That's a really bad idea, especially if your bonus will be attached to your performance. Play your cards tight and be a productive long-term member of the team as long as you can.
Give an appropriate amount of notice you need to give and no more. Most places that's two weeks, although since you are an engineer and on a project, you might want to give an extra week, or even 30 days if your contract suggests you give that. But definitely no more. When the time comes to quit, stay diplomatic about why you are leaving and offer to do whatever you can do to help ease the transition. They might negotiate with you to stay a couple of extra weeks, but let that happen on your terms, not theirs. Vacation you have already booked should not be an issue, but in some provinces in Canada, your employer has the right to cancel any remaining vacation you have once you give notice and pay you out instead. |
So they can start preparing for the transition now - keeping their ears open for good candidates who might be looking, organizing things, documenting all my procedures and responsibilities, and so on so that a new employee in my position can hit the ground running |
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Moondoggy
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| le-paul wrote: |
and an engineer? not a teacher?
this is a teachers forum.
we dont have much in korea but we have this forum... |
Actually we don't really have this forum. I don't know why some people come here but whatever.
OP quit mistaking your coworkers for friends. They will make a big fuss when you leave, but as soon as you are gone they will find a replacement and it will be business as usual. I get the impression you are young so if your workplaces doesn't understand that you are trying to further develop yourself you are in a bad place anyway. As far as the notice goes think about how they are going to feel about it and decide if the money is going to be worth that. Make sure you have a few people there that you can use as references. |
I probably won't need any references... but who knows.
Anyways I think that a month's notice is adequate for a salaried job involving projects, responsibility, and long-term goals. |
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Moondoggy
Joined: 07 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 9:26 pm Post subject: Re: How to leave a job on good terms. |
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| No_hite_pls wrote: |
| Moondoggy wrote: |
| So I work for a large tech company. |
I worked for a large science and tech company back in 2005. God that was boring work, I'm am so happy be teaching now and not livin in a cubicle. I feel for you.
Anyway to answer your question, my office through me a party when I left. They took me out for dinner and bought an ice cream cake for me then we went to major league ball game. I got really drunk it was fun. When I was younger at worked as the loan officer and the VP gave my an American Express prepaid gift card for 100 bucks when I moved on. He was bit of a cheapskate.
Why would you buy them anything? When I quit jobs in the past I have never bought the other employees gifts. They are supposed to buy you a gift if you're the one leaving. I did give them six weeks notice and helped them find a replacement at the firm so they would have some time to train the new guy. |
Thank you, No Hite Pls, i feel that everyone has their perfect 'fit' for life. And good luck in your teaching career. |
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daeguowl
Joined: 06 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 11:00 pm Post subject: Re: How to leave a job on good terms. |
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| Moondoggy wrote: |
| However, I don't want to risk being let go early as I do not get to keep my signing bonus / relocation if I do not work for a full year... |
You want to be nice but you don't want to be stupid. 
Under no circumstance let anyone know anything until the cash is in your pocket (or in this case can not be removed from your pocket). At my firm the year end bonus can buy a new BMW, and I've seen knuckleheads miss out...leaving in Nov/Dec.
If the bonus is large you have to assume the firm would rather keep it and let you go early, so my advice is say nothing until one day after the 1yr mark. Brutal, but that's business. They will survive. |
If you're talking about the so-called special bonus based on performance over the year, you'll probably find that you have to be working at least one month after year end to qualify. My company has year end at the end of June, but only employees still working in mid-August are eligible to receive and end of year bonus. This means there is a dearth of leavers from May-July and a rash of leavers in August and September. From my experience of recruitment, even if you give them 2 months notice of your impending departure, they won't start looking until a couple of weeks before you actually leave... |
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