ASK THE HEADHUNTER Should I tell my boss I might resign?

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Should I tell my boss I might resign?

In the March 3, 2020 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter a reader who might resign may tread dangerously close to getting fired. This is the 800th edition of the weekly Newsletter since its inception in 2002! Question I left a decent-size company for a start-up some time ago. Like any other start-up, the work requires a lot of hours. The work itself is very challenging and truly leading-edge technology. However, since the birth of my daughter, I’ve realized that I’m much more of a family man than I imagined. I can clearly see that the hours will only get worse as


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Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
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deanwebb

Short version: No.

Only after you have the other job in hand, do you say anything. And, even then, be braced for a sudden termination if you're in an at-will employment jurisdiction. In much of the USA, that's the case.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

icecream-guy

Quote from: deanwebb on March 03, 2020, 12:11:53 PM
Short version: No.

Only after you have the other job in hand, do you say anything. And, even then, be braced for a sudden termination if you're in an at-will employment jurisdiction. In much of the USA, that's the case.

just like they told us when I was cleared
DON'T tell nobody nuthin' unless they have a need to know.
and it works on all levels, just not in marriage.

:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

Quote from: ristau5741 on March 03, 2020, 03:13:30 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on March 03, 2020, 12:11:53 PM
Short version: No.

Only after you have the other job in hand, do you say anything. And, even then, be braced for a sudden termination if you're in an at-will employment jurisdiction. In much of the USA, that's the case.

just like they told us when I was cleared
DON'T tell nobody nuthin' unless they have a need to know.
and it works on all levels, just not in marriage.



:haha1:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.