So I have a company that is going to make me a nice offer - something that will convince me to leave my current gig and take on a new one. Everything is great, except…
I won’t get the actual offer for a week or two. I don’t actually have the final numbers, though the first few rounds of negotiations have taken place (salary level, bonus opportunity, stock options, title).
Now, though, concentrating on the current job is difficult, to say the least. I would happily quit right now if I had the actual paperwork signed. I was hoping to have all of this taken care of earlier, but instead now I have some end-of-the month meetings that I have to make happen. Ugh - administrivia must be dealt with, employee reviews need to be done, a couple of nasty issues have to be managed rather than buried, etc.
SHOW ME THE MONEY!!! (so that I can get out of the current job and move onto something a bit more interesting with a real upside).
Oh man, me too. Except the first time I got it the job fell through, which made me reeeeaaally glad I didn’t make a big deal about it. Now I can’t stop the feeling that I’m SO OUT OF HERE, even though I don’t have anywhere lined up yet. Interviews, yes, jobs no.
I retire on Friday. Cleaning out my room with 15 years of books, pictures, knick-knacks and toys is taking up my time, as is giving and grading homework and tests (yes, I’m that teacher who doesn’t watch movies the last month of school.) A little voice keeps thinking, “What the heck are you going to do with yourself if the state refuses to pay your pension?” however, the letter I turned in a couple of years ago (I’d say 45 minutes before the economy got really bad) is irrevocable, so I’m done on Friday. So I’m a very nervous short-timer.
One of my co-workers is getting Short Timer Syndrome.
He’ll get some good bonus money on his next paycheck, and he has an interview for a job this next week.
He’s talking about deliberately getting fired if he gets the other job, so that he doesn’t have to do the two week notice thing and can take some time off between jobs.
I once knew a supervisor who, when she called to check a prospective employee’s references, always asked one and only one question. “After he/she gave notice, how did he/she do in those last two weeks on the job?”
If the answer was at least “going through the motions” that was okay. But if the applicant couldn’t muster up enough energy to at least follow through on an assignment, it was a big red flag to her.
Yep, to the OP, suck it up and do the month end stuff credibly at least.
I will start a new position on July 1 with the same company. It’s hard to focus on the current gig, but I’m gonna go out like a champ! And there is a bunch of critical things that have to get done well. And I have to do double load because the new but similar gig requires much of the same planning process to get done. I’ll do them both right.
After watching lots of troops in the Air Force going through the last 3 months before they were released from service, and the attendant antsyness/laziness/boredom, I decided that I would ignore my date-out and work like I had been for the last 3 3/4 years.
The remaining 3 months went by quickly, and I felt good about my job. My advice would be to work up to the final bell, and then have a party!
I was once made a verbal offer that did not actually come through (a hiring freeze went into effect before everything was formalized). Don’t go burning any bridges just yet.
I’ve been keeping busy since I was 15, but I’ve never had a job for more than six months at a time, and I’m always looking forward to the next thing. I looked forward to working at Disney World, then by the end of that I was looking forward to going back to school, then once I started classes I was looking forward to the summer, then when summer started, I was looking forward to working on a theater production, but that only lasted a month, after which I immediately began looking forward to classes, during which I was looking forward to starting the internship I have now.
There’s only a month left of this job before my summer starts, and you can bet your ass that I’m starting to get antsy about moving on to the next thing. The one thing that’s making my restlessness more intense than ever is that I recently realized that my true calling in life is to make music, and so now the things that used to seem meaningful here feel completely trivial.
I worked my last month in a job with a little more relaxed attitude, but still kept up with my deadlines and all of the other stuff I was normally responsible for. It came in very handy recently when they heard I was waiting to take boards and they offered to let me work there temporarily to cover someone out on maternity leave. Plus, they will always be a good reference. Although I changed careers, my past work ethic is still a plus for them to look back on. I’d hate to have built a good reputation for years just to blow it my last couple weeks and leave a bad taste in their mouths about me.
Got the offer, accepted, and gave notice. Yeah - I kept up on everything to be safe and not burn bridges. Company even tried to counter my offer, but could not match it.
Now I am just finishing up projects, and submitting a crap load of expense reports that I had been neglecting.
