This is exactly my thinking as well; the moment that anyone thinks it’s anything other than a courtesy on my part and expects any kind of heroics, stress or anything other than training replacements and making sure they know how to do what I do, and I give them the finger and bail.
My company has a bad habit of expecting a great deal of dedication up to and including the last 2 weeks; even short-timers are often expected to stay late, etc… which would be unheard of at the other companies I’ve worked at.
I’d put in my two weeks. I wouldn’t tell them why, though; they already know I’m looking for grad schools, so I’d let them think that was what I was doing.
I do like my manager, though, and she’s already dreading the day when I really quit; she’s admitted that she’s thinking of retiring when I leave so that she doesn’t have to deal with the mess that will happen when I leave. So, I’d probably slip her a million (she is near retirement age and already owns her own home, so it would be sufficient)… that way she could put in her two weeks as well, instead of fretting over it.
I’d wind down my practice to a very slow tick by not taking on new clients for about a year, and following that by being extremely selective in the cases I would take. I get a great deal of enjoyment from my job, but there are many other things that I would like to spend my time doing as well.
Not to get all self righteous or preachy, but I wonder about the ethics or morality involved in keeping a company job when you have an ass load of cash sitting in multiple accounts somewhere.
Also, the conspiracy side of my mind tends to think that the Great Corporate Machine[sup]tm[/sup] has little trouble assimilating their drones.
My husband has often said that if we ever win the lottery he would stay until they fired him. He also predicted that wouldn’t take a week ;).
He’s since left that job so I don’t know what his new stance would be but for me - I would spend a day or two handing over projects in flight but really I’m not even remotely irreplaceable and our group is serious about documentation so if I left with no notice it wouldn’t cause them more than a couple days of irritation.
I love to travel and I’d be hitting the road as soon as I could arrange it!
I’d give notice. I think after a year or two of living the good life, I might get bored enough to want to freelance in my industry, and burning bridges is never good.
I’d absolutely give notice. Without a doubt. And I would do everything in my power to make it through those two weeks.
I also guarantee I’d be fired long before the two weeks were up. There’s no way I would last in my current job. Hell, my days right now, without any windfall, are spent resisting the urge to walk out.
I would give notice. In my current contract I suspect that they would simply wish me luck, since I’m not working on anything really pressing at the moment, but I would offer notice.
I love my job and love my co-workers. And I’m good at what I do. I wouldn’t quit my job, and I wouldn’t cut back either since I work 32 hours per week. That’s just right. If I quit my job, the social structure would fall away from my life and I would not be as happy as I am now nor have all the friends I have now. I doubt I would even tell anyone I won the lottery. I probably would hire a housekeeper to come once a week, and I would probably get some fun wheels, but that would be the extent of the changes made in my life. I don’t like to travel much, so that wouldn’t be a factor.
I don’t think I’d quit. I love my job, and my coworkers are great people who I enjoy spending time with. I get really bored when I’m home too much, and I am NOT cut out to be a stay-at-home mom. I don’t think I’d change much about my life if I won the lottery, actually.
I’d be tempted to, and could easily, jump on a plane and leave all my worldly goods behind me as I’ve worked overseas for the last five years. With a previous employer this would’ve been automatic but here I’d help find a replacement and stay two or three weeks during the transition. With my easy new money I’d help the replacement/s with their relocation.
Other - I doubt that you get the money for at least a month. There’s red tape as the lotto verifies that you won. Then the IRS has to grab their chunk first.
I’d try to keep it a secret that I won for as long as possible. Figure out what I wanted to do. I might continue working for at least a year.
I’d give two weeks notice but on the condition that I would not do any of my scheduled field work; I’d just spend the two weeks tidying up my paperwork and helping them get ready for my not being there. Being in Canada I’d get the money more or less immediately and without tax implications, so I don’t have to worry about that part of it.
It would be unethical and unprofessional not to give notice, and being rich does not excuse a lack of ethics.
I said I’d give notice, but it probably wouldn’t be necessary, as I play with several coworkers. The ones who don’t play wouldn’t be enough to run the cafe, so it might close.
A shame, really, I like the place and a lot of folks who come to eat really like it too. Sometimes the owner plays with us, so he might not mind if we won while he was in!
My current job - I might call in and quit the second I found out I was a winner.
Previous jobs I’ve held - some of them merited a notice, but most did not.
I’m planning to go back to school and finish my degree this Fall, so after I did that, I would find a job in my field that I would enjoy, or I would find a charity I could volunteer for.