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Honestly I would not tell them. It's a job. You don't owe anyone anything. I stayed at a job I hated for almost 2 years because I felt bad leaving. (There's a lot more to this story) After I quit I realized how stupid it was for me to have stayed as long as I did. My point is that you need to do what's best for you and I think in this situation that means not saying anything.
@june42011: Yeah, this is true. The company hasn't been great to work for, I just don't feel like getting into details. The very few positives by far do NOT outweight the negatives. I just tend to feel guilty for stupid reasons.
If you decide to tell them, be prepared to be asked to leave the same day. Not that it will happen, but be prepared if it does. If you actually "need" the money that you will be earning between now and December, then you may not want to risk telling your boss in advance. If the extra paychecks don't really matter, then go ahead and tell them.
Umm yeah. Don't tell them. I worked at a small company whose employees never got fired (regardless of performance). A good friend of mine who was a performer at the company mentioned to her boss that after finishing graduate school, she was looking to expand her skills (alluding to leaving the company) and she was fired the next day. She had another year to go for school.
She was really good friends with her boss so she was blind-sided by his decision, but in retrospect she understands his reaction. I happen to be in graduate school too when she got fired. We became fast friends while going through the program together. I left the company after I graduated but I had to reassure my boss (we didn't have the same one) that I wasn't leaving after graduation. I lied in efforts to keep my job.
It is hard for employers to work with employees knowing they have no loyalty. So they would rather cut their losses now and mitigate the situation than let it prolong. With that said, if you want to keep your job through November, don't say a word.
I see why you want to say something, but I wouldn't. Anything can happen in the next 3 months and you might actually decide to stay. You didn't ask for the extra responsibility so it's not like you're stabbing them in the back by going through the training then immediately leaving. And honestly it's a risk that companies take by training people.. if they don't engage them enough or pay enough to make it worth someone's while to stick around, they're only shooting themselves in the foot.
*Also, to my point, my first employer out of college spent all this money training me and kept piling on the responsbilities and even expanded my territory to about triple what it was supposed to be. When I asked for a raise (I had been doing a good job!) they said "No, absolutely not no way! We are doing this for you so you get the benefit of experience not $" I resigned 2 weeks later (for a much higher paying job doing less) adn wouldn't you know my manager begged me to stay, offering me way more of a pay increase than I was even originally asking for!
@baldor1: Whoa! Okay, I'm definitely not telling them. Thanks for the story!
@Mrs. Alias: Oh Em Gee. That's hysterical (about them begging you to stay!).
Do not say anything. I'm sorry but you do not owe them. I could see how they would terminate your employment...if you want to give them notice, give them a month. Not 3.
Another vote for not telling them:
At FI's job, if someone puts in two weeks notice, they are asked to leave and escorted from the building that same day. There is no such thing as two weeks there. (It's due to sensitive materials, and competition and whatnot)
If you can't live without the income you would earn before you plan to leave, best to just keep quiet.
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I need opinions from the hive!
So, I'm leaving my job after Thanksgiving, and working until mid-December. I've started up a business and have decided to do it full-time while we live off my husband's salary for a while.
Here's the problem: my office wants to hand me over some more responsibilities with a slight pay increase (nothing that I would consider staying here for). I feel awful because it requires a bit of training, and I feel like they're investing more time and money into me when I have no intention of staying.
Without getting into it, though, leaving this job is absolutely the best decision for me.
So, what do I do, hive? Do I tell them now that I'm out of here in three months, and help them search for a replacement for me, risking that they may just kick me to the curb? Do I hold out and just stick with the plan?
My office is very, well, unique, let's say. No one here gets fired. Ever. Luckily, the president feels like he owes employees loyalty and unless they do something horrible, they'll be here forever (which makes for a sucky work environment because half the people here don't do squat and get paid for it). I don't think I would get fired, honestly, but I know there's a small chance it would happen. I want to stay to earn a few extra bucks for my savings and to buy a few holiday gifts for my family at the end of the year. I think if I told them I was leaving, it would be awkward for three months, but they would let me stay until the end of the year.
I honestly just do NOT know.