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Ask HN: Ever told your employer, “I'm considering resigning.”?
- foxdie99 5y agoyes
- mytailorisrich 5y agoOnce I asked my manager if he would be ok with me putting him down as reference. He panicked a little bit. Then I got a bumper bonus.
- warrenm 5y agoNope I only tell them when I actually am Until then? Why give a reason for them to get rid of me?
- tboyd47 5y agoNo. Bad idea.
- everybodyknows 5y agoOnly two reasons to do this: 1. If already fully committed to resigning, to extract some benefit for a few weeks in the interim. Say a conference junket, or deferral of some mandatory training. 2. If part of a powerful group, to extract a better deal from management. I know of some engineers at FAANG that blocked plans for downsizing of cubicles this way.
- daviddever23box 5y agoYes-because it is important to keep a clean distance from finished work. Work as if you will resign on completion; it will enforce a sense of responsibility to document business processes, code, contacts-you name it. And where toxic processes or customers do exist, it is important to remember that you have the power to walk away.