Here's another tip for making leaving graceful: Get rid of cliffs and discontinuities in your compensation. When I had a bonus that paid out yearly, I had to w

Here's another tip for making leaving graceful: Get rid of cliffs and discontinuities in your compensation. When I had a bonus that paid out yearly, I had to wait a few months to leave my job. You can bet that I was less focused on my work for those few months, and left as quickly as possible when I hit the bonus day. A friend was looking to leave their job, but discovered that the 401k plan had some bizzaro vesting cliffs. They had to wait to give their resignation on exactly their 3-year anniversary, just in case the company decided to terminate them early.