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If you won the lottery would you keep working for 2 weeks?

• gpm 5y ago
  Personally, yes, I think I would. Or really somewhere between 1 and 3 depending on how long I thought I really needed to facilitate an orderly transfer of my work to the rest of the team. Winning the lottery is a case where I would have a ton of personal flexibility, and I'd like to think that I'd use some of it to not put people in uncomfortable positions. But I also think this misses the point, plenty of people do plenty of rude things when they win the lottery (so it's not a good barometer for what is polite), and the circumstances are substantially different when you're leaving because you now have "f u money" rather than leaving because you're going to do the same thing for a different employer (so it's not a analogous situation). Circumstances where I wouldn't give advanced notice are cases where I felt I was being mistreated (being rude is worth leaving earlier, plus I have minimal sympathy), or there was an opportunity that really couldn't wait (being rude is sometimes worthwhile - it's a balancing act).
• kjeetgill 5y ago
  I mean, assuming I have a pretty normal amicable relationship with my team, manager, and employer ofcourse I would. 2 weeks probably isn't enough to employ a replacement but it's usually more than enough to hand off key functions, transfer knowledge, give people time to pick your brain and honestly - have you not had goodbye parties?
• antihero 5y ago
  I'd probably see my team isn't too burdened by my departure. But on my terms.