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It's how it has to be. This is why you don't need to give a 2 week notice, and you should always have your resume updated. Need to take an offer knowing odds
by 999900000999 5y ago
It's how it has to be.
This is why you don't need to give a 2 week notice, and you should always have your resume updated.
Need to take an offer knowing odds are a way better one is coming down the pipe, do it. They can lose budget and cut your role before you start.
Don't treat any job like a dream job, if you get there and nothing works, you have a nightmare.
My dream right now is to work hard until I'm 40 and retire. I can't imagine doing this for another 30 years .
- hijinks 5y agodont have kids then
- danrocks 5y agoAs someone who had kids in their 40s: this is the correct observation.
- 55555 5y agoThis is a reference to kids being expensive?
- gameswithgo 5y agoThat is one of many complications. Less time less sleep less ability to relocate
- hpcjoe 5y agoWe had ours mid 30s. I also founded a company and ran it for the first 15 years of her life. That is stressful. To put it mildly. This said, having a kid is the toughest and most rewarding job you will ever have. If you don't like kids in general, sure, avoid them. Some of us do. She's 21 now, applying to grad school for applied math, and (being slightly biased) is the most wonderful kiddo in the world. As for FIRE type scenarios, unless you have an inheritance or a pre-existing nest-egg of some sort, yeah, kids tend to deplete cash flow. I'm 56, and if I'm lucky, I may be able to retire in my 70s. Part of that is due to the company being killed by our bank, all assets sold off, because they panicked. Leaving me with a giant hole where my retirement (and kid's college fund) was. Started over at 51, at (somewhat less than) 0. Do not recommend this.
- 999900000999 5y ago>Part of that is due to the company being killed by our bank, all assets sold off, because they panicked. Care to elaborate. If I do end up FIRE, I imagine I could always have a family in a cheaper country. 2 million in FAANG RSUs can easily raise a family outside of America.
- dilyevsky 5y agoSo if you get terminated one week in now you can’t go back bc you burned the bridge by not giving the notice? Sounds like fantastic plan!
- 999900000999 5y agoOdds are they won't just take you back even if you give 2 weeks.
- dilyevsky 5y agoEvery company I’ve ever worked for except one (which folded shortly after me quitting) had asked if I was thinking of coming back. But yeah maybe with attitude like that they won’t
- burnished 5y agoSure that's going to happen, but think about it from the other side. If a good employee leaves for greener pastures and wants to come back later, well, they already know the work and the team. Wouldn't you want to rehire some one if you were in that position? Even if they leave again down the line it's not like you spent a lot of time or energy getting them up to speed, they were already ready from round #1.
- 999900000999 5y agoI thought it was implied, but generally if I don't even bother to put in a two weeks notice I'm not leaving on great terms.
- tfigment 5y agoI think its situational. I have only one employee that I can think of that I'd rehire even in the current market. The relationship is changed irreparably with me after quitting or threatening to if it was for another job. Any trust is gone unless you know they were a mercenary and worth it.
- toast0 5y agoWhat does this have to do with giving notice? You don't give two weeks notice without a written offer.
- notyourday 5y agoThere's no bite to the company to decide not to hire you/fire you even if you have an offer from them.
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