It sounds like you've enjoyed a career working for and with some really amazing people. Yes the ideal state is having employers who can take attrition on the c

It sounds like you've enjoyed a career working for and with some really amazing people. Yes the ideal state is having employers who can take attrition on the chin and root for their people on the way out the door, and yes those kinds of employers exist. The opposite is also real, and acknowledging the former doesn't preclude the latter: I and judging from comments, others have also been in the kinds of shops that will cut someone loose for interviewing even for a second job when the first isn't providing the hours or income they need, and I and I presume others have also given whatever amount of quit-notice and then immediately been walked out the door even after expressing a willingness to stay aboard, finish up $project and help the team transition well once we leave+. So I can respect the ideal state while acknowledging some people have completely rational trepidation about who they share this kind of status information with. ---- [+]even though I personally think quit-notice more often than not, but certainly not always-often is a disservice to the person quitting