I will never tell my employer I'm quitting "as early as possible". I will them them only after I have the next job contract signed and I know my start date. Yo

I will never tell my employer I'm quitting "as early as possible". I will them them only after I have the next job contract signed and I know my start date. You're 100% correct here. Anything less than this is stupid. And I will tell them at the last possible moment, so that when they escort me out of the office, as they VERY often do, I will minimize the disruption to my income. Give 2 weeks. It's standard. It's to protect your reputation. If they relieve you of your notice and still pay you, fine. If they stop paying you as well, then they're idiots, because they're risking their reputation over a completely inconsequential sum of money.