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Short-timers guilt
G-dog:
I have decided the date for my target last day - but haven't resigned yet. So, when we are in meetings with people making longer term plans with target dates, I feel a bit like a liar when they schedule a target date I know I won't be there to fulfill.
My work is transferable, but not easily, and so these changes always set projects back.
But then, one one my coworkers gave months notice of her retirement and the boss did not advertise or hire into the position AND also did not reassign her work until about 10 months after she left! No wonder everything is behind schedule.
So, did you have any guilt knowing you were leaving before you announced it?
nereo:
haven't gotten there yet, but my advice would be to give your employer whatever amount of time is reasonable for a smooth transition to be made and no more. The last job I left was with a small company and we didn't have anyone on staff who could replace me. I gave my boss 2 months notice and then tried to help train the new hire as best i could.
G-dog:
If history is an accurate predictor:
1. They won't hire any replacement before I leave, no matter how early I announce, so no overlap will happen;
2. They won't hire a replacement at all.
I feel bad for our clients, and for my peers who will eventually have to absorb the work. But this leadership failure (under resourcing) is part of my reason for leaving
Rural:
--- Quote from: G-dog on April 28, 2015, 06:56:13 AM ---If history is an accurate predictor:
1. They won't hire any replacement before I leave, no matter how early I announce, so no overlap will happen;
2. They won't hire a replacement at all.
I feel bad for our clients, and for my peers who will eventually have to absorb the work. But this leadership failure (under resourcing) is part of my reason for leaving
--- End quote ---
Given the above, I'd say you have nothing to feel guilty about it all, rather, the only possible thing to feel guilty about would be leaving at all. Obviously, that's not rational; you know you don't owe it to them to work there for the rest of your life. So don't worry about it. It's not like giving people more warning would help anything.
benjenn:
I gave my retirement notice back in October thinking, at the time, I'd be here until the end of 2015. That's been adjusted and now I'm leaving the end of July -- less than 100 days to go, less than 60 work days. And still my boss has done nothing to hire a replacement for me. At this point, I doubt seriously if we'll have anyone in place by the first of July and my last day is the 30th. I'm moving out of state the next day.
I've held this position for the last 16 years and there's no one else in my office who knows a single thing about anything I do. My assistant left almost 3 years ago (due to the environment here and how it's changed with the "new" boss who's been here 5 years now) and since then I've only had a string of college interns who stay for just a few months at a time so my current intern won't be much help to my replacement as far as guidance goes.
We are a cooperative - a service organization - and I'm the director of member services so everything I do is for our members. It makes me very sad that our members will be the ones to suffer from his decision to postpone hiring a replacement for me. But I don't feel one ounce of guilt about leaving. In fact, if anything, this all helps me realize what kind of environment I'm freeing myself from and makes me that much happier to be away from it. Don't feel guilty.... be happy!
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