You know how sometimes a job requires you to have a 2-week notice, 1 month notice, etc etc before quitting your job? What do you do during that time? Actually working? Slacking off? I'm currently slacking off (and trying not to get caught) because I hate my company and I don't even care anymore. Haha.
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Slacking off before resigning
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I am in the position of considering retirement at 60 and will have to give more notice than usual for that given I am a department head and me leaving will require some significant changes to the department. The Director of Finance (to whom I report) and the GM/VP for our operating company know this is a possibility and we have already pulled the trigger on part one of my succession plan: Promote my most senior team member to position him as a likely successor. And, to be honest, slacking off due to knowing the end is nigh isn't really a problem. I am already struggling with the role and with trying to keep myself engaged, which is part of my reason for considering early retirement. The prospect of there being an end point might actually motivate me more.
If you are young and future employment for you is a possibility/probability then this might not be the best idea. Would look better for future references to continue at 'full speed'.
When I retired, I had to train my own replacement, who then decided they didn't want the job and went back upstairs, then I had to do my job up until the day before I left, and even then, I put in project orders that wouldn't be completed until over a month after I left.
After I was gone for a week or so, I found out they split my job three ways, and the replacement that didn't want it ended up with the order processing part anyway. Lucky her.
After I was gone for a week or so, I found out they split my job three ways, and the replacement that didn't want it ended up with the order processing part anyway. Lucky her.
What kind of job was this?
A technical office in a state government.
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