sharmar wrote:
This is a question for everyone:
How much notice have you given your employers? I am planning on leaving the team in June and am contemplating telling my manager either in April or in May... Of course no one on my team knows that I have applied to B-School so the announcement will come as a bit of a shock to the team....
I gave my notice in January, and will be leaving in May. I did this mainly because I got tired of having pressure in a job I wasn't staying with anymore. Now, I am able to just come in, get stuff done, and that's it.
My gut feeling is to give your employer enough notice that they don't experience any significant difficulty adjusting to it (don't piss them off/burn bridges). Now, the employer could always gripe regardless of the amount of time this is ("you know we have this big project starting in 2012!"), but I think it's given most are reasonable. If your current responsibilities are ones that can be fairly easily transitioned, maybe look at a 2-4 weeks. If you know it'd be key for you to train a new hire or that they'll have difficulty handling future projects, probably a few months notice, if possible.