ls413 wrote:
I have a predicament regarding when to give notice. I was originally planning to give notice the third week in June, one week after our annual trade show in Las Vegas. My last day would then be one month later in the middle of July. Due to budget cuts this year, the number of people who will get to go to this trade show is limited. I am supposed to be going, but some of my colleagues have been cut.
A few of my close friends at work who know I am going to business school do not think I should go to the trade show and then give notice the following week. They feel I am taking someone else's spot, and my untimely resignation may anger management.
We are supposed to be booking flights next week for this trade show, so if I plan not to go then I have to give notice now. I don't want to burn any bridges with management, but I am also worried that giving 2.5 months notice will put my job at risk. We're in the midst of a hiring freeze so I may not ultimately be replaced, and who's to say that they wouldn't let me go immediately to save money? I cannot afford to be without employment before mid-July, though.
Any thoughts?
Any way you can get out of the trip at this point? Can you think of an excuse, lie, or good reason? I'm into honesty myself but if you get out of a trip and someone else goes without revealing that you are leaving you aren't doing a disservice to anyone.