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Discussion on: How do you know it’s the right time to leave a company?

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Jeremy Friesen • Edited

Give my current company plenty of notice before my hypothetical departure?

At my first job, I was working for a probationary period. I found another job and told my boss "Hey, I'm accepting another position my last day is 2 weeks from now."

His response, "Let's make today your last day."

The lesson I learned is you need to understand how your supervisor will treat you and that information.

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José Aponte

wow! That is heavy! I mean, as you said, we need to understand the treatment and feedback your supervisor will give you. I started to hope for the best and expect the worst.

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Gualtiero Frigerio

I guess it depends on the company and on how big the team is, and even the seniority. I gave my company 3 months, but I'm the sole mobile developer left so they need to hire someone to do maintenance for the apps and they were relieved once they found out they had plenty of time.
I felt good too, it is always nice to leave a company on good terms.

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James Thomson

Also, don't take this personally. A lot of companies immediately remove departing employees due to security risk. Your interests are no longer vested in the company and you could become a threat for IP loss (among other things such as poaching, negatively inflicting company culture, etc.).