#840510 - 10/05/12 04:47 PM
Re: How much notice to give when leaving a job?
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I pretty much did the same thing, Mary! And I absolutely loved my job! I'm sure it will go faster than you realize...
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#840535 - 10/05/12 08:27 PM
Re: How much notice to give when leaving a job?
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Mary, do you have any holidays owing to you?
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#840537 - 10/05/12 08:55 PM
Re: How much notice to give when leaving a job?
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Ah, Nicki, here is one of my problems: I have not used any of my 3 weeks vacation earned for LAST year (our fiscal year ends 8/31). I sure would like to know if I can get paid out for that time, since there is no way I can take that much time off before the end of the year, but if I ask the question, then I let the cat out of the bag, earlier than I anticipated. And that's only vacation days, not holidays!
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#840556 - 10/05/12 10:16 PM
Re: How much notice to give when leaving a job?
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That's what I was thinking: ask if I can get paid for my vacation. I think it won't be a problem, but then you never know.
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#840582 - 10/06/12 06:25 AM
Re: How much notice to give when leaving a job?
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Mary, I was thinking along the lines of
lets say they owe you 3 weeks holidays
you could give them the 1 months notice 7 weeks before you want to leave, work for 4 of those weeks then leave 3 weeks early with pay
if you get my drift
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#840619 - 10/06/12 10:47 AM
Re: How much notice to give when leaving a job?
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Mary, isn't there a manual of procedures that talks about vacation time, whether it has to be taken or can be sold back to the company?
I elected to get paid for the weeks I had left when I retired. The corporation I worked wouldn't pay me for the other individual days I was allowed, so I worked up to a point then used all the individual days, went back on a Friday, signed my papers and said bye. It was nice getting that bit of extra money for the weeks of vacation.
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#840633 - 10/06/12 11:22 AM
Re: How much notice to give when leaving a job?
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...What they said. If you can't get paid for all that vacation time, use it. One of my teacher friends took every Friday off for a year and used his. Was great for me because I was a sub and knew that every Friday I had a job. Wheeee.
When I retired, we got day for day credit for all unused sick time so I didn't have to worry.
It's your money (time) so hope you can find a way to use it.
You are going to LOVE retirement!
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#840645 - 10/06/12 12:19 PM
Re: How much notice to give when leaving a job?
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You all have to remember that I work for a Church, my boss is the Pastor: no manuals, no contracts, not much of anything in writing. I guess as long as all of us do our jobs and don't take advantage of the situation, there's no reason to have a written policy. That's what makes this situation so uncertain for me.
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#840663 - 10/06/12 01:26 PM
Re: How much notice to give when leaving a job?
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It is for all the reasons you stated that I said to give as much as much notice as possible. If you have been there 26 years, I am sure you have a good rapport with them and giving them some time to find a replacement and have you train them would be a nice thing. Ana 
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#840681 - 10/06/12 02:13 PM
Re: How much notice to give when leaving a job?
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Ana, I would give more notice, except I really want to work until the end of the year, and I'm afraid if I give two months notice and they find someone quickly, they wouldn't need two of us trying to do the same job for that period of time and I would feel obliged to leave early.
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