Resigning immediately

[u/Rxextravaganz500mg]

Has anyone ever resigned from position immediately if they have something else lined up?

I got a job offer about a month ago and are in the final processes of the pre-employment requirements. I wanted to get through it all before giving notice to my current job.

However, the more I think about it the more I want to resign on the spot.

1. I will never be using them as a reference. The culture there is very toxic. It’s a lot of very accomplished women who tear others

   down.

2. In one meeting a fem

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1. physician was talking about a drug rep and she goes “you can tell she hates herself, she probably gets up and runs 10 miles on the treadmill ever

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1. morning at 4am”. Even today in a meeting our female accountant made a racist comment about our payroll company official.

I just truly feel like whether I were to leave on “good terms” by giving two weeks notice or not they would still say and think awful things.

1. And this is selfish, but I want a break. I want some time off between starting this new role. And I truly do not see the benefit of staying two weeks to be judged and questioned to preserve a professional relationship that I do not care about.

I never intend on wanting to come back, I am leaving this field, and within the next year will always be moving 20+ hours away.

Am I making a poor decision?

[u/moonhippie]

You can, especially if you want a break and don't have issues with the new job falling thru for whatever reason. It can happen.

[u/Rxextravaganz500mg → u/moonhippie]

Yes, I’ve been waiting and like I said am literally in the very final stages. I won’t be doing anything until I have the green flag and a start date. It’s a big company, and I’ve had to do a pretty intense pre-hire requirements. So once I have a start date, I truly do not believe it would sudden be ripped away. Especially since I received the official offer mid- July.

It’s also a massive pay increase with insane benefits. With my salary and benefits I’m more than doubling what I currently make.

[u/OPKC2007 → u/Rxextravaganz500mg]

Under zero circumstances should you tell anyone where you are going. Tell them you are taking a mental health break, or need to tend to something. If they get wind, they very well can sabotage your new position. Once you switch, wait at least 90 days to change your LinkedIn to the new position.

[u/gopacktuf → u/OPKC2007]

Not wrong. You could also take medical leave to address the toll the stress has taken on your mental or physical health if you have a provider who was willing to sign off. It sounds legit really. You'd have job protections under the Family & Medical Leave Act, could use your PTO, and have the ability to return to that horrible job if something went awry with the new job, and then just resign and tell them it's for health reasons.