Looking for another job, what if they fire me before I find one?

[Anonymous]

New owners, new C levels, perfectly decent people but I don't want to stick around. So I have been aggressively using vacation and personal days because when I go, you don't get paid for them. When you have a foot out the door, difficult to hide. But I am getting indications they are looking to bring in their own people anyway. Question: its impossible to time when an offer will come in. So what if they pull the lever ahead of when I can?

[Anonymous]

Then you're SOL. Do you have a contract? Most people don't so if they lay you off try to negotiate a decent severance.

[Anonymous]

You can't know. Are you that young that you've never been in this situation before? You need to plan for a period of unemployment, OP: emergency fund, etc.

[Anonymous]

I asked Chat GBT to act like Magic 8 ball for you: "Reply hazy, try again."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Then you're SOL. Do you have a contract? Most people don't so if they lay you off try to negotiate a decent severance.

Yes, definitely try to negotiate a good severance if you see it coming.

[Anonymous]

You get severance, notice or unemployment

[Anonymous]

??

Then you are unemployed.

[Anonymous]

Hopefully you have good savings because you have telegraphed your lack of commitment. Severance isn’t owed - people who get it either negotiated it at their start or they are really lucky.

[Anonymous]

Lack of commitment by what? Taking days off they are owed? So you're supposed to work 330 days/year?

[Anonymous]

It feels like you're in a race, and you kind of are. Obviously you want to leave on your own terms. But be careful because it's easy to get paranoid in your situation. They may not be moving as quickly as you think they are. Make good decisions! You don't have to be rash. It will work out.