Taking a month off between jobs?

[Anonymous]

biggest thing to nail down is health insurance. make sure you have cobra or marketplace healthcare set up and ready to go-- while yes you can retroactively elect cobra within 60 days, you can't do it if you're in a coma after being hit by a car.

but if you have the savings and you need to unwind a bit, a break between jobs is great. only caveat is if you need external structure to keep you getting up/getting dressed, a month might be too long and get you in trouble with bad habits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One thing to consider: it is much easier to withdraw an offer than to lay off an employee. If there is any chance that the offer might be rescinded, I would not want to delay my first day.

Do you usually worry about things that are extremely uncommon? Anxiety?

[Anonymous]

I'm at the end of a 4 week break between jobs. I wish I had done 6 It went by so fast...

Isn't it kind of sad that we don't have more than a week or two of an actual break (not just vacation where you know you'll have to go back in a couple days) in our entire adult lives?

[Anonymous]

Dh and I have both done this and I highly recommend if you have the resources to do it.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing to consider: it is much easier to withdraw an offer than to lay off an employee. If there is any chance that the offer might be rescinded, I would not want to delay my first day.

I’m confused. The new job is secure, I’ve signed a contract.

That means nothing. You can still rescind it. Especially if the dream candidate appears.

Signing an offer letter and signing a contract are two entirely different things.

You are correct. They would have to pay me to break the contract now.

I guarantee you they have a clause that says they can break the contract without paying you for specific reasons.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing to consider: it is much easier to withdraw an offer than to lay off an employee. If there is any chance that the offer might be rescinded, I would not want to delay my first day.

I’m confused. The new job is secure, I’ve signed a contract.

That means nothing. You can still rescind it. Especially if the dream candidate appears.

Signing an offer letter and signing a contract are two entirely different things.

You are correct. They would have to pay me to break the contract now.

I guarantee you they have a clause that says they can break the contract without paying you for specific reasons.

Well, that’s fine, but you’re wrong. I have it right here in front of me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm at the end of a 4 week break between jobs. I wish I had done 6 It went by so fast...

Isn't it kind of sad that we don't have more than a week or two of an actual break (not just vacation where you know you'll have to go back in a couple days) in our entire adult lives?

This is so true!

[Anonymous]

Do it! You don’t get many opportunities to have a complete break like this. Take advantage.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing to consider: it is much easier to withdraw an offer than to lay off an employee. If there is any chance that the offer might be rescinded, I would not want to delay my first day.

Do you usually worry about things that are extremely uncommon? Anxiety?

How common or uncommon it is for an offer to be withdrawn depends on the industry. I have seen offers withdrawn through no fault of the candidate in the media industry (found a better candidate or reorg/cost-cutting) and in the federal government (HR screw-up). While I agree that withdrawing an offer is uncommon, it's not "extremely uncommon," especially in today's job marketplace. If you haven't seen this, lucky you.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing to consider: it is much easier to withdraw an offer than to lay off an employee. If there is any chance that the offer might be rescinded, I would not want to delay my first day.

I’m confused. The new job is secure, I’ve signed a contract.

That means nothing. You can still rescind it. Especially if the dream candidate appears.

BUT HE SIGNED A CONTRACT!!!!!

Nobody has ever in the history of the universe gone back on their word after signing a contract.

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Anonymous wrote:One thing to consider: it is much easier to withdraw an offer than to lay off an employee. If there is any chance that the offer might be rescinded, I would not want to delay my first day.

I’m confused. The new job is secure, I’ve signed a contract.

That means nothing. You can still rescind it. Especially if the dream candidate appears.

Signing an offer letter and signing a contract are two entirely different things.

You are correct. They would have to pay me to break the contract now.

I guarantee you they have a clause that says they can break the contract without paying you for specific reasons.

Well, that’s fine, but you’re wrong. I have it right here in front of me.

Well then why do you care? You obviously have no doubts about the possibility of that happening. So what is the point of the question then?

[Anonymous]

I guess I might be a weird-o, but having too much time between jobs made me lazy and it was harder to get back into the daily routine of work (even if it was a new job to look forward to). I got so comfortable doing my own thing, being leisurely, etc that going back to wirk-mode was really hard.

Sorta wish I just did like 2 weeks and not a whole month. And to time my start date with a long weekend/holiday so I'd have a natural break.

[Anonymous]

I took two months off between jobs. Best thing I ever did. I was rested and ready for the new gig after decompressing from the toxic old place and have been on fire ever since.

[Anonymous]

Another vote to do it (maybe travel maybe chill whatever works for you)

[Anonymous]

I would do whatever I could financially, even if were not burned out. You don't get these opportunities frequently!!