Do You Take Time Between Jobs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some people LOVE what they do for a living.

Some people LOVE being parents yet take a vacation without kids. Guess they don't love their kids.
You can love a job and take time off between jobs.

[Anonymous]

another example of how American's decisions are dictated by health insurance, or lack of.
Just like the retirement threads.

[Anonymous]

I took six weeks the last time I switched jobs. Was able to use my accrued leave and stay on payroll and healthcare for the entire time - Fed job of course. It was glorious.

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[Anonymous]

I have deliberately not worked for a period of time, and the fact of the matter is that I didn't get much done, and was depressed. Also it is a lot more stressful being on COBRA or an individual policy than regular health insurance. It ended up feeling like wasted time.

My last big job switch, I took a three and a half week vacation (my only vacation in two years with a company that had "unlimited leave") overseas with no cellphone or laptop, and *then* I came back and gave my two weeks notice.

Switching agencies a few years ago, I took off my last friday at old agency to have surgery, and started the following monday at the new agency. it worked out well.

[Anonymous]

It goes against every Protestant-work-ethic bone in my body to take off time between jobs. Wasted time? Wasted money?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It goes against every Protestant-work-ethic bone in my body to take off time between jobs. Wasted time? Wasted money?

Cheapskate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It goes against every Protestant-work-ethic bone in my body to take off time between jobs. Wasted time? Wasted money?

Cheapskate

Not the PP. But, thanks for the complement.
My wife says I need a bumper sticker: "Don't tailgate, I stop to pick up pennies"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It goes against every Protestant-work-ethic bone in my body to take off time between jobs. Wasted time? Wasted money?

Cheapskate

Not the PP. But, thanks for the complement.
My wife says I need a bumper sticker: "Don't tailgate, I stop to pick up pennies"

Gross
My dh says the eleventh commandment is thou shall not be cheap. He has instilled this into our kids. There is no worse trait.

[Anonymous]

there is a difference between cheap and thrifty/money conscious

[Anonymous]

I just made the decision to NOT take time between my current job and my next job (I'm turning in my resignation tonight)

I may go out of town in a couple weeks and "work" from my parents beach condo when they take my child there for a couple days for spring break. I mean, I have a computer and internet connection there - I can work from the patio overlooking the Bay.

[Anonymous]

from above - I'm giving 6+ weeks notice because the new job doesn't need me until May. I think that is PLENTY of notice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It goes against every Protestant-work-ethic bone in my body to take off time between jobs. Wasted time? Wasted money?

Cheapskate

Not the PP. But, thanks for the complement.
My wife says I need a bumper sticker: "Don't tailgate, I stop to pick up pennies"

I‘m the OP here, and I’m not cheap. But I do love Benjamin Franklin thriftiness and Rockefeller work values. Maybe I’m the dying breed, but I find value in hard work for its own sake, and I cannot imagine taking a week off between jobs to do nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am pondering this right now. I am expecting an offer this week. The new job doesn’t need me until may. But the current job is insanely busy and I don’t know that I can get someone trained in the next 2 weeks. I may actually stick with current until the new job starts. But damn would I love a couple weeks to myself!

Training your replacement is not your responsibility. They will cope!

I took a week -- and my advice (that my mentor passed along to me) is to start a new job on a Wednesday. That gives you a short week and you get the weekend to decompress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It goes against every Protestant-work-ethic bone in my body to take off time between jobs. Wasted time? Wasted money?

Cheapskate

Not the PP. But, thanks for the complement.
My wife says I need a bumper sticker: "Don't tailgate, I stop to pick up pennies"

I‘m the OP here, and I’m not cheap. But I do love Benjamin Franklin thriftiness and Rockefeller work values. Maybe I’m the dying breed, but I find value in hard work for its own sake, and I cannot imagine taking a week off between jobs to do nothing.

You never took time off to raise kids?