Comment by jmyeet | Hacker News Reader

Comment by jmyeet | Hacker News Reader

This was happening late last year when the big layoff was announced.

Here is my advice to anyone, particularly in this market: when you accept an offer, don't quit. Do not quit until you've started at the new company. Before you start they can just rescind the offer. After you start they need to fire you.

Remember you can just quit with no notice from your old employer. Is it ideal? No. But a lot of employers will have you doing nothing the last 2 weeks anyway. It'll just be handing off stuff and twiddling your thumbs.

But most importantly, the company won't hesitate to rescind an offer or fire you for reasons that have nothing to do with you, even when doing so puts you in an extremely precarious situation (eg you may lose your work visa and have to leave the country).

The company isn't your friend. it's a business and you have a business relationship. You're just terminating it, just like they can and do.

Fuck all that. Quit the moment you feel it is negatively impacting your life. You don't owe employers shit if they violate the spirit of your contract, the only signal you can send to make it clear that you find that despicable is to quit. Everything else is toxic careerist bullshit.

We aren't on this planet for long. You are entitled to a small rebellion once in awhile, particularly if it is merited.

Rebellion ain’t gonna pay the bills.

Agreed. Only follow this advice if you have the means to survive and no dependents. I am merely rejecting the pervasive generalized fear of quitting we all have instilled in us, that keeps many of us in toxic and/or detrimental work environments. We are so focused on not burning bridges even if we do quit, the company will not even know their behavior has effected you negatively.

For WFH, you can work 2 jobs for 2 weeks.

Or try out having 2 jobs for a week before deciding if you want to put in a 2 week notice at your old job, quit the new job, or continue working at both.

One potential negative would be if you want to go back to your former employer they may not want your back just to walk out any time.

this is explicitly happening in London so it is complicated. Contractual (and statute) notice period are enforceable by both sides and, in principle, your employer can successfully sue you for the difference between your salary and the cost of hiring a temporary replacement for the notice period.

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