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I work in local government, and it is a very small world. The City Managers of my county have a regular lunch get together, and issues of personnel and people who bail out or burn bridges is certainly a topic of discussion. That being said, when I took a new job last week, I gave a two week notice to my employer.
My two week notice turned into almost three weeks, and I am also going to be contracting with my current City for Planning services through the hiring of a new Planning Director. It will make the next 6-8 weeks crazy, but the contract pay rate is double my hourly wage, so it will be a nice little bonus for the summer. The new job understood that transition time was key for me, so they were good with letting me start nearly a month after accepting the position.
For me, the best part of all of this has been leaving on good terms. I know that I could re-apply at this City and be rehired. They tried hard to keep me, and they told me to apply in the future if the new job doesn't work out. I have left three jobs now on good terms, and I have strong relationships with my previous employers. I intend to work in local government in Utah for my entire career (pension benefit is too good to pass up). I pay attention to maintaining relationships in my very small industry...it is important to me.
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