Let hear your anecdotes about leaving a shitty job without having a safety net.
I am an attorney at a small firm (between 10-15 attorneys depending on the boss's mood). I've been here about 3 years and have been kinda looking for a new job for about 3 months but it has been half-hearted. My goal has always been to open my own office. The current atmosphere here is abusive/criminal at best and but I have been able to gain great experience. Now I've been offered an office with minimal rent in a nice part of town. I'm not sure how many of my 125 or so clients will go with me but I can't stand working in my current job for much longer.
I do have 2 young kids but my wife makes decent money, we have some cushion but I will have to start making money within about 3 months. As a bonus my family is willing to 'invest' in my firm and help out as much as possible. I won't miss the commute, imbalanced clients, dealing with Medicare, and an cock-sucking boss but there is no longer a guaranteed paycheck every week.
I am planning to give a 45 day notice on 9/6/2011 but the last time someone gave a notice the were told to go home immediately but other times they ask attorneys to stay for the entire notice period. They even fired an attorney and re-hired him two weeks later and he never even missed a day.
TL;DR I hate my job and going to work for myself.
I am an attorney at a small firm (between 10-15 attorneys depending on the boss's mood). I've been here about 3 years and have been kinda looking for a new job for about 3 months but it has been half-hearted. My goal has always been to open my own office. The current atmosphere here is abusive/criminal at best and but I have been able to gain great experience. Now I've been offered an office with minimal rent in a nice part of town. I'm not sure how many of my 125 or so clients will go with me but I can't stand working in my current job for much longer.
I do have 2 young kids but my wife makes decent money, we have some cushion but I will have to start making money within about 3 months. As a bonus my family is willing to 'invest' in my firm and help out as much as possible. I won't miss the commute, imbalanced clients, dealing with Medicare, and an cock-sucking boss but there is no longer a guaranteed paycheck every week.
I am planning to give a 45 day notice on 9/6/2011 but the last time someone gave a notice the were told to go home immediately but other times they ask attorneys to stay for the entire notice period. They even fired an attorney and re-hired him two weeks later and he never even missed a day.
TL;DR I hate my job and going to work for myself.