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A friend of mine set up her last day at the current job and first day at the new job in a way so that she would have a week to herself before starting the new job. And I think this is a good thing because it will be a while before you have a day off at the new job so why not give yourself a little vacation? I had another friend who resigned from her job and starts her new job on the 23rd and her last day at the current job is the 20th. She claimed the new job needed her to start on that date so she wasn't able to have a gap in between the last job and new job.
How do you transition to a new job? With a small gap or from one job straight to another?
Its good to have a little gap if you can. One time I worked a 10 hour day Sunday at a long term job, started a new one Monday at 7 AM. Its a bit of a grind.
I've done both - and it's all determined by expenses. If I have enough cash reserve that I can handle a week with no pay, then I take a week off in between. If I cannot afford a week of no pay, I don't take the week off.
A friend of mine set up her last day at the current job and first day at the new job in a way so that she would have a week to herself before starting the new job. And I think this is a good thing because it will be a while before you have a day off at the new job so why not give yourself a little vacation? I had another friend who resigned from her job and starts her new job on the 23rd and her last day at the current job is the 20th. She claimed the new job needed her to start on that date so she wasn't able to have a gap in between the last job and new job.
How do you transition to a new job? With a small gap or from one job straight to another?
I like to have a gap to relax and re-set. Of course, it was easier to do this when most companies would still A.) pay you for accrued vacation time and B.) let you roll over PTO year to year.
Done both. My last transition - it was immediate. Last day was on a Thursday too. So my first day at the new job was on Friday. I did that mainly to get through the new employee orientation so I can hit the ground running on the following Monday.
I've also taken as much as five weeks between jobs as the transition happened over the summer, and I wanted to do some traveling.
A friend of mine set up her last day at the current job and first day at the new job in a way so that she would have a week to herself before starting the new job. And I think this is a good thing because it will be a while before you have a day off at the new job so why not give yourself a little vacation? I had another friend who resigned from her job and starts her new job on the 23rd and her last day at the current job is the 20th. She claimed the new job needed her to start on that date so she wasn't able to have a gap in between the last job and new job.
How do you transition to a new job? With a small gap or from one job straight to another?
Well, depends on how much I have in the bank really. When I went from one job to Walmart, they delayed training for a week. So I went to the coast for the week...Otherwise I try and time it to the last day of the week for quit and start new job at the first week.
If I can afford it, I always try to take a week off in between. It helps to recharge the batteries and refocus on the next job. That's why I always try to bank a couple weeks of PTO. In the event that I quit, I will have some extra cash on hand to afford some time off.
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