The Lame Duck Syndrome...

how long have you been there?

its been my experience that employers like to pile you up with work when you give notice, so 2 weeks is probably sufficient.

good luck -- hope you get it!

I've been there for two years RP, I'm pretty much always piled up with work. My main problem is that it is a small company that has grown a great deal since I've been there, and I worry about them taking it personally.
I don't want to burn any bridges.

Two weeks is reasonable, though. I think if you work hard in those two weeks, you have no particular reason to stay an extra two. (As in, if that burns bridges, they're just being unreasonable IMO.)

(It sounds like congratulations are in order, meanwhile...?)

<Keeping fingers crossed>

Fingers crossed here.

Osso,
<It's rare books>

Shhh.

oooooh!

<crossed>

Yep, crossed here too. Let us know!

Be the best you can be right now. It does not matter where you work or who you work for. You give meaning and purpose to your job, it does not define you.

chris2a,

thanx for verbalizing a vague concept i've always felt was true about what i do for a living...

Oh, best of good luck! That sounds wonderful!

Wonderful!

LT - I'm crossing things in hopes for you as well.

And two weeks is sufficient. If you can afford it you might negotiate a stating date for your new job that is more than two weeks out. If you give a two week notice and you won't be starting the new job for three or four weeks, you can help out the current company if they ask for it, or you can have a bit of a break between jobs. Good luck!

2 weeks is definitely enough. I gave 2 weeks at the last insurance company I worked at. Trained my successor by day and then, by night, was trained in my new job (this was back in '00). Exhausting. Good that it wasn't for any longer than it was.

Anyway, best to you, good luck and all that but I know you don't need luck. And chris2a, beautifully said.

Two weeks notice is standard, as far as I know. I've been asked to stay and train the replacement; as I didn't have another job lined up I agreed and it took them a month to hire somebody...

OTOH, around here when you give two weeks notice you're cordially invited to clean out your desk and leave, so you had better say your goodbyes to coworkers before you tell the boss...

LTX--

You're due for some spectacular good news. Since the rest of the world is crossing its collective fingers, I'll be passing out warm compresses to prevent collective finger cramp.

Hold your dominion.

Thanks for the kind words and thoughts everyone. I think I just need to vent. The new position (If I get it),
starts April 1st. I'm supposed to hear back from the new company any day now. It's a pretty good bet that I will get the job, as I was actively recruited, and there are no other candidiates in the running. My dilemma is getting through each day until then. I find that the little annoyances of my current job now seem huge compared to a week ago. I've been taking long lunches and leaving early... anything to make the day go by faster. I need to find a way to relax .

<I was looking for a cha cha image >




yer a book guy and we all went to the Guggenheim?





<crossing fingers, toes, eyes and braiding my hair>

ehBeth said:


I have waaay too many interests...

Speaking of the Guggenheim and our friend the Black Square, a professor pal of mine told me that it was the first purely abstract painting ever exhibited... I'm not sure if I believe him, but it makes the painting more interesting.

mmmm - it makes the context of the painting more interesting but the painting itself? I'll have to ask Eugenie if anything can make the black square more interesting.

ok - lotsa interests but BOOKS !!!

then again, talking about books in a social setting for you is probably like expecting a doc to talk about his favourite surgery at a soiree