Dear Mr. Monk,
I’ve been a claims adjuster for a large insurance company for the last ten years. Last week I gave my two week’s notice, and I felt great! Then I talked to my uncle who is an accountant for a nationwide firm, and he asked me how many car payments I will be able to make without a job. How will I explain the possible employment gap on my resume. He said I violated the most important rule of job changing, to get a new job before quitting the old one.
JobBuster Monk
Now I’m having second thoughts. Should I?
Larissa in Lincoln
Dear Larissa,
He’s just doing his job. He has been trained to sit in large important meetings and thwart all the crazy ideas that come from the marketing department. He does that with numbers. He asks the idea person to produce a budget for the project. He will do a cost benefit analysis to show how silly the idea is.
The problem he has with your giving notice is that he can’t put a number on the benefit of your lowered blood pressure, or your better relationship with your family. He doesn’t understand the cost of a miserable life.
You’re having second thoughts? Stop counting.
JobBuster Monk
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