giving my notice

**Dot** · 10-18-2008, 11:17 PM

Monday I am giving a 2 week notice at my job. I work in a card/gift shop. I've been there for 2 years. I loved working under the former manager. She was a christian...the fruits were there. The store doubled its profits under her management. She left for a different job that offered benefits. I was asked to take her place, but I didn't want the hours. They went down the line asking each employee until they hit the bottom of the barrel and the last one to ask accepted. She is NOT management material, but the owners haven't figured that out yet. I doubt we'll win the best gift shop in the area with this new manager like we did several times with the former one. I don't feel proud to work there anymore.

I'm not pulling out only because of the new management. It looks like my husband is going to be transferred in a few short months. We have no idea where we will end up. I need to be home to get our house ready to sell. Unfortunately our home will be on the market with hundreds of others as almost 600 employees will be transferred out of this rural area at the same time. We may not be able to sell our home which would eventually put us in foreclosure...the scariest part to all of this. So I have to do everything in my power to make our home more marketable than others around us. There are 8 homes on our block that will be for sale....2 already put their homes on the market, but ours isn't ready yet.

I know it will all work out in the end, but all these changes at once is head spinning.

**Wendy99** · 10-18-2008, 11:30 PM

Would you be selling your home even if your husband doesnt transfer? When will you know for certain that he is transferring? Can you hold out on giving your notice until you have more answers? I would hate for you to quit a job and then things turn out differently than expected. Does your current home need a lot of work before it can sell? Are those repairs expensive? Would the extra income help you to have those repairs done & better prepare for the possible transfer?

**Dot** · 10-19-2008, 12:32 AM

Would you be selling your home even if your husband doesnt transfer? No

When will you know for certain that he is transferring? We have no idea. There are lawsuits going on to stop it, so it could be January or February as they've stated, or the lawsuits could postpone it for who knows how long. Or it could be stopped altogether and we will stay put.

Can you hold out on giving your notice until you have more answers? I could, but my husband and I both feel it's time for me to go. I've gone from working 15 hours a week to 40 hours a week and though they claim they are looking for more help they have not put an ad in the paper or advertised in any way. The reason I didn't take the manager's position was because I didn't want the hours (we homeschool), yet I've ended up working them anyway because we are now shorthanded since a co-worker took the manager's position part time instead of full time. I'm making up her hours so the store is covered.

I would hate for you to quit a job and then things turn out differently than expected. Does your current home need a lot of work before it can sell? Not a lot. It mostly needs decluttered and every room needs painted and staged.

Are those repairs expensive? No

Would the extra income help you to have those repairs done & better prepare for the possible transfer? My husband has taken on a second job and makes 3 times what I make with fewer hours away from home. That more than covers my loss of income.

We looked at all aspects of this before we made the decision for me to give up the job.

Great questions! Thanks!

**kittykatstrong** · 10-19-2008, 01:22 AM

Good luck! I am sure everything will work out. I agree it might be time to leave, I think that sometimes the people around you make the job. That is the reason I have been at my job for 10years. I work with some great people.

**gmanch** · 11-03-2008, 09:51 PM

Have you thought about working from home such as on the Internet? At least ninety percent of the programs one finds on the net are scams or just poorly adiministered, but there are some good opportunities. I am retired on a pension but make a good second income through the net. You could work on a home business for two or three hours a day and still have time to do the needed work on your home.

Best of luck to you!

Gordon

**Dot** · 11-03-2008, 10:28 PM

I guess I should update this since you have all been so kind to listen to my story and give me advice.

They've moved up the closing of my husband's employer. They are closing as of December 31st (yeah, Merry Christmas). The good news is everyone will get a transfer. The bad news is we won't know anything until the last week of November as to where and probably will not even know when at that point. No one ever meets a deadline, so we aren't counting on that December 31st date of closing.

I have one more week at work. Boy were my instincts correct! Everything is going downhill fast. I am getting out just in time. It's actually a bittersweet experience because I've enjoyed the job for 2 years until this point.

We are working furiously on our home to get it ready to sell. We're thinking we may end up separated for a time if the house doesn't sell quickly. Our friends have been so kind. They have brought us lots of boxes, and some have offered to help with painting and packing.

I have thought about working from home. I think I will give it serious consideration once we get moved to a new location. Right now is not a good time to start something new. I don't have the time, energy, or emotions for it. My emotions are running the gamut from excited to start somewhere new to being soooooo sad to leave friends and family.

Thanks so much for all your advice and a listening ear.

**rowdy35** · 11-04-2008, 12:50 PM

hang in there, you are going to be ok. When life gives you lemons squeeze them and make lemonade !! We are all wishing you the best Dot...

**Dot** · 02-06-2010, 05:45 AM

I was going back through old posts, and I'm ashamed to say I never updated this post.

It didn't happen! The closure was stopped, and we are still in the same town and the same house. My husband is still working the 2 jobs....he has had a couple of raises in his full time job, and he is making some decent money at the 2nd job (which he considers more a hobby). Our debt is slowly dwindling, and gaining momentum, and we're doing fairly well. I felt guilty for a short time about not working, but since dh makes more than triple at his 2nd job than what I was making, and our homeschooling journey has become intense with high school level, it's been the right decision for us.

And the next time this kind of scare comes up (because it does every few years)...we'll be in MUCH better shape financially....we'll be debt free except for the mortgage!