Tax accountants transitioning to industry face high-pressure deadlines right before resigning and experience intense anxiety about professional reputation ("burning bridges") when dealing with toxic management and guilt-tripping firms.
Tax accountants transitioning to industry face high-pressure deadlines right before resigning and experience intense anxiety about professional reputation ("burning bridges") when dealing with toxic management.
Giving 10-day notice right before the 10/15 deadline to leave for industry — am I burning bridges?
postGiving 10-day notice right before the 10/15 deadline to leave for industry — am I burning bridges?
The senior manager is probably just going to talk shit about you and complain about how much you suck, etc.
commentThe senior manager is probably just going to talk shit about you and complain about how much you suck, etc. So I wouldn’t worry too much about burning bridges. He’ll probably do that for you. I’d approach him and say that you’re leaving the company effective XX date and that you’re willing to work and help with the transition during your remaining time. After you tell him in person, send an email documenting it and CC HR and the partner. Don’t stress about it. Just work your normal hours and do what you normally do. They’ll probably try to get you to stay longer or stay through whatever deadline they have, but just politely decline. If they start yelling at you or giving you a hard time, remember that once you give your notice, you have the power in the situation, so to speak. Two weeks is a courtesy, not something you have to give them. You’re already offering to work your normal hours and help with the transition, so there’s no reason to let them pressure you And I wouldn’t tell him where you’re going. You don’t owe him that information.
Public never has a good time to leave because they don’t want you to leave.
commentI was this same way, and several managers took me aside and said how unprofessional my two week notice and leaving 4/15 was. A couple of things I realized: \- public never has a good time to leave because they don’t want you to leave. \- those same managers all eventually left the same way, shit, two of the four left mid busy season eventually.
Tax and audit accountants facing high-pressure deadlines while navigating toxic management and anxiety around professional reputation when resigning.
Repeated complaints regarding toxic busy-season management, guilt-tripping over standard notice periods, and deep anxiety about professional reputation damage.
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