Comments on: Count The Costs http://www.brandonsavage.net/count-the-costs/ The personal blog of Brandon Savage. Contains entries of a personal and professional nature focusing on PHP, Apple, LAMP, MySQL and Washington, DC. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:10:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brandon Insurancehttp://www.brandonsavage.net/count-the-costs/#comment-865 Brandon Insurance Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:37:09 +0000 http://www.brandonsavage.net/?p=523#comment-865 You could ask your new employer for an advance or a signing bonus to help make the new transition into the new job. My experience has been that most if not all employers are more then willing to accomodate an advance on pay so the new employee can start making the employer money faster. You could ask your new employer for an advance or a signing bonus to help make the new transition into the new job. My experience has been that most if not all employers are more then willing to accomodate an advance on pay so the new employee can start making the employer money faster.

]]> By: Keith Caseyhttp://www.brandonsavage.net/count-the-costs/#comment-851 Keith Casey Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:17:46 +0000 http://www.brandonsavage.net/?p=523#comment-851 I'd add one more point: "Finish Strong"Often when people get down to their last week or two or even when they know they're going to leave and haven't announced it yet, they get a form of "senioritis". They don't put in as much effort, they don't focus, and they generally don't care.The problem is that these last days are what a majority of people will remember. And if you haven't announced your intention to leave, some will mistake cause and effect and assume you're leaving *because* of your behavior. Not a good impression to leave. I’d add one more point: “Finish Strong”

Often when people get down to their last week or two or even when they know they’re going to leave and haven’t announced it yet, they get a form of “senioritis”. They don’t put in as much effort, they don’t focus, and they generally don’t care.

The problem is that these last days are what a majority of people will remember. And if you haven’t announced your intention to leave, some will mistake cause and effect and assume you’re leaving *because* of your behavior. Not a good impression to leave.

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