178: My Chair used my leave against me: The 90-Day Notice Survival Guide | What to Do Before You Tell Anyone You're Leaving
Big mistake. HUGE mistake. Let me share it with you so you never make it:
I told my chair I was exploring other job options. My intent was to be transparent and respectful.
I didn’t realize she would use it against me.
Once she knew I was looking to leave, she created a new departmental policy that required 120 leave notice. She buried it inside my annual review and pressured me to sign.
No announcement, no email notification, no discussion at faculty meeting announcing a new policy change.
Just, “sign here ASAP or you’ll lose your bonus.”
When I resigned, I was told: You can’t leave. You owe 120 days. You signed the document. And PS– Your PTO is frozen. CME is frozen. Return the laptop. The books. The atlases. Everything you purchased over the last 8 years.
That was the last time I ever put my Chair above my own needs.
This week's episode is the guide I wish I'd had. Everything you need to do before you tell a single soul you're leaving.
Inside:
- The moves you need to make to protect your money, your PTO, and your options before your Chair has any idea you're interviewing
- Why you don’t need your Chair’s letter of recommendation— and exactly who to ask instead
- What actually happens the moment you submit notice (and how to not be blindsided by it)
- The institutional scare stories designed to keep you in your place— “a gap in experience is career suicide,” “once you leave Academics you can never return,” “you need a letter from your chair”— and why none of it holds up in the real world
Your chair will not protect your family, your career, or your money.
But this episode will.
Reply back to tell me everything!, xoxo, Christina
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