Life changing decision - any advice/experience?

[Brahan]

+1 Crankarm

Go for it, make the break. It sounds like you're only going go leave so you can come back to the same position anyway. Remove the saftey net, think how excited you'll be on the last legs of your tour - dreaming up which direction your life will go.

It is just a job after all.

 

[Brahan]

+1 Crankarm

Go for it, make the break. It sounds like you're only going go leave so you can come back to the same position anyway. Remove the saftey net, think how excited you'll be on the last legs of your tour - dreaming up which direction your life will go.

It is just a job after all.

 

[Brahan]

+1 Crankarm

Go for it, make the break. It sounds like you're only going go leave so you can come back to the same position anyway. Remove the saftey net, think how excited you'll be on the last legs of your tour - dreaming up which direction your life will go.

It is just a job after all.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

Be upfront with your employer; tell them that you have to urge to travel, but don't want to feel rushed or constrained by only having a limited amount of time off. Say you are also mindful that after a trip like this, you may well return with different priorities in life.

So therefore it would be unfair on them to give you unpaid leave as you don't know what your long term commitment might be. But when you get back, who knows? Perhaps you'll both have missed each other!

Leaving a job is not the same as burning bridges. Irreversible arson is more a product of a lack of honesty, taking an advantage, pissing people about, etc

 

[Tim Bennet.]

Be upfront with your employer; tell them that you have to urge to travel, but don't want to feel rushed or constrained by only having a limited amount of time off. Say you are also mindful that after a trip like this, you may well return with different priorities in life.

So therefore it would be unfair on them to give you unpaid leave as you don't know what your long term commitment might be. But when you get back, who knows? Perhaps you'll both have missed each other!

Leaving a job is not the same as burning bridges. Irreversible arson is more a product of a lack of honesty, taking an advantage, pissing people about, etc

 

[Tim Bennet.]

Be upfront with your employer; tell them that you have to urge to travel, but don't want to feel rushed or constrained by only having a limited amount of time off. Say you are also mindful that after a trip like this, you may well return with different priorities in life.

So therefore it would be unfair on them to give you unpaid leave as you don't know what your long term commitment might be. But when you get back, who knows? Perhaps you'll both have missed each other!

Leaving a job is not the same as burning bridges. Irreversible arson is more a product of a lack of honesty, taking an advantage, pissing people about, etc

 

[HelenD123]

Be upfront with your employer; tell them that you have to urge to travel, but don't want to feel rushed or constrained by only having a limited amount of time off. Say you are also mindful that after a trip like this, you may well return with different priorities in life.

So therefore it would be unfair on them to give you unpaid leave as you don't know what your long term commitment might be. But when you get back, who knows? Perhaps you'll both have missed each other!

Leaving a job is not the same as burning bridges. Irreversible arson is more a product of a lack of honesty, taking an advantage, pissing people about, etc

Very true. I've been very careful to give as much notice as possible and to leave on good terms. I don't want to mess anyone around.

 

[HelenD123]

Be upfront with your employer; tell them that you have to urge to travel, but don't want to feel rushed or constrained by only having a limited amount of time off. Say you are also mindful that after a trip like this, you may well return with different priorities in life.

So therefore it would be unfair on them to give you unpaid leave as you don't know what your long term commitment might be. But when you get back, who knows? Perhaps you'll both have missed each other!

Leaving a job is not the same as burning bridges. Irreversible arson is more a product of a lack of honesty, taking an advantage, pissing people about, etc

Very true. I've been very careful to give as much notice as possible and to leave on good terms. I don't want to mess anyone around.

 

[HelenD123]

Be upfront with your employer; tell them that you have to urge to travel, but don't want to feel rushed or constrained by only having a limited amount of time off. Say you are also mindful that after a trip like this, you may well return with different priorities in life.

So therefore it would be unfair on them to give you unpaid leave as you don't know what your long term commitment might be. But when you get back, who knows? Perhaps you'll both have missed each other!

Leaving a job is not the same as burning bridges. Irreversible arson is more a product of a lack of honesty, taking an advantage, pissing people about, etc

Very true. I've been very careful to give as much notice as possible and to leave on good terms. I don't want to mess anyone around.

 

[MarkF]

Mark - you talk a lot of sense. I'm not quite as spontaneous as you though! I have to give four months notice which means I have to put it in writing by early next week. I want to leave on good terms because I like the people I work with, and will likely need a reference when I get back!

I also had to give four weeks notice, I knew that. I also new a better car would be offered, more money etc etc There was a chance I'd have buckled, we all like to be flattered and there would have been a month of flattery.

If it had have been a small company I might have done things differently but my leaving was not going to affect an international conglomerate too much!

Good luck.

 

[MarkF]

Mark - you talk a lot of sense. I'm not quite as spontaneous as you though! I have to give four months notice which means I have to put it in writing by early next week. I want to leave on good terms because I like the people I work with, and will likely need a reference when I get back!

I also had to give four weeks notice, I knew that. I also new a better car would be offered, more money etc etc There was a chance I'd have buckled, we all like to be flattered and there would have been a month of flattery.

If it had have been a small company I might have done things differently but my leaving was not going to affect an international conglomerate too much!

Good luck.

 

[MarkF]

Mark - you talk a lot of sense. I'm not quite as spontaneous as you though! I have to give four months notice which means I have to put it in writing by early next week. I want to leave on good terms because I like the people I work with, and will likely need a reference when I get back!

I also had to give four weeks notice, I knew that. I also new a better car would be offered, more money etc etc There was a chance I'd have buckled, we all like to be flattered and there would have been a month of flattery.

If it had have been a small company I might have done things differently but my leaving was not going to affect an international conglomerate too much!

Good luck.

 

[bikepete]

Another vote here in support of the Crankarm advice :-)

I can't remember what line of work you're in but seems to me that if you do come back and want a similar job then with a long experince and good references from previous employer it would just be a matter of time before you were back in employment anyway.

Doing the 'unpaid leave' option may be the risk-averse thing and sensible thing to do but having it hanging over you would surely horribly dull the psychological 'fresh start' feeling that you'd have setting off on your bike to horizons new. I say go for it!

 

[bikepete]

Another vote here in support of the Crankarm advice :-)

I can't remember what line of work you're in but seems to me that if you do come back and want a similar job then with a long experince and good references from previous employer it would just be a matter of time before you were back in employment anyway.

Doing the 'unpaid leave' option may be the risk-averse thing and sensible thing to do but having it hanging over you would surely horribly dull the psychological 'fresh start' feeling that you'd have setting off on your bike to horizons new. I say go for it!

 

[bikepete]

Another vote here in support of the Crankarm advice :-)

I can't remember what line of work you're in but seems to me that if you do come back and want a similar job then with a long experince and good references from previous employer it would just be a matter of time before you were back in employment anyway.

Doing the 'unpaid leave' option may be the risk-averse thing and sensible thing to do but having it hanging over you would surely horribly dull the psychological 'fresh start' feeling that you'd have setting off on your bike to horizons new. I say go for it!