Why is it a Good Idea to Take as Much Time Off as You Can Between Leaving Jobs
[00:00:00] I'm going to be lateraling firms soon but want to take at least a week off in between. I have a lot of vacation time accrued and would normally just cash it out, but I can't risk having a gap in my health insurance at the moment. Is it possible to give, say, three weeks notice to HR, but tell my teams that my last working days is in two weeks, and then have a week of vacation while I'm still on payroll/ insurance?
Yeah, I think there's something called COBRA. I think it's a law.
You have to keep your health insurance. Just because you take time off and give notice, the law firm can't deny you insurance while you're doing that. I would worry too much about that. Depending on where you're at.
For anybody that's planning on leaving, it's always a good idea to take as much time off as you can. Meaning two to four weeks which is always a really smart thing just because when you take time off, it recharges your batteries.
And, one thing I also recommend is some goal planning when you take time off. So, between leaving jobs and goal setting for what you want to do. I just think that's a really smart thing to do because once you get out of the trees of all the work you're doing, you're often able to do a much better job in your new [00:01:00] position.
