Does anyone wait until the background check fully clears before submitting their two weeks or am I “old school” in my thinking?

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Not old school at all. What you’re doing is the smart and safest option (which I also do). I’ve never understood why so many people put their two weeks in before they clear the background check. It’s like buying a house without knowing if you have a job

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Why don't you know if you have a job? You accepted an offer.

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I had quit before my final round of interviews once when I was super overconfident.
Long story short, I failed. Had to withdraw my resignation and my boss was nice enough to accept me back.

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I think I’ll wait…has anyone given their 2 weeks on a Monday and left at the end of the following week on a Friday? For me, 2 weeks = 10 working days in advance

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I did at my last job and it was fine. There’s really no difference between Friday afternoon and Monday morning.

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I do agree that you should play it safe and not do anything that would endanger your employment, but I've seen threads like this before and it has me thinking...

If I were to accept a new offer and start the background check process with the new place, I'd have no issue providing notice to my current employer before the check "cleared." Am I naive? What can go wrong? I've got 9 YOE across two jobs. I resigned from my first job at Accenture in a very amicable and professional way to move to my current firm, maintaining my friendships and networks from Accenture. I have solid credit, no arrest record and got my degree from UConn. All of this is easily verifiable I would guess. I'd like to hear why people are fearful of the background check and hold off giving notice.

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I quit before my cleared! Was sweating for a few days but was fine in the end.

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