How to not feel guilty about slacking during notice period?

I will have 3 months notice when I put in my resignation at the end of this week and I don’t really care to overwork during that time. I will be leaving big 4 completely as well as the region so don’t think it will come back to bite me.

I was a high performer so I feel I will feel bad for the teams that I work with for slacking but it’s not like the company can do anything

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How do you know they’ll even give you 3 months? Notice is a courtesy to the employer. They don’t have to honor your request.

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What? 😂😂 I didn’t know our employers could enslave us FOREVER without our consent?!! 😂

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Don’t slack

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Just put in two weeks and take some time off til your next gig. Why bother telling them so far in advance? At my firm we'd probably just let you go.

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I’m currently in my notice period and still work hard but no more than I used to before. They really want me to cover lots of things before I leave and I’m not doing any extra work.

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Just do the bare minimum. It won't hurt you whatsoever.

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In a similar situation. I plan on getting all mine done not because of my reputation or anything I actually like the people I work with and don’t want to burden them

Don’t feel bad. They laid off people right after busy season and didn’t feel guilty. You earned this so do your work and then log off. No one owes anything. It’s a two way street.

I'll tell you what I tell my kids about anything they do. Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes permanent. How you go into a job is how you'll perform in that job. You slack now. You'll slack later.

I believe it was Ralph Waldo Emerson who said "Sow a thought, you'll reap an action. Sow an action, you'll reap a habit. Sow a habit, you'll reap a character. Sow a character and you'll reap a destiny."

Don't sacrifice future performance on the altar of present desires.

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