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You really should give notice now so a new associate can do the trial. If someone left mid-trial and I had to take over I would be so mad at that person.
Yikes, that’s tricky. I’d probably give notice now (assuming you’ve cleared conflicts) but offer to stay for the trial and see that through. Your firm can decide to replace you on the trial team but they’d probably be very grateful to have you stay. Any reasonable new employer should be fine with the timing given the circumstances, and I’d think it would reflect well on you.
Assuming the new firms are okay with pushing start date to the end of trial, I agree with the general consensus - stay through trial, otherwise, bridges are burned. No one answered my last question RE the extent of awkwardness. Probably because the answer is obvious, yes it will be brutally awkward.
If the firms however are not okay with pushing the start date…🫣…
I actually don’t think it will be awkward. If you stay, you’ll be working hard and everybody will be so consumed with trial, nobody is really going to be thinking about it. Always good to remember that most people are thinking about themselves most of the time and aren’t spending nearly as much time thinking about us as we tend to imagine.
It depends on how the firm treated you. Do they deserve your self-sacrifice of working trial hours knowing you can’t collect any bonus for
those hours?
If you want to stay for the trial, I suggest asking for what you need. Perhaps you can do the trial and then take PTO days to get a break before your new job.
I don’t think it’s awkward either way. You need to do what’s right for you financially and health-wise.
To your first sentence, I get that, but the “firm” as an entity wont be getting burned here, it’s the individuals directly involved—partner and associate(s) who gets thrown in to cover at the last minute. So I guess if you’re going to do this type of calculus, I’d think about whether the individuals involved are people you’d like to maintain a good relationship with in the long term. Even a partner who kind of sucks or a current peer who will soon be a former colleague can be a beneficial part of your network. Overall I agree with asking for what you need and that you ultimately have to do what’s right for you, but I do think your analysis should be at the level of the individuals and not the firm as an entity.