Resigning 1 week before my maternity leave ends. Should I serve notice?
I work for a start up and am currently on maternity leave. I am supposed to resume my work from the 2nd week of may. And My husband has to move to a different country for work. He is moving early next month.
So I will have to take care of some of his responsibilities here, while he is away from home. Having a 6 month old baby and my father in law to take care of as well. I have decided to take a break from my career and sort things out. Once my husband settles down, we will move there and then I'll start looking out for opportunities.
Now the question is, since I'm resigning during maternity leave and the project has no dependency on me. Can the manager or HR ask me to serve the notice?? Or will I be given an immediate release?
I want an immediate release. Please advise!
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Take a 10-min AI interview to qualify for numerous real jobs auto-matched to your profile 🔑You can request for immediate release by honestly conveying your situation, I believe they should be fine with it ideally.
Ultimately it will depend on the company/project policies and the decision makers point of view in this situation.
You should have this conversation as soon as possible so that if you have to serve the notice period then you can finish it earlier and start your break soon.
The more you will delay this discussion the more you have to manage multiple things.
Risky but not a bad idea.