Before You Quit: A Career-Change Decision Workbook
A step-by-step workbook for deciding whether to leave a job: decision matrix, runway calculator, insurance and notice questions, resignation scripts and a 90-day bridge plan.
By Whole Life HQ5 parts · about 6,400 words · printable · read online
Who it's for
For anyone thinking about leaving a job who wants to weigh staying, changing things or going, using real numbers and clear next steps.
What problem it helps with: A step-by-step workbook for deciding whether to leave a job: decision matrix, runway calculator, insurance and notice questions, resignation scripts and a 90-day bridge plan.
What you receive
- Decision matrix comparing four options
- Runway calculator with a worked example
- Health insurance, notice and paperwork questions
- Resignation scripts and a 90-day bridge tracker
All 5 parts, in reading order
- Part 1: How to use this workbook
- Part 2: The decision matrix and the stay-and-change-it plan
- Part 3: The runway plan
- Part 4: Insurance, notice and paperwork questions
- Part 5: Resignation checklist, scripts and the 90-day bridge
Look inside
The first page, word for word.5 parts in total.
Part 1: How to use this workbook
Welcome. This workbook is for the weeks when you are seriously thinking about leaving a job and want to think it through on paper instead of at 2 a.m.
It will not tell you to quit, and it will not tell you to stay. It helps you look at the whole picture, put real numbers next to your feelings, and reach a decision you can explain to yourself and to the people who depend on you.
What this workbook does and does not do
It does:
- Give you a decision matrix that compares four options: stay as you are, stay and change things, move to another employer, or leave to work for yourself or retrain.
- Walk you through a runway worksheet, so you know how many months of expenses your savings could cover.
- List the health-insurance, notice, pay and paperwork questions to answer before you hand in anything.
- Offer a "stay and change it" plan, a resignation checklist with short scripts, and a 90-day bridge plan.
- Include a fully worked example, clearly labeled as an example.
What is in each part
- How to use this workbook
- The decision matrix and the stay-and-change-it plan
- The runway plan
- Insurance, notice and paperwork questions
- Resignation checklist, scripts and the 90-day bridge
Made and checked by
Written by the Whole Life HQ team.
Expert review by an HR professional has not happened yet. Until it has, treat this as general information, not professional advice.
How you get it
- In your libraryAfter you pay, it is in your library straight away.
- Any devicePhone, tablet or computer. Print it if you like paper.
- Yours to keepIt stays in your account, and you can come back any time.
