Friend said I should submit PTO for my last week of work? Thoughts?
I have decided to quit my full time job as a senior business systems analyst and retire myself early to become a full time stay at home mom.
I submitted my two weeks notice with my last day being April 10th. I took two weeks of PTO prior to coming back and submitting my notice and I have one week left. The two weeks PTO I let them know were a family emergency as I wanted to take them before I submitted my notice. In my resignation email I did say I want to take a professional break, and everyone knows I didn’t do this for another job or because I hated them or something.
My friend told me I should just submit PTO for my last week as well (this coming week) and I am not sure if that is the right thing to do?
When I asked her that question she did say” why do you care? You never want to work again, and you can’t cash your PTO so who gives a sh—-, and do you think they would care about you if they wanted to let you go”?
Only reason I’m considering is because I had completely forgotten that next week is spring break and I will have two kids home from daycare (one age 4 and one age 2, and their daycare follows a regular school calendar).
However at the same time, I have built really great friendships as well as connections at this job and not sure if it’s truly the right thing to do? I’m not concerned with burning the bridge per se, but more about the overall concept of it.
Idk that was a long long post and I basically went on a rant but please give me advice and truly what you think I should do?