The Biggest Barriers to a Smooth Exit & The Options You Have to Fight Them

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When we decide to leave a job that’s not serving us, it’s not always as easy as resigning and having a smooth exit. Very often our contracts are riddled with hurdles and landmines that turn a simple exit into more of a full-on extrication, but that doesn’t mean we have no options. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What factors make it hard to exit in a painless way? How do we deal with long notice periods and non-compete clauses? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, I pick up from last week and talk about what could possibly make a smooth exit impossible and what you can do about it. </span></p> <p><br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode </strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- How to prepare yourself to exit your contract</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Even if we’re getting a lawyer involved in the contract termination, what “pre-game homework” will make the process easier? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>- The challenges we might face during a notice period </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A notice period can be a really painful time to show up to work. How do we make sure we’re not there longer than we need to be?</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- The non-compete decision we all have to make</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If we’re going to wait out a non-compete, do we have other options to make it more bearable?</span></p>