24 Engineering Ethics: An Industrial Perspective
tenure at the current job will have been at least 12 months. Twelve months
is the minimum length of time required for job duration so that managers
do not consider an applicant “unstable.” During the interview process, the
recommendations of current colleagues are not requested. However, care
should be taken in announcing departure to a new job in order to preserve
recommendations for future jobs.
In announcing his or her resignation, the engineer should give a
personal reason for leaving that in no way reflects on the company and
should give this reason to everyone. One example of a successful reason
I have observed is, “My wife will be giving birth soon, so I wanted to
change jobs so I could spend more ...