I am leaving my job and moving to a new city. I'm pretty sure that my boss will ask me to leave my new contact information so that the person taking over my position can call or email me whenever questions come up. I don't want to leave my job on bad terms, or burn any bridges, but I don't think that it is fair that I should have to make myself available to my previous employer like this, as I would probably end up having to spend a decent amount of time on the phone and answering emails. Is there any polite way to communicate to them that I would really prefer to be contacted only in connection with something very important, or preferably, not at all? (The city that I am moving to is located in a time zone that is 6 hours later than where I am currently located, so this could mean receiving frequent phone calls, until fairly late into the evening...) I wouldn't mind helping out, but I don't want to be taken advantage of. Would it be unreasonable if I asked to be paid for my time?
2007-06-05
05:27:08
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