Giving Your Notice

[AlphaFrog]

Is two weeks still standard?

When I was in my interview last week, I had mentioned that I'd like to be able to give at least a three week notice. I don't think any one part of my job is hard, although several assistants of mine have proven that apparently "not hard" to me doesn't translate the same to other people. However, I do lots of random stuff: payroll, A/P, A/R, HR, maintain the website, assist in estimating projects, all the AIA forms, place job ads, interview candidates, and any other thing in this office that needs done. Hence, wanting to give a longer notice.

Apart from all that, if I walk into this second interview tomorrow and they offer me the job, and I give my notice on Friday, three weeks is 8/30/13. The next week is the week that the boss, her son (the VP) and his babymama (my assistant) go on vacation with their whole family leaving just me and the estimator in the office. While the evil, mischievous part of me rejoices in schadenfreudey goodness, the business side of me knows that it's never good to burn bridges.

So, as I'm negotiating this interview tomorrow, I'm questioning what to do about all this. I know the position I'm being considered for isn't replacing someone - he's restructuring and adding staff. I also know that the department had been mismanaged and they're still working on straightening out books from 2012, so I'm not sure a week either direction will make much of a difference. I don't want to mess up this opportunity, but I don't want to burn bridges, either. Advice?