Having watched people go through difficult medical stuff with varying outcomes, my unsolicited advice is, stay employed as long as you possibly can. Take as long a medical leave of absence as you can. If you live through this, get better, and return to work, the leave of absence preserves your length of employment and keeps you from having a break in service, which could be important for your eventual retirement benefits.
If you live through this, get better, but don't return to work, it will postpone the point at which you switch over from employer-supplied coverage to COBRA.
Many years ago, when Glenn left Microsoft for his health the first time, our financial advisor strongly suggested that he take a medical leave of absence rather than just quitting. We have regretted ever since that we didn't take that advice; it would have made a huge difference when Glenn eventually did return to work. We're okay, but we would have been more okay had we taken that advice.
Do you have the option of having co-workers donate vacation weeks or sick leave weeks?
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Date: 2016-02-19 12:44 am (UTC)If you live through this, get better, but don't return to work, it will postpone the point at which you switch over from employer-supplied coverage to COBRA.
Many years ago, when Glenn left Microsoft for his health the first time, our financial advisor strongly suggested that he take a medical leave of absence rather than just quitting. We have regretted ever since that we didn't take that advice; it would have made a huge difference when Glenn eventually did return to work. We're okay, but we would have been more okay had we taken that advice.
Do you have the option of having co-workers donate vacation weeks or sick leave weeks?