<prompt> Human: I manage a satellite office5 ppl of a small US company 35ppl. Work has been dry for a few months and cash flow is getting very tight. We do have a lot of recently scheduled work coming in that will be taking place very soon.The company has treated me very well over the last 8 years, it is run like a family business and the owner would sell his house before letting his employees lose their livelihood. I have seen him make serious sacrifices in dry times, and I have seen this company soar and have booming years. The last few years have consecutively been the best ever for this 30yr old company. When times are good, all of the employees are very well taken care of and rewarded. When the times are bad it can get scary but we always pull through.I am in a position now where if I leave, it could cause the company to go over the tipping point because they rely on my position so much. It would be hard blow at this point because we are in a tough time right now and there is definitely no time or resources to get a qualified replacement before this upcoming work is implemented.I work with our customers to help them implement our product. I dont work in sales, finance, or any sort of business administration. The people at HQ responsible for overall management of money are not very good at what they do and they should have been prepared for a dry year given all of the good years we are coming out of. I understand that it is not my fault that the company is poorly structured. However, there are people under me that rely on this job and would be in a very bad spot if I left right at this moment. I would rather risk going down with everyone than jump ship early and potentially make it worse for everyone.I will definitely leave, but I would prefer it to be at a time when it wont have such a negative impact. Any thoughts?  <response>: This is why you have a notice period. 