Boss found out about me leaving before I am prepared to put in my notice.

Just be honest and say that you planned on putting in your two weeks June 1st. If you're a good worker and your boss isn't a jerk then your timeline is very reasonable. You haven't done anything wrong...people just have been running their mouth about your business.

Was the secretary/realtor the same realtor you used? I can't stand people that act like that.

I also can't believe that the office manager told the boss, and that the boss confronted not you, but a co-worker/friend.

Sounds like a lovely place to work.

I don't think you are under any legal obligation to tell them anything, and if they terminate you, then yes, I would think you would be eligible for any benefits.

I would give standard two weeks notice. Given how the boss is acting, I don't think you should or need to give her any more than that.

your tag line says master of escape! Lol

A written letter of resgination (2 weeks notice) handed to the boss without saying anything is totally fine.

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If they confront me, am I obligated to say anything?

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Absolutely not. Do you think your employer would feel obligated to tell you about layoffs in June?

What you do depends on whether you will get a package. I bet they won't want to lay you off, as they know you are leaving and if you do so voluntarily they don't have to lay you off or have you file for UE.

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Not in Louisiana

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I'm currently in Texas.

They still haven't approached me, but I feel like I'm walking on eggshells right now.

Just to Clarify

SO there was a For Sale sign on your lawn and it was for sale on the Net?

Yes, the house is publicly listed. However, they were notified by a former employee that is now a realtor in the area.

Frankly, I don't have the type of relationship with my boss that would make this situation comfortable.

We consult for various O/G companies as well as other industrial clients largely tied in with that field. They hired on a bunch of staff in the past year after we lost a few key people. They continued to hire in the past after the initial oil market crash without really projecting our current influx of work. As production has slowed down, so has our workload. The newer staff don't really have enough to work on, but they haven't addressed with us how to handle it.

Essentially, I couldn't be leaving at a more perfect time. I'm just concerned that they may want to try and cut costs by getting me out sooner.

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Apparently our former secretary, now a realtor, called and told our office manager about my house being sold.

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What the frick is up with this kind of person?

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I would call her broker and tell her what happened and the situation that her gossip put you in. I would tell her that this bitch being an agent under her brokerage has given her access to the multiple listing service. She wasn't your agent. She wasn't the buyer's agent. She simply used information that was not her business and gossiped to someone that you work with. This infuriates me, and I don't even know you.

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The MLS listings are easily searched by any person with an internet connection....and all property sales transactions are public record. In most places, those transactions are published in the local newspaper. So the secretary/realtor did not disclose anything that wasn't publicly available. Did she gossip a bit? Yes, but it's pretty common to notice a coworker's name in the newspaper....her mention of the property sale is no reason to overreact, or to suspect her of trying to do you harm.

Don't absorb the paranoid culture. Simply keep doing your job. Give notice when you planned to; meanwhile, if you get fired a couple weeks early, you'll be able to collect unemployment for a while.

This is not a bad scenario, despite all of the various parties' overreactions to the contrary. Y'all need to chill.