Common Courtesy

[awriter]

I'm with Gold. Why tell?

If your boss is good as gold and finds out, he'll by OK with it.

If your boss is a dick and finds out by your or someone else, he'll be a dick.

No advantage to telling.

Personally, I assume people are looking. I don't get in their business. People do what they have to do. Sometimes, it's a relief when they leave, sometimes a huge pain in the ass for me.

But why get petty about it?

You tell if you want to list your boss as a reference.

 

[outofplace]

I say don't tell until you have to. Even a boss who seems to be cool and insists he would want the best for you if you moved on could turn on you. I've seen it happen.

But I'm a bitter SOB who will never fully trust another editor as long as I live, for reasons I won't get into on here, so take that for what it's worth.