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American Employee: What Constitutes A Resignation
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Is this a "help I answered my boss' questions truthfully and now I'm worried I may have sunk myself into some trouble" post? If so, you might want to share what you've said. (Like, if you said you don't see yourself there in a year, maybe try speaking less in the hypothetical.)
If you're asking for guidance for how to answer questions you anticipate being asked, the way I'd probably answer is:
Try to smile, be polite. Chances are the people directly asking the questions of you will find it as awkward as you do. They're only doing it because they were told to.
If you've already told them things like "I don't see myself here in a year" (or something lesser like "I dunno" or "it's hard to predict that far out" or anythjng), don't sweat it. I really don't think there's much you could have said that could actually come back to bite you. "I don't see myself here in a year" is not the same as "I won't be working here in a year." I doubt anything you've said could qualify as a resignation.
Appreciated - fortunately for my anxieties I don’t think I dug myself too deep before I raised this.
I’ll keep some of those comments in mind. My current mindset is to just leverage it for a promotion and run with that while I start working with my network to see what else is available. Ideally the promotion will come with a significant bump in base pay and not all be time based vesting instruments.
Now’s your chance. Ask for a little more than what you want while there’s time.
The only thing I can add to this excellent response is, don't put anything in writing!