bluebus, if the employer is ready to pay you "off the payroll" then it should be fine (i think). If you want to do that make sure that you really are "off the payroll". u know what i mean? Sometimes employers say that and they pretend they forget and put u in payroll and everything is messed up. If you want to be on the safe side, dotn work in that transition period. if i were you, and if by not working in that transition period, I would have to carry couple thousand dollars in credit card debt, then i wouldnt mind that.