Darth Fox Posted 18 November 2005 Posted 18 November 2005 The job I'm currently employed in states in my contract that I have to give a months notice should I leave. I have an interview Monday for a job where they'd probably want me to start the following Monday if successful. What would you advise in this situation. If it goes well and the job sounds good etc I was thinking of seeing if they'll allow a shorter notice in this instance.
Janx Posted 18 November 2005 Posted 18 November 2005 The job I'm currently employed in states in my contract that I have to give a months notice should I leave. I have an interview Monday for a job where they'd probably want me to start the following Monday if successful. What would you advise in this situation. If it goes well and the job sounds good etc I was thinking of seeing if they'll allow a shorter notice in this instance. Technically you can do this. If you are prepared to not recieve the months money that your current employer will owe you. You can ask for your contract to be terminated on the day that you put your notice in, and then they will pay you for the time up to that day. OR you can ask them to reduce the notice period to a week. Most employers are happy to do this unless you are a KEY member of staff, i.e management, sales manager or in a role where they have NO cover and NEED you to stay until they can assess their options and maybe employ someone else. More info is required. For example If you were in a Business that meant that going to a direct competitor was an issue, for example being a salesman for a bog roll manufaturer and getting exactly the same job somewhere else, then conflict of interest comes into play. That means that they will either boot you out the door, but have to pay you your notice and in which case, you go on what is called "garden leave" OR You do one of the previous examples given. At any rate, you pretty much hold the cards..unfortunately,(he says...as an employer!)
TornadoShaunUK Posted 18 November 2005 Posted 18 November 2005 I would advise, sod your old job, ****a months notice. My job is making people redundant at the moment so I've decided to put in for voluntary redundancy as I hate workign there. I should get £600ish but I haven't secured a new job yet so I could be out of work for a bit. I noticed they are after people in Virgin yesterday though.. was thinking of hadning my cv in there.. though I could probably just right 'Im crap' on a piece of paper and they'd be equally as impressed if I handed my real cv in...
Darth Fox Posted 18 November 2005 Author Posted 18 November 2005 I work on an IT Helpdesk(bottom of the pile in IT really). Part of a team of 3. The job in question that I'm going for is with SONY as a delivery driver/installer.
Matt Posted 18 November 2005 Posted 18 November 2005 Technically you can do this. If you are prepared to not recieve the months money that your current employer will owe you. You can ask for your contract to be terminated on the day that you put your notice in, and then they will pay you for the time up to that day. Thats a quality bit of info, because where I work, leave (Well give months notice) is something you don't wanna do, because someone did it when I first started and the manager told everyone in the work place, so when it come to the end of the months notice and the lad was leaving on the day we all got him, we stripped him down, wrapped him in shrink wrap, put a full bottle of water over his to look like he'd pissed himself, them we screwed him to a piece of 3" x 2" we then took him outside and tied him to a lampost we left him there for about 10 minutes, Bearing in mind he was naked, with cold water, wrapped in shrink wrap and the time of year was april time (I think) so he was pretty cold, later in the day we hide his clothes so he had to go around naked or in a spray suit, then we started shooting Pin's out of a pin gun at him.... ....Anyway he left and a few months later he was back, He got his old job back at the company. So leaving and giving notice is not a thing you wanna do, At the moment I am quite happy there but i'm sure there will be a time when I want to leave or move on...
The People's Hero Posted 18 November 2005 Posted 18 November 2005 Do whatever you can do get gardening leave.
stez Posted 18 November 2005 Posted 18 November 2005 Do whatever you can do get gardening leave. i've spent the last 14 years on gardening leave.......being a gardener and all that. i doubt he's got time to spend 3 or 4 years at college regarding the new job, pop in a load of holiday then start you new job or do what janx said
Scarby Posted 18 November 2005 Posted 18 November 2005 or get yourself the sack!! save yourself time writting the notice
cisono Posted 19 November 2005 Posted 19 November 2005 Thats a quality bit of info, because where I work, leave (Well give months notice) is something you don't wanna do, because someone did it when I first started and the manager told everyone in the work place, so when it come to the end of the months notice and the lad was leaving on the day we all got him, we stripped him down, wrapped him in shrink wrap, ...... so he had to go around naked or in a spray suit, then we started shooting Pin's out of a pin gun at him.... ....Anyway he left and a few months later he was back, He got his old job back at the company. So leaving and giving notice is not a thing you wanna do, At the moment I am quite happy there but i'm sure there will be a time when I want to leave or move on... Is that legal?!?!? He should have sued the company and got money out of it. Stuff working there!!! Anyway, surely the one month's notice is reduced by how many days' holidays are owed to you?
Wilson Posted 20 November 2005 Posted 20 November 2005 I quit my last job in september without giving the 4 weeks notice that I should have giving, all they did was take 4 weeks pay off me - also depends how much holiday you have used they might take some pay off you for that
Guest Posted 20 November 2005 Posted 20 November 2005 I dream of handing in my notice. Unfortunately most of the time I do that, I'm in work.
Darth Fox Posted 25 November 2005 Author Posted 25 November 2005 Turns out the job was a bit rubbish and meant working every Saturday with a day off in the week. No Thanks!
Matt Posted 25 November 2005 Posted 25 November 2005 Is that legal?!?!? He should have sued the company and got money out of it. Stuff working there!!! Anyway, surely the one month's notice is reduced by how many days' holidays are owed to you? Dunno whether it is legal or not, but the manager is slack and just cannot give bollockings, "Alright matey" is his favorite phrase, and the foreman at the place is always "bimbleing" about he ain't got a clue what he is doing, he does give bollocking but in a nice way, and he don't have a clue what people he is ment to be "supervising" are doing (i.e - pissing about). Although this week has been different, At the start of the week someone (A forklift driver) drove into an extraction pipe, and no-one saw it, the extraction pipe is damaged and apparently it will cost £600+ to be fixed (Which personally is bullshit) but the manager is saying we will have no christmas party if the person doesn't come forward, but we have all arranged a christmas do ourselves anyway, and today the foreman caught (Or lets say go hit) us all having a massive Tapeball War, and The foreman got caught in the crossfire and gave someone a bollocking....
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