Notice periods...

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xxlshirts_fit_all

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Has anyone here had experience of quoting a job without working their required notice?

mine are insisting I work the 3 months stated in my contract however i don’t think they will be particularly impacted if I only do 6 or 7 weeks...

If they won’t budge then I will take the wage for 3 months but surely they realise they won’t get 3 months productivity out of me 🤷🏼‍♂️
 
depends how long you have been there too. if you have been there 1 year then 3 months notice would be a bit over the top.

becoming more common the 3 months though, my company are waiting on 2 people coming in who have 3 month notice periods. bit of a pain in the **** to be honest. 1 of them has meant another guy has had to stay on another 3 months instead of retiring.
 
As mentioned, three months is getting more and more common. Recruiters also appreciate this too. Have you not accrued any holidays you can use towards the end of the three months to trim it down?
 
You can leave within your notice period

legally all you are doing is giving up the right that they have to pay you the entire notice period

If you tell them you are doing a months notice with a specific end date and doing a hand over then there’s not a lot they can do

I would recommend leaving with the right etiquette so as to not burn bridges and for references
 
Raul said:
You can leave within your notice period

legally all you are doing is giving up the right that they have to pay you the entire notice period

If you tell them you are doing a months notice with a specific end date and doing a hand over then there’s not a lot they can do

I would recommend leaving with the right etiquette so as to not burn bridges and for references
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Is that right? Breaching a contract can lead to being taken to court to claim damages, although the bad publicity wouldn't do the company any favours, and proving the damage wouldn't be easy.

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Raul said:
You can leave within your notice period

legally all you are doing is giving up the right that they have to pay you the entire notice period

If you tell them you are doing a months notice with a specific end date and doing a hand over then there’s not a lot they can do

I would recommend leaving with the right etiquette so as to not burn bridges and for references
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Might not get holiday pay owed, plus as said reference might get tricky.
 
I have done a few 3 month notice periods. It is very difficult to stay motivated beyond the first month and you are very unlikely to take on new work/projects.
Unless your position is highly critical I done think most employers will need to keep you beyond 4 - 6 weeks. I havent known any reference to ever say that you didnt work your notice, and your new employer should understand.
 
bear66 said:
Is that right? Breaching a contract can lead to being taken to court to claim damages, although the bad publicity wouldn't do the company any favours, and proving the damage wouldn't be easy.

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It's best to just work what the company wants you to work, or asks you to work. It's unlikely that they'd sue you for breach of contract, but as someone said above it can affect the reference they'd give you. Nobody would ever put in a reference that you declined to work the contractual notice, but they could decline to give you a reference, or trash your reputation in the industry. Speak to the HR people, and tell them you'd like to leave sooner than 3 months, and see what they say.
 
do what those with their names on their office doors do (managers & bosses) - go and see a doc, explain your stress and remove yourself from the workplace on full sick pay.

an unhappy aggrieved worker can be a dangerous worker, to themselves and to others.
 
I understand why the introduced 3 months for service engineers as they had a high turn over but we’ve been settled now for 3 years and we are all trained. There’s plenty of spare capacity as in works quiet..
I think it’s just a bit of sour grapes.. I was happy to do 7 weeks to help out but I’m not sure the goodwill will hold now...
If I’d been the only one here holding the fort I’d have been happy to help..
I guess it’s time to take it easy on full pay lol
 
I had an issue with my last job, where my contract stated 1 month and they had a copy of my contract which stated 3 months. They'd blatantly changed that page of the contract they had. I spoke to a solicitor online and they told me exactly what @Raul said. I gave them a letter stating I'd be leaving on a specific date giving 1 month notice. They weren't happy, but once they'd checked with their legal people, they agreed to it.

I've also had someone I work with who didn't want to work his 3 month notice so hinted he was going to work for a competitor company (he wasn't) and he was quickly put on garden leave. Then they let him leave early.
 
As above... tell them your new job is similar to your current role and as such you should be put gardening leave for your notice period to avoid conflict of interest... then offer that you are happy to reduce your notice period to the 4 weeks by way of a compromise
 
I'm "working" my final week of of my 3 month notice this week. I was lucky that the 3 months actually suited me as my new job didn't want me to start until May but offered me the job just after Christmas.
 
on the flip side of the 3 month i know a very large "famous" company in the area that has a 1 week notice period. i have seen lads leave who were there 15-20 years within the week. it also gives the employer not much notice to get shot of your if you are not performing i would imagine
 
Put my notice in with the company I was with prior to me joining the RN. I should have walked away that day.
Ostracized and treat like shìt for four weeks.
A mate who I worked with said the management said I showed no loyalty to them. The day I went to HMS Raleigh I was on about £7k more than I had been the day before.
 
It all depends on your contract, the size of the place you work, the size of the company overall, the context, how long you have been there, there is no right or wrong answer for all circumstances.

I think if you signed a contract with a 3 month notice period, then you should do it, and still work to the best of your ability (i.e. slacking off would be a bit poor on your part, I think). At the end of the day they've been paying your wages for however long and you've been employed during the worst part of the pandemic.

I take it you have asked for a shorter notice period and they've said no? If not, maybe ask?

Everyone would be going bananas if some company didn't pay you for a notice period, cut your hours for it, made your role redundant and just started a new role or tried to do something out of the contract the other way, so I suppose you should play fair.

End of the day to replace a member of staff it could be a month of recruiting, a month to get them in and a month to get them basic training so they're at least functional.

It depends on the role and salary though, if you work in MacDonalds or as a barman then I imagine they're used to short notice and massive staff turnover, and can replace practically instantly, a bit different as a manager, engineer, accountant or someone high up etc.
 
Legally all you have to work is 1 week. However if your contract states a 3 month notice period you are in breach of contract of you refuse to work the 3 months.

More importantly, how would you feel if your employer said you were no longer required, ignored the 3 month notice period and paid you just 1 week?

You can't expect an employer to stand by a contract when you are clearly looking for a way out.

Not very honest if you.
 
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