Providing a longer notice period
Discussion
I have been with my current employer for 2.5 years. Contractually I only have to provide 4 weeks notice.
Ideally I would like to provide them with 6 weeks notice to assist a hand over period as I believe 4 would leave them in the lurch.
If I was to provide my resignation can I be asked to leave at the end of 4?
I wish to work until mid october.
Thanks guys
Ideally I would like to provide them with 6 weeks notice to assist a hand over period as I believe 4 would leave them in the lurch.
If I was to provide my resignation can I be asked to leave at the end of 4?
I wish to work until mid october.
Thanks guys
randlemarcus said:
Piece of string question. Look at previous resignations in your company, and make the decision based on that. If they are going to be funny about it, stick to the 4 weeks plan. If they've been OK with previous resignations, by all means go the extra mile.
Nobody resigns here 
To be honest. I have no other employment to go to but plans from the end of October.
Your concern for your colleagues is praiseworthy, and probably part of what makes you a good employee. However, you really have no obligation if you are leaving the company to stay on longer than your notice period, even if the company may want you to.
There's not reason why you can't offer a longer notice period if you like, no issue with that. In my experience, notice periods can be negotiated either way to suit both parties.
In my experience though, a new employee wants you to start ASAP so I'd rather be off pleasing my new paymaster and getting stuck into my new job than keeping my old employer sweet with them dragging their feet not wanting to let me go.
A couple of notes: Depending on role/industry, your company may not want you around once they have sorted out a replacement (if any) within the notice period, and also, if you hand in your notice so you may get escorted off the premises and be put on immediate gardening leave. So your offer of staying around to help out colleagues and do a decent handover may not be taken up.
There's not reason why you can't offer a longer notice period if you like, no issue with that. In my experience, notice periods can be negotiated either way to suit both parties.
In my experience though, a new employee wants you to start ASAP so I'd rather be off pleasing my new paymaster and getting stuck into my new job than keeping my old employer sweet with them dragging their feet not wanting to let me go.
A couple of notes: Depending on role/industry, your company may not want you around once they have sorted out a replacement (if any) within the notice period, and also, if you hand in your notice so you may get escorted off the premises and be put on immediate gardening leave. So your offer of staying around to help out colleagues and do a decent handover may not be taken up.
prand said:
Your concern for your colleagues is praiseworthy, and probably part of what makes you a good employee. However, you really have no obligation if you are leaving the company to stay on longer than your notice period, even if the company may want you to.
There's not reason why you can't offer a longer notice period if you like, no issue with that. In my experience, notice periods can be negotiated either way to suit both parties.
In my experience though, a new employee wants you to start ASAP so I'd rather be off pleasing my new paymaster and getting stuck into my new job than keeping my old employer sweet with them dragging their feet not wanting to let me go.
A couple of notes: Depending on role/industry, your company may not want you around once they have sorted out a replacement (if any) within the notice period, and also, if you hand in your notice so you may get escorted off the premises and be put on immediate gardening leave. So your offer of staying around to help out colleagues and do a decent handover may not be taken up.
Hi Prand, thanks for your response.There's not reason why you can't offer a longer notice period if you like, no issue with that. In my experience, notice periods can be negotiated either way to suit both parties.
In my experience though, a new employee wants you to start ASAP so I'd rather be off pleasing my new paymaster and getting stuck into my new job than keeping my old employer sweet with them dragging their feet not wanting to let me go.
A couple of notes: Depending on role/industry, your company may not want you around once they have sorted out a replacement (if any) within the notice period, and also, if you hand in your notice so you may get escorted off the premises and be put on immediate gardening leave. So your offer of staying around to help out colleagues and do a decent handover may not be taken up.
I doubt I would be put on Gardening leave. No employee is irreplaceable but we are short staffed (2 x Contractors have left so their notice periods are different) and my line manager started last week.
Fortunately my new paymaster will be a beach in Australia and no reference will be required. Semi Retirement for the year.
I see now, that's the reason you are in a position to be more flexible. Nice one!
Like I said, there's no reason you can't agree a longer mutually agreed period notice period than what is in your contract. I've seen it happen a lot when people are retiring or going on career breaks that they give a date 6 months or more in the future. This allows for a much more graceful handover, even through your colleagues and management will probably leave everything until the week you leave to sort things out for you anyway!
Best of luck closing this chapter, enjoy your notice period and the start of new adventures!
Like I said, there's no reason you can't agree a longer mutually agreed period notice period than what is in your contract. I've seen it happen a lot when people are retiring or going on career breaks that they give a date 6 months or more in the future. This allows for a much more graceful handover, even through your colleagues and management will probably leave everything until the week you leave to sort things out for you anyway!
Best of luck closing this chapter, enjoy your notice period and the start of new adventures!
I did this when I left my last employer. I had started a project (an invitation to tender) and wanted to see it through to contract award. That meant staying on 3 weeks more than I needed to and my final act before leaving was calling the successful company up. The employer and the contracted company appreciated it.
Downside to that was that I was excluded from most other meetings due to confidentiality (I was in a council project team managing a PFI tender, the larger project which the previously mentioned project was part of). This meant that I had very little to do in that time. By the time I started my new job I was so eager to be busy!
Downside to that was that I was excluded from most other meetings due to confidentiality (I was in a council project team managing a PFI tender, the larger project which the previously mentioned project was part of). This meant that I had very little to do in that time. By the time I started my new job I was so eager to be busy!
prand said:
I see now, that's the reason you are in a position to be more flexible. Nice one!
Like I said, there's no reason you can't agree a longer mutually agreed period notice period than what is in your contract. I've seen it happen a lot when people are retiring or going on career breaks that they give a date 6 months or more in the future. This allows for a much more graceful handover, even through your colleagues and management will probably leave everything until the week you leave to sort things out for you anyway!
Best of luck closing this chapter, enjoy your notice period and the start of new adventures!
Thanks Prand, thats given me some confidence.Like I said, there's no reason you can't agree a longer mutually agreed period notice period than what is in your contract. I've seen it happen a lot when people are retiring or going on career breaks that they give a date 6 months or more in the future. This allows for a much more graceful handover, even through your colleagues and management will probably leave everything until the week you leave to sort things out for you anyway!
Best of luck closing this chapter, enjoy your notice period and the start of new adventures!
I will let you know how it goes.
STW2010 said:
I did this when I left my last employer. I had started a project (an invitation to tender) and wanted to see it through to contract award. That meant staying on 3 weeks more than I needed to and my final act before leaving was calling the successful company up. The employer and the contracted company appreciated it.
Downside to that was that I was excluded from most other meetings due to confidentiality (I was in a council project team managing a PFI tender, the larger project which the previously mentioned project was part of). This meant that I had very little to do in that time. By the time I started my new job I was so eager to be busy!
Thank's for the advice also STWDownside to that was that I was excluded from most other meetings due to confidentiality (I was in a council project team managing a PFI tender, the larger project which the previously mentioned project was part of). This meant that I had very little to do in that time. By the time I started my new job I was so eager to be busy!
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