Moving jobs with 3 month notice

[vtecyo]

Hi all,

As readers of the lounge may know I am planning on relocating cities in October which of course means moving jobs. The issue I have is that my current role has a 3 month notice period.

Questions:

1) How do I play this assuming that I have to do my three months? I can't imagine many prospective employers will fancy waiting around 3 months for someone to start - am I likely to need to hand in my notice and then start looking for new employment so that my potential start date could be 3 months and reduce every week? Hopefully that makes sense... This leads me on to question...

2) Would it be worth me talking to my current boss and discussing the situation? He's generally pretty chilled but very senior in the company so I don't want to be in a position where I'm without employment for a few months as I will be liable for rent here, and it isn't commutable (moving from Bristol to Leeds).

Any / all advice welcome.

[mr_spock]

It depends a lot on your level. At C-level, 3 months or more is quite normal and expected. As a receptionist, not so much!

Are you going through a recruiter? Maybe get their thoughts on it.

[SystemParanoia]

do whats best for YOU.

businesses will always heartlessly do whats best for THEM, even if that's extremely bad for YOU

[vtecyo]

mr_spock said:

It depends a lot on your level. At C-level, 3 months or more is quite normal and expected. As a receptionist, not so much!

Are you going through a recruiter? Maybe get their thoughts on it.

Have a degree in business & marketing + 4 years marketing experience, so I guess "new manager" level experience. It seems like a long notice period for what it is.

[xjay1337]

SystemParanoia said:

do whats best for YOU.

businesses will always heartlessly do whats best for THEM, even if that's extremely bad for YOU

This!!!! 100%.

Maybe speak to your boss see if you can work from home?
Or if they will reduce your notice period.

[Vaud]

SystemParanoia said:

do whats best for YOU.

businesses will always heartlessly do whats best for THEM, even if that's extremely bad for YOU

People are also very bad at reading (and negotiating) contracts that they then don't want to be bound by.

[hman]

My present company waited the 3 months for me to join - and my former company were so grateful that I stayed the whole 3 months of my notice that they paid me a significant bonus when I left.

If you're worth it they'll wait - if not then you either have to jump ship early or find a company that will wait

[SystemParanoia]

Vaud said:

SystemParanoia said:

do whats best for YOU.

businesses will always heartlessly do whats best for THEM, even if that's extremely bad for YOU

People are also very bad at reading (and negotiating) contracts that they then don't want to be bound by.

I've never known anyone to be chased for going off sick until payday and then quitting once they've got the cash.

maybe the powerfully build directors on here on £1mil p/a may get chased.. but grunts on £30k< wont be

[hman]

Maybe I am wrong but its a sure fire way of getting a reference which would state "3 months on sick leave"

Which isnt going to be great...

(or can they not do this with references)

[AyBee]

It very much depends on what's normal in your industry? For me, 1 month at the junior end and 3 months at the senior end is typical and my company has just waited 6/7 months between offer and arrival for a new colleague because they wanted to wait for their bonus to be paid out as well before even starting the notice period (fair enough!).

If you're on 3 months and everyone else your level is on 1, I can understand the problem, otherwise, all companies hiring will be fully aware they have to wait 3 months for anyone new. I'm 80% sure I'd get gardening leave anyway so longer is better for me

[Muzzer79]

Common at management level to have 3 months notice.

Companies recognise this and will wait although someone available sooner may have an advantage.

[anonymous-user]

Muzzer79 said:

Common at management level to have 3 months notice.

Companies recognise this and will wait although someone available sooner may have an advantage.

It is common at Mgt level, but IME I have never had to serve the full 3 months, and have either managed to negotiate an earlier exit or get the brucie bonus of gardening leave which usually comes with a caveat that you can be called in but thats only happened once, and I managed to resolve the issue remotely.

[toastyhamster]

3 months is fairly standard in IT, certainly once past junior levels. Becoming more and more common.

[vtecyo]

Holy thread revival.

Update.

I informed my boss of my intentions before I went on holiday for 2 weeks (had a lovely time, thanks). The day I got back he called me in and, to cut a long story short, after speaking with the VP and a few MDs who's BUs I support, has said that they would let me work remotely from Leeds, home based with a few days out per month with travel and accommodation paid for. A certain no brainer for me as it takes a massive stress away from relocating. Don't get me wrong I am not expecting it to be forever - I'll miss the office atmosphere and human interaction especially in a new city but it makes the move significantly easier. There are obviously pros to being home based as well.

Question is, what do I need to get / see in writing? So far I have:

Change of location in contract
Travel policy
Accomodation policy
Any expectation of head office (Bristol) attendance levels


Anything else? This is an entirely new concept to me.

[xjay1337]

Can't think of anything else.
As long as your expenses are paid etc.. good result.