Notice period.

[PeteXXX]

Then had to wait another 5 weeks for a bus to turn up?

HGV, not PSV 👍

 

[figbat]

I was made redundant in January. In that company I had to give 3 months’ notice and equally they had to give me 3 months’ notice. I worked as well and as hard as normal through those 3 months as I was delighted to get redundancy. The main issue was that as the role was being removed, there was no one person to hand over the work to, because the work still needed doing. So I spent 3 months speaking to numerous people and explaining just what I was working on (which appeared to surprise some of them).

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

I know exactly what it’s for. My confusion is why you are suggesting a company is unhappy with it. The company can cancel it at any time and put the employee on gardening leave. I’ve never found myself stuck with an employee on notice. As soon as it’s a disadvantage they’re out.

I have not stated a company is unhappy with it.

 

[annedonnelly]

I wish companies would actually use the notice period to do a handover. I've always made an effort to have everything documented and organised before I leave but the employer never seems ready to learn anything until the last day or two. And then they run out of time. When I left my last job they hadn't even advertised the post by my final day.

 

[MontyVeda]

one week for me, currently.

The thing with notice periods more than a week... if they were getting rid of you, how much notice would you get?

What's good for the goose and all that.

 

[si_c]

I'm in the NHS and required to give 3 months notice. The period required depends on the seniority of your position, so it varies from band to band. Assuming Agenda For Change and non-clinical. I'm pretty sure standard terms for clinicians is three months, but it's been a while since I've worked in an acute trust.

 

[HLaB]

I think when we TUPE'd and then realigned contracts, the new realigned contract has a 2 month notice period.

 

[raleighnut]

Depends if you liked the previous job or not, I've found telling the boss to 'Go Away' (in stronger terms) works if you just want to get away but then I've had some crap jobs over the years. I've had some good ones too but they seem to come to an end, an example a Foundry I worked at was great, nice people and good working conditions then the boss decided he wanted to retire and the people who bought the place were former employers who were peanuts

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

I'm in the NHS and required to give 3 months notice. The period required depends on the seniority of your position, so it varies from band to band. Assuming Agenda For Change and non-clinical. I'm pretty sure standard terms for clinicians is three months, but it's been a while since I've worked in an acute trust.

It’s more complicated than just by band. Job family/speciality plays a part. In Scotland it’s even down to each different health board as to how they implement it. That explains why I moved from a job with 3 months notice to an elevated one with only one month notice.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

My last job was technically as a teacher - I actually spent more time doing computery things than teaching
but that was what the job said

Hence there was a date each term and you had to give your notice in before that date
which was normally about a month before the end of term


before that I worked in a big company - my notice period was 3 months - both ways
I was made redundant and left 3 months after
during that time I was asked to work on a few projects and get them into a position where someone else could implement them

they were rather surprised when I gave them my "to do " list which was several pages long

and the costings were more of a shock - it would have saved them hundreds of thousands plus lessen a lot of serious risks

I basically worked a 3 day week for most of that time - plus having Monday morning at a recruitment firm then hired to help the 3 of us that were kicked out at the same time

They treated us very well - except for the redundancy thing
but in my case it cost them a fortune - but I don’t think my bosses boss told his bosses that bit

 

[gbb]

3.months seems.pretty standard for a key position, one they need to take extra effort in getting replacements. By the same token, when it suits them, I've seen those giving their notice effectively being let go almost immediately, management don't want the hassle of disincentivised or even malicious employees on their way out.
1 month when I was working, seemed pretty standard for the maintenence team, then as the company upped the skill requirements and pay grades, 3 months was the.new norm.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

It Should have been 3 months for me, but I took the gross misconduct and instant dismissal route.

I've done that one. I worked for a no nonsense Yorkshireman who prided himself on "Not suffering fools and telling people straight." He didn't like it when I was the same.

It was the happiest I've ever been when I left a job.

 

[DCLane]

@annedonnelly - I'm guessing they were hoping you'd regret your choice, decide to stay and take your resignation back

@si_c - 3 months in the NHS is fairly typical. I think SWMBO is on a 6-month notice period as she's a specialist clinician. Must check ...

 

[Alex321]

Three months for me. Thats works both ways if they wish to make you redundant.

Indeed. I had that at a previous job, where almost all of us were made redundant after the company (Nelson Thornes, an educational publisher) was taken over by OUP, and what jobs there were moved to Oxford (from Cheltenham).

Most of us in the IT department were asked to stay until all the code and data had been migrated to the OUP systems, and we were given a 3 month bonus if we did. Then at the end, Redundancy pay (about 1.5 times statutory and I'd been there 7 years and was over 45), plus three months pay in lieu of that 3 months notice. My final pay packet was over a years worth of normal salary - and I found another job less than 6 eeks later

 

[Alex321]

one week for me, currently.

The thing with notice periods more than a week... if they were getting rid of you, how much notice would you get?

What's good for the goose and all that.

Every job I have had has had equal notice periods both ways.