employment question

[Samdy Gray]

Good ones would be:

- Doctors/dentist appointments, but take too many and they'll think you're terminally ill or something.
- Funerals, but be carefull because you might soon run out of relatives to kill off.

[Colin Todd]

Good ones would be:

- Doctors/dentist appointments, but take too many and they'll think you're terminally ill or something.
- Funerals, but be carefull because you might soon run out of relatives to kill off.

That happened to Stephen Ireland didnt it?  Killed off both his grannies as an excuse not to go on international duty, only for both of they to surface in the media very much alive. twat.

[sonic youth]

thanks gents. apparently the contract is verbally agreed upon acceptance of the role and completion of the probationary period, so four weeks is required.

now, do i go out all guns blazing or politely? i should get a good reference either way and i'm entitled to an exit interview...


p.s. stephen ireland used the granny excuse because his girlfriend/wife had suffered a miscarriage and didn't want people to know.

[nevillew]

Sonic,

The job market is close to an all time low at the moment, I'd advise not walking out unless you have a written offer which you have in turn accepted in writing - things can change so quickly just now and you could find yourself stranded. As was mentioned earlier it's really not the best idea to leave under a cloud. If I were you I'd be pushing to get a contract signed, which would give you some cover if the company wants to change things, and at worst it won't be longer than a month.

If you do get to the stage where you find a job, and have a month' notice agreed, it's amazing how a few days holiday here and there, and a couple of 2-3 days sick leave make the time speed by - all paid for of course.

Employers can afford to be very choosy in these times, and it's important to have a reasonably clean cv and solid references.

[Power to people]

You are best to leave on fairly decent terms, you never know when you may run into the manager etc in the future needing help and if you have sh1t on him then he may sh1t on you when you need his help.

[Batch]

The job market is close to an all time low at the moment, I'd advise not walking out unless you have a written offer which you have in turn accepted in writing

Totally agree

[Sippo]

thanks gents. apparently the contract is verbally agreed upon acceptance of the role and completion of the probationary period, so four weeks is required.

now, do i go out all guns blazing or politely? i should get a good reference either way and i'm entitled to an exit interview...


p.s. stephen ireland used the granny excuse because his girlfriend/wife had suffered a miscarriage and didn't want people to know.

Did you get my PM?

[sonic youth]

cheers for the advice all

[Simon Pieman]

Do you hae any holiday left? You could use it to reduce your notice period.

[oxford_fan]

i think neville's advice is good. perhaps don't leave until you've got something else lined up as everything is on the down at the moment and hardly anyone recruiting or expanding. unless its really really shit and you could bare to be on jobseekers for a couple of months whilst finding another job - its normally much easier to get a job when unemployed than trying to fit the search in around a monday-friday 9-5.

try and line up interviews on the same day around the same time and use the doctor/dentist excuse. doctor is a good one because they can't ask for any details on the problem and it could be something which you need to go in fairly reguarly for. careful though as requests for doctors notes are sometimes made.

[sonic youth]

no holiday left, had to use it all for US.

jobseekers would be preferable at the moment. the longer i stay here the more i want to die.

[Jamiesfuturewife]

I thought you only got job seekers if you lost your job - not cause it was your descion to leave?

[oxford_fan]

nope.

[nevillew]

Stick in there until after Christmas Sonic, you don't want to miss the paid holidays and general run down around the festive period.

[oxford_fan]

trouble is the new year is the time everyone starts to look for a different job, so the market is flooded with candidates.

if you leave now you should catch the tail-end of christmas recruitment, which is when more jobs are available.

its a toughie.