Handed notice in, not accepted

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Shoza

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so I took the plunge to change jobs, having received a great offer of employment elsewhere. I had a meeting today and they refused (politely & professionally) to accept my resignation and instead want to have a chat next week..

I’ve never been in this situation before and wasn’t expecting this so... what should I expect?
 
They can't refuse, it sounds like they convinced you to wait until next week when they'll either dismiss you or try to give you incentive to stay. If you have zero interest in staying because you want to move, then send if via email to your line management and that's that. As long as you show that you're aware of your notice period and you're not on some sort of whacky contract I don't see how they could even begin to properly "refuse" your resignation.
 
Send an email so you have a paper trail, that way if they do then dismiss you, you've something to prove otherwise.
 
Shoza said:
so I took the plunge to change jobs, having received a great offer of employment elsewhere. I had a meeting today and they refused (politely & professionally) to accept my resignation and instead want to have a chat next week..

I’ve never been in this situation before and wasn’t expecting this so... what should I expect?
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presumably a pay rise at the very least and hopefully some promise/plan for your career progression within the company

however... I would ignore any nonsense about them 'not accepting' your notice at this point if you do decide to carry on and leave, as far as you're concerned you have handed in your notice ergo if you don't accept any offer from your current employer the clock is still ticking and the date you handed it in was today (ideally you have an e-mail trail)
 
As far as you're concerned you've given notice. By all means talk to them but there's a reason that you wanted to go elsewhere in the first place, and I doubt they can fix every one of those reasons.
 
Caged said:
As far as you're concerned you've given notice. By all means talk to them but there's a reason that you wanted to go elsewhere in the first place, and I doubt they can fix every one of those reasons.
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And don't let them talk you into the notice date being the date of the meeting. It's the date you gave them your notice.
 
I certainly won’t be fired I do a very niche type of work that’s hard to recruit for. I just wasn’t expecting a meeting next week or what they might have to say - really not sure what to do / day in the meeting yet!
 
They need to give you a reason for refusing. They can't just say, wait a week.

As above - the date you gave them your notice is the date that your "notice period" starts. Not when they finally accept.
 
Submit your resignation in writing if you haven't already with a leaving date. If you subsequently accept a counter offer then just ensure you have a signed paper trail for the new contract.

In terms of your uncertainty about this meeting just use the time between now and then to determine what, if anything, could persuade you to stay in case that is on the cards. They may put you on the spot so have an idea of what you need up front, but if they make you a counteroffer in the meeting don't be afraid to say you need a short period of time to think about it, but equally if that offer falls below your expectations then just dismiss it out of hand.
 
They may be wanting to offer you a raise, but I'd be skeptical of why this is only given as a last resort. If they value staff and/or can't afford to lose them, maybe they should do better with the salary.
 
MooMoo444 said:
They may be wanting to offer you a raise, but I'd be skeptical of why this is only given as a last resort. If they value staff and/or can't afford to lose them, maybe they should do better with the salary.
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This, if they really valued you they should've given you better pay/conditions before you decided to leave, also beware of them offering you the world as I've seen it promised too so many people (in various different companies) and then when the chance of leaving has gone the offer has mysteriously disappeared.

Get everything off them in writing but I would be very skeptical as they only became interested when you're actually going to leave.
 
They are probably assessing what offer to make you to try and convince you to stay.

As long as you have a offer in the bag with another company then nothing to worry about.

Listen to their offer, if it's considerable then you have a choice.

Money (assuming they offer you more than new company) or career advancement (new company).

Your need to decided are you DONE with this job or will money make you happy and stay?

If not move on.
 
I had a similar situation where they were just trying to extend my notice by an extra week.

But the primary reason I was leaving was that they were poor employers.

Hear them out and leave on good terms if possible but don't let them mess you about.
 
Why on earth would they want to sack him 8nstead of accepting notice?
I do not see the benefit for the company.
Surely it just leaves them open to all sorts of issues.
 
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