Handing notice in advice.

Iamzod

Iamzod

Iamzod

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Following on from a thread I made last week I have decided to move to another company from the one I currently work at, however due to reasons which are slightly complicated if I hand my notice in early it will give me the opportunity to do some stuff before I leave that may benefit a few colleagues/friends I will be leaving behind.

What I need to know is if I give them 6 weeks notice rather than the required 4 can they boot me out the door after 4 weeks as the last 2 weeks will fall over the Christmas period & my department is basically dead over Christmas & they may see paying me as a waste of cash.

Or will I be safe to do this?
 
I wasn't aware that the notice period was something the employee could choose, it's usually defined in your contract. How does it make a difference whether you just wait another two weeks before handing it in, while still doing whatever you want to do?
 
its nice of you to want to finish things off and give your co-workers a bit of time... you can always simply ask them for a meeting, explain that you're going to be leaving and would like to leave on X date and so will be looking to officially hand in notice/written resignation in 2 weeks time. They might then just agree to the end date regardless and say its OK to hand in notice and work to that date...
 
Because I am in sales & they will want me sat on the phone selling, however I grasped targeting a certain competitor rather well and have a track record of selling 270% more than anyone else doing the exact same thing.

When I jack it in a lot of data goes to waste unless I show a few people what I do, given that I have a couple of good friends there I want the opportunity to show them how I do it so they can benefit, once I hand my notice in the company benefits more from me not doing my own job but showing a few others how I do it instead.

If I give the required 4 weeks 2 weeks of it get wasted as it's Christmas and only about 4 people don't have it booked off.
 
Depends entirely on your notice period in your contract. If its 4 weeks and you hand in your notice now, they are well within their rights in 4 weeks time to ask you not to come back, especially if they find somebody else. There is also the chance that they might not want you around at all once you have given notice, and pay you the notice period. In a managerial position, its pretty common that staff can become complacent, uninterested and basically uncontrollable when notice is given. So quite often, there is no reason why you would want people to stay around after their notice period unless you are horribly understaffed.

If you want to leave in 6 weeks, why not just give your notice in 2 weeks time?

You should be able to talk to your HR department in confidentiality from any managers as well to get clear advice.
 
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he should be able to talk to his managers too... letting them know that he is going to be leaving and the reasons why he's happy to stay a bit longer but not actually handing in his notice will resolve the issue too... they can't tell someone to get out just because he gave them a heads up, they'll usually want a resignation in writing...
 
Nix said:
This is what I am wondering too.
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Because I will be wasting my time sat earning commission that they won't pay me as I am not eligible to be paid it as it is paid a month after it is earned. I may aswell be helping others earn some more dosh.
 
Are you sure? If you've earned it, you've earned it. Are you certain you won't just get paid it the following month minus your basic?
 
Iamzod said:
Because I will be wasting my time sat earning commission that they won't pay me as I am not eligible to be paid it as it is paid a month after it is earned. I may aswell be helping others earn some more dosh.
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That can't be right.
So in my case if I worked overtime in my last month I wouldn't get paid for it, I wouldn't think so.
If you've earned it surely you should be paid it!
 
novaenough said:
That can't be right.
So in my case if I worked overtime in my last month I wouldn't get paid for it, I wouldn't think so.
If you've earned it surely you should be paid it!
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There's a difference between overtime and commission. It's probably delayed to avoid having to clawback any commission from sales that fall through after a cooling down period or policies that are cancelled after a month or so depending on what the OP is selling. When i sold financial services it was very common to have to do such things when someone decided that life insurance was not a priority after a couple of months paying the premium.
 
The commission scheme isn't the same as overtime, it actually states they can cancel the commission scheme or amend it at any time in my contract.
 
Thats fair enough but surely your commission should follow on after then.
I think I'd be clarifying what happens then, no commission means it's not actually worth trying to sell anything during your notice period.
 
"This is my notice resigning from post x, effective from date y, making my last day date z".

The last 2 jobs I have left were 1 months notice, but both time I physically handed my notice in 6+ weeks ahead of my final day.
 
For most jobs it's a minimum notice period. The last few times I've generally given 6 weeks even though my minimum was 4.

It's 3 months now FFS :(
 
The last few times I've handed my notice in, I'd simply stated the date, what the notice period is on my contract and the date that I was planning to leave. As long as you give more notice than it says on the contract, I can't see the issue. Thou it may depend on your contract, mine was never bonus related pay.
 
Nix said:
Are you sure? If you've earned it, you've earned it. Are you certain you won't just get paid it the following month minus your basic?
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no chance... if commission is delayed by a month then they're not going to give him an extra 'commission payment' a month after he's left the company and is no longer drawing a salary... it is the same with bonuses generally - tis a retention thing... you'll find with annual bonuses people will wait until they've been paid the bonus or negotiate a sign on bonus with the new employer to compensate for missing it. In fact if you earn a bonus and an employer gets wind that you might be leaving then expect it to be brutally slashed... They're ostensibly to reward 'performance' but from the employer's pov they're a retention tool, once you've quit then there is no purpose to the payment.
 
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Does 'Gardening Leave' come into play? If so you may find yourself requested to leave at the end of the day.
Speak to your manager, if they are any good you'll get the answer you want.
 
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