New job after being with a company for 1 month…

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So I have been offered a new job after only being with a company for only one month…

What happened is about 2 months ago I applied for afew jobs, I took the new job, which was an increase of £5k per year from my old job and included afew perks such as company car, gym allowances , private health insurance, working from home..they have also sent me equipment desk, chair and are putting me onto training courses, they have already paid for one in July for me which is costing £950. Other things to mention 40 hours a week and a-fair bit of travelling across the UK.



Now the new job is working for a well known insurance company, and the new job has the option of company car or car allowance (£5.5k), I have also been told that there is a very good work/life balance and there is less travelling and the base salary is £2k more than what I currently earn. The hours are 35 hours a week aswell. There will also be some travelling in this role but I imagine not as much .


Now I’m highly tempted to accept the new job , but I do feel kinda bad having only been with my new employer for such a short period of time and the fact they have already paid for training courses.

What is everyone’s opinion on this and has anyone been in a similar situation?

If you were offered company car or car allowance what would you chose ? Is 5.5k a good amount these days to run a car for business use?

 

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How long were you at the previous employer? Also, did you negotiate when offered both the current job? As in is your current pay the best they could offer at the time?

Likewise, is this new job offering you more because they know what you're being paid currently? Presumably, you interviewed with them 2 months ago and they didn't immediately get back to you but have now?

If you were at your previous job for a long stint then having one short stint isn't too bad though you'd be best off sticking around at the new one for like 18 moths+ if you do take it.

If you didn't negotiate before accepting the current job then perhaps they're able to counter offer too.

This whole situation is a bit of a mess that perhaps could have been avoided though by pushing for a decision, holding off accepting one offer etc.. as it's not really ideal to quit after a month, it will obvs annoy them and it's not ideal for the CV/could raise questions in a future interview etc. I mean does the potential new employer know that you've moved even? If not then why weren't they told you had an offer and pushed to get back to you sooner?

I was at my previous employer for 4 years. What happened is I applied for these two jobs , I was interviewed for the job I am in Late February , and they offered me the job the week after early March so I handed my notice in giving 1 month. Now I joined the new company and the other job which I applied for came back to me and and interview me in April , so I did that and then they offered me a job.

I took the current job I’m in because I assumed I hadn’t been successful in my application, as it took over a month for them to get back to me.

My current employer wouldn’t negotiate better pay, I left for a 5k pay rise , company car and a better bonus structure (20% of salary vs 10%).

The other company don’t know I’m in a new role , they still think I’m in the old job.

 

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I know it's really early but what's the feeling you are getting about the place in your new job?

Ultimately you need to choose whatever is best for you, don't worry about being loyal at this stage.

For me personally, work life balance is very important, 35 hours a week Vs 40 hours a week is the equivalent of nearly 2 and a half days of annual leave a month. If they have also promoted their work life balance that is a positive for me, and good one to keep at the front of your conversations if you have regular reviews etc.

It's also more money.

Is the (potential) new job working from home?

Yea it’s not kinda what I was expecting , the company on the whole don’t support working from home (read it on a policy) but because I am field based I am.

There’s also afew things about the current job I’m in which I don’t like ;
I’m having to put all my tasks into my diary even admin tasks, my manager has said this is to prevent me from getting called into team meetings, I don’t know whether to believe this or not, I get the feeling it might be a way of seeing what I’m up to.

I also had a teams call with the guy that runs the company cars this week and he let out that the company cars have trackers in them which I wasn’t aware of, so I get the feeling my every move is being watched.


The potential new job is also working from home.

 

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One other thing to mention is once I pass probation in my current job I have a 3 month notice period which I think is far to long, Iv only ever worked at places which have 1 month notice.

 

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3 months is very common in more senior roles, it can be 6 months +. In the first year I'm not sure it means much anyway; I believe the first 12 months is a de facto probation anyway in that they can bin you off with very little effort.

I wouldn’t say my job is senior, I’m not in management.

 

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That's a good point, ditto to interviews. Obvs in both cases things are slanted towards the employer but it's worth remembering that you're interviewing them and then you're trying the job too... jumping around too frequently is bad but if they don't think it's going to work out in the probation period or indeed you think it isn't going to work out then, either way, you typically have only a short notice period and can just jump ship.

I have just looked at my contract and it says they can give me 1 weeks notice during my probation period however it says I have to give them 1 months notice to them during my notice period if I chose to leave within my probation period

Can they do this?, usually it’s the same notice period both ways ?

 

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I don't see why not, AFAIK the default if it isn't specified depends on how you're paid (AFAIK) weekly, fortnightly, monthly etc.

Paid monthly , but how they can give me just 1 weeks notice but I have to give 1 month?

 

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By putting it in the contract I guess.

Ok thanks, if my new company want me to start the 18th July I need to hand my notice in on the 18th June then, so I am not without pay. But what if they say just work a week? I’ll be left without a job for a 3 week period . Can they do this?

 

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Just to update the thread.

I handed my notice in and explained to my line manager that the job just wasn't for me, the job was SHEQ Advisor for a Petroleum Company and they owned circa 90 petrol stations across the UK and I was responsible for them. This meant travelling to them and dealing with the near misses which were quite a lot about 100 a month, which were mainly due to trip hazards on the forecourts, in essence there was a lot of admin chasing up what had been done to resolve these issues and closing down the near miss on the system and very repetitive. I left the company on good terms and dropped all the IT equipment off.

I am now almost 4 weeks into my new role and I am enjoying it, providing advice to customers on Health and Safety within the workplace. I manage my own dairy and work from home 4 days a week.

My base salary is also £4k more than what I was earning before and I have a company car. (I chose this instead of the £400 monthly car allowance), but may change in the future.

 

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@Bounce Seems to have worked out well for you buddy!

Although I wold probably look to give up the company car for a non BIK tax option in the future, dont know what you've got or the damage it does to you, but it absolutely crippled me in my previous job where I had a company car.

Thanks !

Sorry going abit off topic hear , I currently have a hire car it’s an MG Hs currently paying about £140 a month in tax. It’s diesel , there is a new company car scheme coming soon which will have a wide range of hybrids.

I can take £400 car allowance but that will be subject to income tax, plus got to get the car , insurance , tax etc.

Did you buy a car or personally lease ? And what did you get? Interested in getting your view, as iv been trying to weight it all up what would be best.

I am expected to do about 10k a year on company mileage