Partner relocating, should I tell my boss?

[FnG]magnolia;22555649 said:
Indeed. This isn't being disloyal but it does ensure that your boss doesn't start lining up your replacement before you're ready to jump.
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I'm sorry, but thats exactly why he SHOULD tell his work. Just tell them whats happening. Tell them how much enjoys working there, but his circumstances mean he needs to look for work down there. That way he can be involved in succession planning, and leave on the best of terms. That way, should he wish to come back he'll be remembered be remembered as the bloke who handled it properly and not the one that kept quiet about something he knew about in advance. Never burn your bridges. You may want to come back one day, or may even work with someone from there in another role entirely.

Just because he tells them now doesn't mean they will hire his replacement right away, but at least they'll have some time to plan for a recruitment activity in the months to come.
 
Well, I decided to tell my boss yesterday and it actually went well.

I don't think they will let me work from home, the reason they gave was that it set a precedent for the team I work in. I did make some suggestions of what I saw as work arounds (such as willing to work from the office during busy project periods, the fact over the past 12 months they've had two of the most senior tech staff leave and I didn't want to leave them with a skills shortage) but nothing came of them.

Last week I started looking for jobs in the area, sending out my CV to a few agencies/companies and have some interviews lined up over the next 1-2 weeks so the one positive is that the IT job market in the area we are moving to is very buoyant at present
 
Almost certinatly wasn't going to happen unless theres already a set culture of people working from home. Not sure why though, I'm a home worker, and it doesn't make a great deal of difference. Still though, I doubt he can push you out, so telling him wasn't really a bad thing I guess.

Look on the bright side though, you'll probably land more money and maybe find a job which will let you work from home if thats what you want. :)
 
gobbo said:
So, do I keep quiet about all this, find a job and hand my notice in, or do I tell my boss that my partner has been headhunted/relocated and is there anything that can be done to enable me to work from home etc on a permanent basis? The company have been very good to me (training courses, accommodating personal issues, salary etc) so I'd feel slightly uneasy about just leaving.
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Ask about working from home on a permanent basis - or offer to maybe come into the office for a couple of days a month (how big is the company - some will have deals with hotels so could put you up for a few days a month etc..).

If you could, in theory, work from home but they're not willing to accommodate you then I guess you'll have to look elsewhere - I wouldn't explicitly give them a heads up about potentially leaving, some companies can get funny about that - your boss might feel obliged to tell HR etc.. - tis obvious that its something you might consider anyway after making them aware of your partner's move.
 
Ah.. oops I see you've replied - that's unfortunate they're not willing to accommodate and it seems to be for slightly unfounded reasons. (FWIW I work in a company where some staff members work from home permanently including a few in different countries... it doesn't set off a chain reaction of other requests as unless they're moving some distance away they've got no grounds to make the request & the people working from home tend to be the ones the company really wants to keep)
 
This happened to me, (we relocated) and my gf spoke to them and ended up getting to work from home. It depends on your job, really, but I've always felt being honest is the best way as long as your boss isn't a knob.
 
gobbo said:
Well, I decided to tell my boss yesterday and it actually went well.

I don't think they will let me work from home, the reason they gave was that it set a precedent for the team I work in. I did make some suggestions of what I saw as work arounds (such as willing to work from the office during busy project periods, the fact over the past 12 months they've had two of the most senior tech staff leave and I didn't want to leave them with a skills shortage) but nothing came of them.

Last week I started looking for jobs in the area, sending out my CV to a few agencies/companies and have some interviews lined up over the next 1-2 weeks so the one positive is that the IT job market in the area we are moving to is very buoyant at present
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Whoops, didn't see that. GL on the job hunt mate, could be the best thing to happen to you.
 
I had another chat today with my direct manager, who is going to talk to the IT Director and another member of the senior technical staff to make them aware only now they said "I'll let you know next week if there is anything we can do to help you".....
 
gobbo said:
I had another chat today with my direct manager, who is going to talk to the IT Director and another member of the senior technical staff to make them aware only now they said "I'll let you know next week if there is anything we can do to help you".....
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Hope it goes well for you then and they can find some compromise that suits all parties.

For the little it matters I think it was sensible to let your boss know since you seem to have a good relationship with them and that's probably what has meant they'll try to accomodate you. However I can see why in other situations it would be less advisable since the reaction would be very different.
 
The other strange advantage it's given me is they said if I need to take time off for interviews etc to let them know and as I've used up my holiday allowance for this year they would let me take it as unpaid leave which is pretty decent as normally that's a big no-no
 
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