What is your notice period in private sector job?

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Wonder if anyone can help… I have a job offer and the contract says it’s one weeks notice period (both for me giving notice and them).

I know this is the statutory minimum, but it makes me feel fairly insecure that they could dismiss me with only a week’s notice! I’ve only ever been in public sector roles previously where notice is 2 months. It’s a very small organisation.

Is this standard for private sector? I’d be on 40k (London). Thank you!

Meant to add it’s an office role, standard 9-5

This seems very short, you’re sure it’s not just for your probation period?

My notice periods were always one month, then 3 months in mid level roles then 6/ 12 months in senior roles is pretty standard. Non competes in there too, worth checking if yours has one.

I’ve never had less than 3 months in London. My current job had in the contract 3 months for me to give notice but 1 month for them to give notice. Totally unacceptable in my book and I negotiated it to 3 months either side.

I have to give 3 months notice, it's a long time since we had any redundancies but the company has to give us an even longer notice period but that would be from the day they announced redundancies rather than from the day we were told as individuals we were losing our job. However, if you were still in your 6 month probationary period no notice is required. I work in pharma so there's good terms and conditions and job security.

3 months either way in my job.

I've had two private sector jobs.

The first, it was a week, regardless of whether you'd passed probation or not.
The second, it was a week during probation, and then a month once you'd passed your probation.

Are you sure that’s not just within your probationary period? Standard in my industry is one month for junior roles and then anywhere between 3-6 months to reflect concurrency and extensive handover processes.

This is what it says - sorry I was wrong in that I have to give one months notice (post probation period)

Termination of employment
a. During the probationary period, you are required to give 1 weeks’ notice in writing to termination your employment with the Company.
b. Following successful completion of your probationary period, you are required to give 1 months’ notice in writing to terminate your employment with the Company.
c. You are entitled to receive the following notice of termination of employment from the Company:

Length of service
Notice
Under one month
Nil

Over one month but less than two years' continuous service
One week

Two years' continuous service or longer
One week for each complete year of service up to a maximum of 12 weeks after 12 years’ service.

3 months.

between 4 and 12 weeks depending on length of service (although they don't tend to enforce the 12 weeks)

Is it also normal just to get SSP for any sick days? I know that’s the statutory bit

Sick pay
a. If you are absent from work because of sickness or injury you will be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay, provided you meet the qualifying conditions.
b. The rules relating to the notification and payment of absence due to sickness or injury are set out in the staff handbook.

Just checked and my public sector job is one month full pay (and then 2 months half pay) during first year of service , which then increases after first year

12 weeks.

So obviously a lot better!

Notice is 6 months in my role. But likely put on gardening leave.

6 months full sick pay, but I am as senior as I can get without being MD.

I work in recruitment- jobs vary from a week both sides to 3 months (at £20-about 100k salaries). Board roles longer
Paid sick leave is increasingly rare. It's why people want to work in the public sector!

The sick pay seems a bit tight. My last private sector role was a months notice to leave but sick pay was between 6 weeks and 6 months a year depending on service. I now with for a University and its 3 months notice and 2 weeks sick pay going up with my length of service.
I have never had a job where you don't get some kind of sick pay from the company

Very standard op. Statutory notice periods going up a week for each year of service.
All my friends in the public sector are aghast when I tell them I only get ssp in the private sector.
There’s a huge myth around private sector having good t&c’s

Thanks all this is really helpful!