'D'h just quit £100k job no discussion!

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Wtf. I know that he hates it but he's got nothing to go to.
We stupidly have no savings as we've just moved house.
I'm sure he'll find something but he just announced it over coffee. Arghh!

Yeah, no, he categorically did not have a contract stating one weeks notice.
Whatever he tells you, this didn't happen.

Nobody's jealous

What, this senior manager on £100k breaks after 6 months?

Not sure why this is so unbelievable, I have quit 100k plus jobs because I found the culture and piss poor management utterly unbearable and detrimental to my health. I stuck around for over 12 months in my case as I mistakenly believed wholesale change was in place and things would improve but unfortunately this did not happen. I discussed things with my partner first who filled supported by decision as she was concerned about my long term health. I got a new role that a I love and I'm in a much better place now.

I work for a global MNC and we don’t have probationary periods for anyone in management roles. We also don’t have anyone on 1 weeks notice. It’s always at least a month.

For people in senior roles it’s anywhere between 3-6mths, regardless of how long they’ve been with us.

I find it absolutely extraordinary that despite being senior enough to be paid £100k your DH hadn’t negotiated longer notice periods. Very unusual at the level in my experience.

This does sound a bit suspect, in terms of your relationship. I don’t know anyone who would just quit without speaking to the person they are financially and romantically linked to. Also, you said in your other thread he was the breadwinner, but you’re both paying 50/50 - seems mad he doesn’t have any saving if that’s the case?

If you share expenses 50/50, then isn't the real question how he is going to cover his 50% of expenses? So long as he finds a new job in time to fund his share of expenses, does it really affect you that much?

Since you don't have joint finances, he would be unreasonable to look to you to support him. Anything you do give him should be a loan.

I wouldn't really care if my DH quite his (awful, demanding) job but we have joint savings and have always pooled our income. It would mean reorientating our lifestyle and outgoings but I've been asking him if we can do this for years so he works less. If we had always kept our finances separate even with him earning substantially more than me, I would be very unimpressed with the suggestion that I should now 'fund' him given he had never 'funded' me in the past.

What are you basing that on?

It's very normal for only statutory notice (one week) to apply until probation is passed.

If someone is shit at their job, as an employer you really want to be locked into a 6-month notice period for a £100k contract? That's an extra £50k after you've already decided to can them.

Whatever you think, the one-week notice period is normal during probation. The contract would specify the dramatic change in notice period following satisfactory completion of probation.

A week's notice during the probation period is entirely normal, even in highly paid jobs. I'm discussing a probation report right now, and the week's notice needed either way for this person. And it's a CEO post.

As the probation period is for both parties, it's entirely possible that the OP's DH has realised that as he hates the job, he's better getting out now with a week's notice, than deciding to leave in few weeks time and having to work three month's notice.

'D'h just quit £100k job no discussion!

So 'D'H is no longer a 'DH' as he quit his £100k job, or was possibly asked to quit, after six-months.

A parting the ways at six months is quite commonplace when new employees are not a good fit.

Bullshit.

Households on £20k a year have just as much to lose as you & your husband. Probably more, as they won't have a savings buffer to see them through til the next job.

Your DH has been a high handed twat, but have you asked him why he made this decision without consultation? I suspect it may have been less of his own decision than he is making out, given its sudden nature.

How confident are you that he will crack on & find a new job asap? - is he usually financially responsible?

Why has he done it, OP?

Was he at the end of his tether?

I'm not surprised you are shocked/worries/angry. This is definitely something that should be been discussed between you both.

Sounds to me like push rather than left.

Most of our clients do still have the six month probation period as do we. In effect these days its the point within which we review and confirm if we really want the person (and vice versa obviously).

100K salary points would not be on one week's notice. The role may mean that the notice period has to be gardening leave but it would be an absolute minimum of one month.

What sector is he in?

@saraclara you must realise that 1 week notice period for a CEO is extraordinarily unusual?! Is that public sector?

I’ve never heard of a CEO be terminated without less than 6mths notice except in the case of fraud or take over. Even then they might leave the building immediately in the latter case but they’re certainly still getting paid.

Yeah, no, he categorically did not have a contract stating one weeks notice.
Whatever he tells you, this didn't happen.
I don't knok how people lay this down as fact without seeing his contract. 100k jobs are not one mass of all the same, some still have 6 month probation with 1 week both ways notice. Increasing after you have passed.

He's currently updating LinkedIn and looking for jobs. So feeling a bit better. He's going to look at contract as well as perm. So fingers crossed.
I have just spoken to him and his probation was going to be extended that's why he did it now.

My salary is well over £100k and I manage teams of people on over £90k.

We all have a three month notice period but, during probation, it’s two weeks.

My husband (also six figure salary) has three months notice but one week during probation.

It’s very, very common and makes commercial sense. If you hire someone on £100k and it’s not working out, you want them gone asap rather than sitting around for three months costs you tens of thousands.

Households on £20k a year have just as much to lose as you & your husband. Probably more, as they won't have a savings buffer to see them through til the next job.

She said they don't have savings.
It's a lot of money to lose if you've bought a house based on earnings.

In my industry the six month probationary period is standard

Do you mind me asking about this? Why would a company do this? After going to the trouble of recruiting and training, just dump someone like that? It happened to someone I know recently and I got the feeling this company had done this before but I just can’t figure out why.

for the OP I’m sorry he didn’t discuss it with you. Hopefully he will get another job quickly enough.

Yep - the ‘you’re out if you don’t pass probation’ (on a week’s notice) standard in my industry

If they were going to extend his probation then he was a twonk to leave before finding a new job.

What was he doing before this job op and how did that end?

I would be very worried in your position. My poor dh took a well paid role because we needed the money. He has suffered daily workplace bullying for the last 6 months but hung on until he signed contract on a new job before handing in his notice.

If he had done it without talking to me first I would be seriously worried.

He should have discussed it but if he wasn't going to pass his probationary period and it needed to be extended he's on notice that he can't do the job and it is better to quit and find something else, assuming the family can afford it. But that is something you talk through first!

Do you think his pride took a dent?

How on earth do you have no savings when he has been earning at least £5k per month after tax? What the hell is it going on?!

Waits for the private school drip feed.