Handing in notice and accepting offer on new job

[halloumidippers]

Hi... just wondering if there ar any HR types here who can help.
I've been offered a role at a new company which I'll be glad to accept. It's more family friendly - current place is awful.
However I can't hand my notice in at my current job until January or I won't get my bonus (which I can't afford not to have. New role can't buy me out of it)
Can I accept the role in the new company without handing in notice?

Of course you can. What's your notice period?
Assuming new company know they won't get you until your notice period ends...
Mine is 3 months, so if I waited until January to quit, a new company couldn't have me until March/Apeil..so I'm not sure that would fly
Working for your new company whilst still employed by old is a no no. But there's nothing wrong in accepting.
Also make sure no one talks about your new role/company before you do quit.

Options

Your new place buys you out with bonus

Your new place waits until April for you (assuming 3 months)

If they can do neither ou turn down and stay where you are or go without bonus

By the by, being that financially reliant on a bonus is never a good place to be

Thank you. Notice oeriod is 3 months. The plan is I would accept the offer now, hand in my notice in jan and then leave in April.
6 months is pretty standard where I am, so the duration won't be an issue

Sorted then! Accept and give a start date of April

What you do between now and then is your business, you could leave tomorrow and travel for six months

I'd just be wary that once you accept the offer they may write out for references.

@halloumidippers and you can save up holidays in the New Year and take them at the end of notice to leave sooner, assuming your employer allows that (and if you don’t want to take the money rather than the days)

Can I be honest with them - tell them I'm not handing my notice til Jan and specifically ask them not to? I have a vague recall if my current job specifically asking "can we contact old job and ask them for a reference"

Not standard in my business (IT/tech) I mean 3-6 months months notice yes but not delayed resignation. I wouldn't resign anyway without a signed contract of course.

Have they not already asked you your notice period though.

It would be a bit odd to delay resigning, I understand why you don't want to but we often have to walk away from something, bonus, shares etc for a new role.

I think that would be a bit tricky. Is your bonus absolutely guaranteed. The new job may be subject to references. You can't have it all ways. Or maybe you can.

Nothing wrong with accepting an offer from a new employer and not giving the current employer resignation notice immediately.

Is the new employer definitely going to be happy about you potentially not starting the job until March/April next year if they’ve offered you the job in October?

One tip from me is double check the terms and conditions of the bonus scheme. I’ve known of several examples where there have been clawback provisions i.e. the company will expect bonuses to be paid back if you leave employment within “x” number of months of them being paid.
Many companies have become wise to the situation of people quitting very soon after the bonus was paid.

As a previous poster has said…
Most companies have a Claw back scheme where you have to pay all or part of the bonus back if you hand your notice in within a certain time after receiving the bonus (I have known it to be up to 6 months after)
This is completely lawful
Also you will find most job offers are provisional on satisfactory references and your new company might not want to wait months before requesting them.
i think you need to make a decision and go with one or the other

If I made a job offer and then found out the applicant was deliberately delaying handing in their notice for another 3 months then I would probably withdraw the job offer