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To ask if you'd work the notice after 2 weeks in a job

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Sunshiiiiiiiine · 24/08/2026 20:17

2 weeks and 1 day in, the notice period is listed as 1 week during probation period.

Leaving as there hasn't been any proper training, have just been left to it, being told one thing then another is written on the contract, can be asked to do last minute overtime same day, bitchy office staff who gossip about frontline staff, again no training , i was told by the manager one day 'we'll go through all this together today' then an hour later 'there you go, you can do it all, shout if you need me' for a task I'd never done.

Underestimated the commute which is my fault, when schools are back it'll be an hour each way most days.

Anyway very fortunate to have been offered another role which aligns much more with what I'm looking for and seems to have proper training. Got a confirmed start date and signed contract, I gave my 1 week notice today in my current job.
I emailed it to HR but haven't heard back yet, my line manager is away until next Tuesday and the director was away in meetings all afternoon.

I don't need a reference from them and will leave them off my CV, it's 4 working days as Monday is a bank holiday. Worth me asking if they'll just let me finish immediately?
I know it'll probably be a tense conversation with the director in his office, asking why I'm leaving after only 2 weeks and wasting their time, which I do understand I have done.

What would you do?

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Sunshiiiiiiiine · 24/08/2026 20:19

Also not being paid mileage properly

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EamonnFyre · 24/08/2026 20:22

No I wouldn’t bother and surely it would be better for them
if you didn’t bother too? Not meaning that badly but they might be able to get someone they interviewed previously in if you just up and leave. If you know you don’t like it I wouldn’t give them any more of my time.

CraftyNavySeal · 24/08/2026 20:23

I wouldn’t bother going in, I’m sure they would rather not pay you for another 4 days doing a half arsed job

Pearlstillsinging · 24/08/2026 20:23

You haven't wasted their time, they've wasted yours! If the director asks why you are leaving, tell hom what you have written here, although I wouldn't mention the commute.

lazymaw · 24/08/2026 20:24

do it, i knew by day 3 in a previous job. strung it out and they let me go at 6 mo as they didn’t really like me and said i lacked skills (they hadn’t trained me for). Like you, there was lack of training, proper contracts/pay slips/bitchy staff. Glad i didn’t fit in for that shit show and much better off in every way now.

Rachelshair · 24/08/2026 20:25

They can't incarcerate you against your will but surely you won't want to lose a week's pay?

Sunshiiiiiiiine · 24/08/2026 20:29

Just worried about burning bridges, you never know who you might see in the future, though even if i worked the 4 days they won't exactly be impressed with me quitting after just 2 weeks?

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solvendie · 24/08/2026 20:42

If it’s a role where they would be stuck for cover without you (though I doubt you would even be past the induction period) I would consider going in. I wouldn’t worry about burned bridges - as you say, leaving after 2 weeks will probably do that anyway. I would’ve emailed to say I was resigning with immediate effect.

Jopo12 · 24/08/2026 21:35

If it states 1 weeks notice then you should work your notice period.

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