Hello there,
So I have been offerd another Job, the process has been very fast, With applying and being offered an interview the same day then receiving the confirmation call of acceptance the following day and induction Day after that. I must give 4 weeks notice to my Current Employer.
Now my manager is away on Holiday as of Sunday, Tommorow ( today) will be there last Day in before they are off. I believe it is for one week, but do not know for certain if it may be longer due to not having the rota done for that far ahead (as of yet).
My new job are fine to wait for the full notice period. However the position I am going for is a 0 hour contract, this intially worried me, but after speaking with recruitment officer feel a little more reassured before handing notice in. They also cannot place me at a permanent location without me having handed in my notice, so that they have a definitive start date. As otherwise this would potentially mean someone else ready and waiting to start work would be unable to take that position in that particular location. So they need my official start date. I would feel much more assured once I know they have my start date and can assign me to my location of work, as I don't want to get to the end of notice 4 weeks later to find out I missed out on recent suitable and convenient vacancies.
The role is in hospitality so also will need to get a DBS sent off, which can take around 4 weeks to process but anywhere up to 6 weeks to process. And my documents uploaded onto system. They would rather process all this once notice received at employers end and start date is set.
Now ideally I would like to hand in my notice Tommorow.
However I feel this is very poor timing with manager being in last day Tommorow and will have a lot to get through and I would imagine, depending how long they are away, sort at least one weeks rota. I can only assume the holiday will last a week due to staffing. But cannot be sure.
I also feel it seems inconsiderate or poor thought dropping a resignation on them as they are about to go off on holiday. So they are then thinking of recruitment issues and have a disrupted holiday ( they are a take there work home with them sort of person).
I believe there is an option to put in the notice to my deputy manager and could also email Hr letting them know of my resignation. They only keep Monday to Friday hours so nothing would actioned on there end tomorrow, if I was to hand the notice in , should the manager even get the notice over to them the same day. I don't know if this would seem poor show to hand it in to the Deputy manager rather than the manager. I would do this at the earliest opportunity next week. This also only really gives manager 3 weeks notice for recruitment ( assuming it's one weeks holiday only).
The other option is to wait a week or potentially a bit longer to hand in notice, adding at least a week on to start date of new employer. So another week where I miss out on a permanent position at somewhere I may be offered. The positions are offerd as they come up and based as close to your residence as possible. This also means the way payroll falls, I will only catch a few days at the end, so only payed a few days the following month. So financially very tricky.
Think handing in the notice next week to deputy manager would be the best option and a compromise between both party's. Feel a bit damned if I do and Dammed if I don't though.
Thanks very much for any advice received
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