help! working my notice but want to "unresign" if possible!

[RanToTheHills]

on 3 months notice and due to finish next month having resigned. Now due to likely house move/mortgage needs I want/need to keep my job & its income. Anyone know the legal position? I work in the public sector and there's been a recruitment freeze so I imagine they're unlikely to want to keep me on when I've already resigned. waht to do? Any ideas? TIA!

tbh, i think once you've resigned you've resigned. they've accepted, i don't think they are under any obligation to let you change your mind.

is your job not going to be done by anyone new then? who is going to take over your duties?

i think all you can do is go to your boss and explain your change of circumstances and ask them to consider keeping you on.

thanks for replying! I thought that too - no plans to replace me as our whole department is being "reviewed", been lots of management delayering so I've given them an opportunity to save on yet another post by resigning. I don't think I can talk my boss into it, might try though.

any HR/legal gurus out there?!

sorry but if you have resigned then they are under no obligation to accomodate your change of decision.

Am in the NHS and one of my colleagues applied for a job in another Trust. The day before she was due to move, the other Trust rang her and said the job was no longer available as the person she was replacing had withdrawn her notice.

Have you checked your policies about notice. There might be a paragraph in there about withdrawing notice.

You just need to convince them that they need your skills and that it would be to their benefit if they let you stay. Put a case together and speak to someone senior enough to make the decision. Give them a written version of why they should retain you, concise points.

All you can do is ask, and I would suggest asap, but they have no obligation to agree to let you stay.