Resigning in probationary period?

[thisislove]

My contract says I have to give 4 weeks notice after my 6 month probationary period. I take it I am therefore safe to resign and leave? I don’t want to be a dick and would give them a few days but I am used to seeing one months notice where I have always been a longer serving member of staff.

That’s not right. If you are monthly paid, it’s quite normal to be one months notice for both sides. You and the employer. Would you like to be dismissed with a few days notice if you had bills to pay? However you can negotiate an early release. Or just go if you don’t care about a reference. They won’t hold you to a ninth would be my guess.

If it doesn’t say in your contract, then a week is normally given either side in probation.

Statutory minimum notice you have to give is a week if you’ve been employed a month.

? It does say. It’s a month! This OP has been employed 6 months! Therefore ask to leave but the contract says something else.

@TizerorFizz

? It does say. It’s a month! This OP has been employed 6 months! Therefore ask to leave but the contract says something else.

The OP says she has to give 4 weeks notice after her probationary period. Therefore it's a fair assumption that she's asking this question because she's still in her probationary period (or she wouldn't need to ask!). So no, I don't think it is 4 weeks.

@TizerorFizz

? It does say. It’s a month! This OP has been employed 6 months! Therefore ask to leave but the contract says something else.

The OP's post title is resigning in probationary period so she's not been there for six months yet.

I would check any paperwork you have been given, there is a notice period during the probationary period but it may be less than a month - more often it may be a week, say. But it depends on your employer so ask them to make sure if it doesn't state the notice period during probation on your terms and conditions.

Where I’ve worked it’s been 1 month from day 1. Local government. But you negotiate if you and the job don’t suit each other.

I had maybe incorrectly assumed she was coming to the end of her 6 month probation period.

@TizerorFizz

? It does say. It’s a month! This OP has been employed 6 months! Therefore ask to leave but the contract says something else.

It doesn’t say a month. It says 4 weeks after probation. And nowhere does OP say she’s been employed 6 months. In fact she implies the opposite by asking in the first place.

@flowery. See my post above. Yes. We don’t know how long she’s been employed or what the contract says before probationary period. So she should negotiate if it’s 1 month or 4 weeks for that period too.

One week.

[quote TizerorFizz]@flowery. See my post above. Yes. We don’t know how long she’s been employed or what the contract says before probationary period. So she should negotiate if it’s 1 month or 4 weeks for that period too.[/quote]
She’s obviously been employed less than six months, hence the question. One month isn’t mentioned anywhere, and 4 weeks is mentioned in relation to after the probationary period. Therefore I think we’re ok to assume the contract is probably silent on notice during probation, which means the statutory minimum of a week will apply. No need to negotiate.