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YellowLego · 25/05/2022 21:08

I have been offered a new job starting 20th June. I was offered it a while ago due to needing to give a 3 month notice period to my current job.
The new job is a Remote contract and I was told that they would arrange to courier all of the required equipment.
When would you expect to hear about the delivery of IT equipment? I have my offer letter and contract but worried they’ve forgotten about me because of how long ago I was offered the job. I have heard nothing since the end of March when I was offered the role.
Feeling twitchy now as I’ve handed in my notice

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TheFairyNamedMary · 25/05/2022 21:38

3 month notice period .. bloody hell! I had trouble surviving my 2 week notice period when I knew i leaving

YellowLego · 25/05/2022 22:01

I know it's been hard @TheFairyNamedMary

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YellowLego · 26/05/2022 13:56

Bump

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KatherineJaneway · 27/05/2022 06:31

We send our IT equipment out just before the person starts. The day before or the Friday before the Monday so they can be on boarded quickly.

Userxxxxx · 27/05/2022 09:41

I would contact them. They could use an outsourced IT department.

One time, I was sent equipment at just a start date being set and would have had the equipment at least 3 weeks before the job began, to the other extreme of receiving on a Saturday night (had to stay in all day as the window was an all day one) before the job commenced on a Monday.

YellowLego · 27/05/2022 10:01

I keep worrying they’ve changed their mind and don’t want to hire me anymore. I’ve signed a contract so hopefully they wouldn’t do that. I think I won’t feel settled until everything is arranged. At the moment this job feels too good to be true and I’m waiting for it all to go wrong.

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HesDeadBenYouCanStopNow · 27/05/2022 20:40

I started in a new job recently. Kit arrived 3 weeks after I started. Had to muddle through on personal devices in the interim, which was horrid

summer712 · 27/05/2022 20:43

I start Monday my stuff arrived today!

UghFletcher · 27/05/2022 20:57

We send all our new starter kit out to arrive the day before. There's absolutely no harm in asking for details of what will happen and when!

Motnight · 27/05/2022 21:01

HesDeadBenYouCanStopNow · 27/05/2022 20:40

I started in a new job recently. Kit arrived 3 weeks after I started. Had to muddle through on personal devices in the interim, which was horrid

Wasn't the NHS was it? I waited over a month. My phone still doesn't work, it has been 10 weeks now 🙄

Regularsizedrudy · 27/05/2022 21:17

They probably won’t send until very close to or on your start date in case you are a no show (happens more often than you’d think). Then they’d have a nightmare getting it back. Just send them an email and ask for a rough time line so you can prepare.

YellowLego · 06/06/2022 17:09

Now 2 weeks until I start and the company haven’t responded to my emails and I can’t get through to an actual person to talk to. I’m a bit more than panicking now. 😭

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HikingforScenery · 06/06/2022 18:01

2 weeks is a bit early to expect the equipment, ime. I would wait till end of next week to check.
Don’t panic. Is it not a credible company?

KatherineJaneway · 07/06/2022 05:46

Two weeks is far too early for equipment to arrive. If you start on a Monday, I'd say the earliest you'd receive the equipment is the Thursday before.

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