Thoughts?

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Looking for work, quite a few pluses about the job however it’s a mat cover and person has already gone off so no handover. That’s first red flag/issue. On my experience you need at least a month’s handovers Second one is they started someone but she got terminated after 1 week….am thinking no! She asked too many questions apparently…it’s a minefield nowadays 😳

A month's handover seems like a lot.

I would have thought it typical of most new jobs that you don't start until after the other person has left.

If you are out of work and looking for a job, then you've got nothing to lose.
If you are in work, then leaving your job for a temporary role seems unwise anyway.

Yeah agreed.

Less 6 months ago attended nice new call centre environment (even at 24k) every question they asked was a fix of something they’d been through before and everyone looked young on the ‘call centre floor’ it was was one of those places you wanted to run from.

I don’t think I have ever had a handover in my working life! I just come on and pick it up.

Lol of course you need a handover ! In my line of work you do anyway….the person has now gone off on Mat leave. They had someone and she backed out then they tried someone and she got let go of after a week for asking too many questions 😂.

What is your line of work that necessitates a handover?

I’m not divulging that but suffice to say the norm is a month minimum…hence my concern that the person has already gone on leave and left no notes etc. a person was trialled last week and got punted for asking too many questions which to me seems ludicrous !

Lack of handover wouldn't be a flag for me. If you're on four weeks notice and resign you employer has to advertise, then interview, then offer. That process will likely take at least four weeks and then the new starter will need to work their notice too. Even if the leaver is on three or six months notice, it's reasonable to expect their replacement to have a similar notice period meaning that they would have left before the new starter.

Handovers have pros and cons.

Yes it is nice to be given an experienced persons view point on how to do the job and what needs to be done. On the other hand if someone has been in role for a while they can get into bad habits and end up doing things just because they've always done them in the way they've always done them. A fresh set of eyes going through the key deliverables and the process to deliver them can mean big improvements.

If you like the look and sound of the job and the company then go for it.

The person hasn’t left they’ve gone on Mat leave. Someone accepted then backed out got cold feet is what agency said, they managed to get someone in for a week before she went on Mat leave and that person was told to go after 1 week apparently asked too many questions. …seems odd!

You seem determined to consider this odd. It is not odd to not have a handover. It is not especially odd that somebody was asked to leave within a week, sometimes a person just doesn't work out, I would also assume that it was the questions they were asking that were an issue, perhaps they were things the employer expected somebody to know already.

@Aprilx am giving facts! The norm is a month at least and this is was also mentioned by ytterbium agency ….am not “determined” to make anything odd I’m stating facts…that’s your opinion and you are welcome to it 😜. Person who was let go after a week apparently asked too many questions and didn’t take enough handover notes …it’s comical ! It sounds a bit like fawlty towers

The agency

I hate handovers and much prefer to get stuck in without hearing all about how the person before did it.
If you have a specific line of work that needs a handover then that is a red flag.
There could be lots of reasons they let the other one go after a week but I would also consider this a red flag. Two red flags it would be a no from me.

What you consider to be the norm in your mystery industry is an opinion, not a fact.

Many on here disagree with you regarding a handover period.

No mystery @PineappleLatte just not sharing with anonymous people on this forum! 😀
Have a good day I’ll draw my own conclusions don’t need an argument.

@RosieandJimbo thanks for your sensible post and I agree with you 🙂. Two red flags so I am giving it a miss.

Maternity leave, you normally get a hand over

thanks @TheSeaDoesntKnowMyName ! 🙂

Thing is, you asked for thoughts.

You've had about 10 people offer their thoughts and only 2 think it would be normal to have a handover.

You've already explained why that isn't possible - due to the fact the person has now gone and the original person didn't work out - so, whether it is odd (as 2 people seem to think) or not (as the majority think) that is the situation here.
So you have to decide if you have the skills and knowledge to do it, and if it appeals to you, or not.
None of us can know that.

I'm 54 and have had many jobs.
I've only ever had one handover and that was for a week. Usually it's been induction or training then off you go.
While it may be the norm in your industry, it is not in the majority - in my experience.

Are you currently in employment?

It sounds like your line of work is quite niche if it requires a months handover so maybe it wasn't that she was asking questions that was the problem, but that the questions she asked proved she wasn't qualified.

The fact that someone left / was let go after a week and they have discussed and criticised this person with you- that would concern me a lot more than the handover issue.

That's just the employment agency, not the employer.

If it doesn’t feel right, give it a miss, end of

Whilst a handover would be nice, it’s not always possible is it - sounds like they had a run of bad luck with people leaving them in this situation