I don’t understand this contract, notice period whilst in probation - help!

[Cherryblossom200]

Hello!

I’m coming to the end of my probationary period, and want to leave. To say I dislike my job is an understatement. I’m deeply unhappy and want to leave, I’m a single parent but have savings from a redundancy last year. I was hoping to keep the money but honestly I’m going to take the risk and just leave and hope for the best. I thought I could find a job while in a job, but it’s impossible as I’m too busy and knackered in the evenings to look.

Any idea what this means? How much notice do I have to give?

3 months

It's 3 months...

Looks like you need to give three months notice xx

Wtf?! Even in my probation?! That is bloody awful! I’m basically not going to be doing anything in that time 🤣

It’s normally shorter in probation, offer 2 weeks

its three but if you’re not happy I’d give one and let them deal with it. I’ve done it twice and as I wasn’t senior, there were no consequences. If you are senior there is a risk. They legally have the right to sue you for any losses but they do rarely do.

We have employees leave with no notice period given - there’s not a lot we can do!
A woman had worked for us for 9 years, last pay day she handed in her notice with immediate effect.
Hope that might help :)

It's three months, but you might find they'll let you go sooner

Yes, I thought this too. It's part of the point of probation.

Well I’m sort of thinking that if I work the three months, I’ll do very little in that time and just get paid 🤣 in the meantime I’ll just look for a new job. How much notice do they have to give me?

I think they want 3 months but I would give one month's notice and see what they say.

Especially since they only have to give a month during the probation period. Pretty unfair I'd say.

Yup.
Asymmetrical notice periods are perfectly legal my previous employer said one week from them 3 months from employee in first 2 years.
Not easy to enforce though and a few people left giving only a week or month. I was one of them.

They only have to give a month while you're in probation

As others have said, it’s 3 months. However, notice periods aren’t legally enforceable so you should be able to negotiate a shorter period - this will benefit the employer because they can begin recruiting a bit sooner. Why would they really want you to stay 3 months, knowing you’re unhappy, and risk you going off sick or something.

Technically you can sue for costs incurred due to the person not giving the correct notice...

Hmmm I’m not looking for a reference, sooo I’m wondering if I should draw this out and just wait for them to get rid of me? I work from home some days, so effectively I could just spend the days looking for a job and not work. Or I hand in my notice, and do the three months as per my contract and just do very little but get paid.

I don’t know what to do 😬

Would 1 month suit you? You might find if you resign during your notice period , they terminate your contract and then they only have to give you 1 month.

If you can see the upsides of 1 month Vs 3 however it works out, then resign now. If you need 3 months to sort yourself out with a new job and you are close to passing probation I'd wait to resign. Get the passing probation in writing /email.

If you really want 1 month, I'd write in your resignation letter. I am giving you 1 month of notice regardless of what your contract says. It's very hard to enforce anyway.

Yeah I'd do some quiet quitting and job hunt during working hours.

Reminds me of a reality show called the sack race which was on a few years ago
They'd put 2 contestants in a different job and see who could be the first to get the boot, subject to some rules.
Have fun with it.

The contract says three months notice. You write a polite resignation letter and ask if you may leave earlier than three months

You say you don't want a reference but may employers request references from the last two employers so it's always best to leave on good terms.

The notice period is very clearly set out in the contract. What is it you don't understand about it?

🤣 Honestly I’m going to have fun with it! I really couldn’t care anymore! I’ll wait for them to just let me go while do very little.

But I’m not intending on including this job on my CV

It's supposed to be fair which means conditions should be similar each way. They would have trouble enforcing it.

to be honest the job market is already omg, personally good luck