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Don't give your resignation notice until all background checks/drug screening, etc are completed successfully at the new job. This could take a week or two.
Just go about your current job without a peep to anyone until these things are done.
That is key. You seem to already have listed out the pros/cons of making the switch as opposed to staying where you are.
Yes, you will burn bridges with your current company. However, if you are taking a federal job, in all likelihood, you'd be able to stay there as long as you'd like. So, it won't matter too much what your current company thinks about you.
While I agree with this, a lot of the blame can be placed on the employer.
Look at companies that are deemed "top" places to work. They have no trouble keeping talent because of the pay and culture.
They've only invested three months. It probably takes a year in my current job to become proficient. If they were that concerned about people leaving, they should pay better.
oh absolutely, but that doesn't mean the employer will act logically or fairly in response to the resignation.
however, in this case it doesn't seem to matter so no big deal!
Don't give your resignation notice until all background checks/drug screening, etc are completed successfully at the new job. This could take a week or two.
Just go about your current job without a peep to anyone until these things are done.
That's all done.
I have my on board date. I don't start until July so I'm going to ride it out until June and give my two weeks. I fully expect them to tell me just to leave which is fine by me. I'll have a month off before the new job.
That is key. You seem to already have listed out the pros/cons of making the switch as opposed to staying where you are.
Yes, you will burn bridges with your current company. However, if you are taking a federal job, in all likelihood, you'd be able to stay there as long as you'd like. So, it won't matter too much what your current company thinks about you.
In all honesty, if using every bit of professional etiquette in the book and resigning with proper notice and thanks results in burnt bridges with that employer, that employer probably isn't worth investing your time in anyways. Employers are always on the lookout for better opportunities that improve their bottomline, why would they expect employees to be any different?
This is a tough one because if you tell them you are leaving they probably won't let you finish out the week anyway so I would do it in a way a agency here in philadelphia used to do it with my last job.
Call them the next morning after the last day you work to let them know you won't be returning. You could do it in the evening once you get home but they may not be there. So i would do it first thing in the morning by phone or email
I just hate that old "burn bridge" argument. People are too loyal to companies who wouldn't even blink at having to let go of someone with a family to feed!
Like my husband, he finally learned the loyalty lesson last year! Working for a company, and I pushed him to apply for a job that was a 40% raise increase. He hesitated but applied. Got an interview. Told me he wasn't sure he was going to go to the interview... TWO DAYS before his interview he was laid off. He was really shocked at that.
He goes to the interview and nails it.
His old job calls him back and says "hey we had to fire a bunch of people, will you come back?" He says yes only because he needs to make money while I'm still job searching.
A week later he gets a call from the company he interviewed with that he got the job.
The employer he's currently working for tells him "don't burn bridges, you are making a mistake taking the job" - and my husband was livid- he was like BURN BRIDGES?! TWO WEEKS AGO you guys laid me off! And now I've got an amazing opportunity and you are telling me to not BURN BRIDGES? WHATEVER!
So again, I apologize
This post right here is so true. I was laid off 4 times betweeen 2009 and 2011 and they could have cared less about my financial situation.
People advise against that on a daily basis on this forum.
There is no way they would let the OP stay 2 weeks when he has only been there 2 months. The only thing he can do is call once he gets home and not return back to the job.
There is no way they would let the OP stay 2 weeks when he has only been there 2 months. The only thing he can do is call once he gets home and not return back to the job.
Did you get any on the job training as an Employment Counselor? Are you familiar with giving notice in writing?
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