Received offer for a start 2 weeks from now but background check isn't finished. Should I submit notice at current job? (employee, credit check)
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I was recently offered a job (yay!) and they asked if I can start about two weeks from now. I said I needed to talk to my current employer about my notice but it shouldn't be a problem. They sent me the offer letter but also a form to fill out for my background check. But shouldn't I submit my two weeks after the background check is complete? I don't have a criminal record and I have good credit, but I thought this was typically the protocol.
I already filled out and sent the forms back to them but haven't submitted my two weeks at my current place yet. Should I ask for a later start date?
I was recently offered a job (yay!) and they asked if I can start about two weeks from now. I said I needed to talk to my current employer about my notice but it shouldn't be a problem. They sent me the offer letter but also a form to fill out for my background check. But shouldn't I submit my two weeks after the background check is complete? I don't have a criminal record and I have good credit, but I thought this was typically the protocol.
I already filled out and sent the forms back to them but haven't submitted my two weeks at my current place yet. Should I ask for a later start date?
Yes, I think you should.
Normally, I would say to hell with it and take the chance, but what "if" something doesn't check out or what you consider "good" credit, isn't to them?
Unfortunately, I've been reading a bunch of stories like yours on the internet. Company offers job, employee gives notice, company rescinds job due to something they didn't like on the background or credit check, employee doesn't get job, employee tries to rescind notice, but it's too late. Employer knows employee wants to leave and if they truly wanted you to stay, they would have counter-offered.
You should ask them to run the background check FIRST to make sure everything is in order BEFORE handing in notice for your current position.
Wait for it to clear, definitely. Things can pop on a report that are not even accurate sometimes and you don't want to be on you last 2 weeks with the new offer delayed. Or rescinded. Make sure the road is clear ahead.
Normally, I would say to hell with it and take the chance, but what "if" something doesn't check out or what you consider "good" credit, isn't to them?
Unfortunately, I've been reading a bunch of stories like yours on the internet. Company offers job, employee gives notice, company rescinds job due to something they didn't like on the background or credit check, employee doesn't get job, employee tries to rescind notice, but it's too late. Employer knows employee wants to leave and if they truly wanted you to stay, they would have counter-offered.
You should ask them to run the background check FIRST to make sure everything is in order BEFORE handing in notice for your current position.
I've read about them too but I've also lived it. In my case the place I was leaving didn't want me to leave and hadn't done anything to replace me so I lucked out but not everyone does. Wait till it comes back unless you can afford to live without a paycheck!
I wouldn't even think about notice until you have a formal letter of employment offer, with start date and no matters pending to obstruct such. If its a decent company, your new employer would adjust the start date to two weeks or what is appropriate from the date of acceptance. If current emp. says don't let the door hit ya on the way out, enjoy the time off even if you can't afford it. Find a way to afford. It should pay in the long run because it doesn't look professional to renegotiate the start date based on your financial need unless it's prevalent in the industry. Sorry, but that's the reality; and congrats by the way....
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