Overlapping Dates between Old and New Job

[PerfectStorm]

The whole point of gardening leave is that you're not transferring over old info while having access to the new places systems - even more good reason to delay starting by a week.

THat said, not sure how much any of this stuff can be enacted. They don't own you.

[Lance]

as long as the old employer has no idea, or at least no evidence, of you starting your new 'gig', then there is little they can do.
You won't get a P45 till you've finished with them, but that's not a problem, you'll be taxed on emergency tax code for a week or 2.

[b0redom]

IR35 status probably has an impact too. If you're outside in the new gig, who's to say when you started work? You're just billing x days. Depends on your attitude to risk though.

[northernladuk]

One man bands and companies in the trades use the word "job" almost exclusively, it means nothing more than some work for a person or company.

They do but they know what they are talking about. They know exactly what they do, who for and what they get so the terminology isn't that important. The OP doesn't so it's absolutely key to get it right while they learn.

[Guest]

They do but they know what they are talking about. They know exactly what they do, who for and what they get so the terminology isn't that important. The OP doesn't so it's absolutely key to get it right while they learn.

You say that I need to learn, and that's fine, but when did it become your position to tell me HOW I should learn? I really think you have it backwards because generally, people are supposed to understand what they're doing and why they're doing it first, and then they will be able to get it right which is what I'm trying to do, but that also takes time.

I already said I was reading the first time guides. I'm not sure where you got the expectation that that's going to be an overnight process for me to
" learn " everything you think I should know, but this constant nagging is becoming tiresome so please leave me alone. Thanks.

[eek]

The only reason I can think of that 2 might be an issue is that if your previous employer has given you some kind of redundancy payment that may have clauses in it, that would mean you may have to pay back some/all of any redundancy.

That is literally the point of garden leave - and the OP was placed on gardening leave.

[Guest]

Update: I have contacted the company to postpone the dates but I'm getting really tired of the constant remonstrations around the use of the word "job" so I'm going to be deleting the post now. Thank you to PerfectStorm and others who gave their advice.

[NotAllThere]

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