How to leave a permie job on "good terms"

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Hi guys

About to Leave my permie job after acception my first contract.

However have to leave without the full notice (1 week, possibly 2 at most).

I can complete the work I have been assigned within the week so would the company have issues with me leaving? i.e. how should I ask them to leave should I say I am leaving but want to leave on good terms or can I ask your permission to leave or what? What's the best tone/approach to use.

Also should I offer to do work from home in evenings/weekend or just say I am leaving?

Ideally I want to leave on good terms with everybody happy rather than do it by force and "quit" so to speak. Anybody had previous experience of this?

Thanks

[MaryPoppins]

Got any annual leave you can use?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

It's Jan-Dec so unfortunatley not. Used my annual leave so far for the interview.

Also I have been with them for just over 2 years.

[ZenWolf]

Bad news, sorry...

You cannot satisfy both your employer and your new client, so you will be pissing somebody off no matter what you do.

Ultimately your employer cannot force you to work your notice, as slavery is illegal (unless voluntary, you permies reading this). But they can make a lot of trouble for you by refusing references, failing to pay you so that you have to sue, passing the word around about your unreliability, etc.

But it is just as bad trying to be a contractor after you blow your first contract start.

It's illegal for any of them to bad-mouth you, but that won't stop them doing it off the record.

[moorfield]

Just hand in your notice, tell them you are leaving on <date you want to leave>, and walk.

Simple as that.

[RichardCranium]

Edit: removed 'cos it was a bit tuliptier than it needed to be.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Thats hardly going to leave on good terms now is it?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Ironically, this is probably the one contracting question where you won't get a useful answer on here.

That is: how would we know? We're contractors.

Or have you assumed we all walked out of a permie role to be contractors?

How would you know? Well I assume that contractors are varied people some may have experience what I am going through now and some not. And I have a good relationship with my current company I don't want to leave them on bad terms because of references as well as wanting to leave in a professional way not in a fight. I am sure somebody might have been through this on the forum?

[oracleslave]

You're about to leave and break the terms in your permanent contract and want unknowns on a forum to help you minimise the impact this will have on your employer without being privy to your or the employers circumstances. I work with a laptop, not a crystal ball!

Put yourself in their shoes, how would you feel?

[deckster]

Speaking from my current role as a permie manager <ducks>...

Anybody who is up-front about their plans, tells me they want to leave (why would be nice, but not totally necessary), gives me their preferred date and a plan for completing & handing off any outstanding work will be seen off with a merry wave and best wishes for the future.

Somebody who acts all cagey, slacks off for the last few weeks and springs it on me that they've got a contract starting next Monday and I can lump it will be straight onto the tulip list.

Start off by being straight up with your manager and they'll almost certainly be reasonable. If they're not then by all means leave them in the lurch, but give them a chance first eh!