Notice of time off

[expat]

You're right NLUK, he was about to be really petulant and childish and we saved him.

No. I want to do my best, and I never get even, I just get going. But if I should find that I really want to be gone in 2 weeks rather than 4, although I have never cut it short before in my contracting life, this time I am tempted to think that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

[suityou01]

No. I want to do my best, and I never get even, I just get going. But if I should find that I really want to be gone in 2 weeks rather than 4, although I have never cut it short before in my contracting life, this time I am tempted to think that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

What's your notice period?

Do you not need a reference?

Have you got something to go to?

[expat]

What's your notice period?

Do you not need a reference?

Have you got something to go to?

Notice: 1 month.
Got plenty of other references, usually work with the same agents anyway.

I have been told that the client will almost certainly give me notice very soon, so I am already looking, but my prospects are usually "wanted ASAP" rather than 1-month.

OTOH I could just give the 1-month notice and take it from there, and TBH I would never have considered cutting it short, if it had not been for the poetic justice of turning about what they did to me.

[oscarose]

poor form. see out the contract. one of my selling points is I see out every job without fail.

[suityou01]

poor form. see out the contract. one of my selling points is I see out every job without fail.

Hear hear

[kal]

Hear hear

I am the same. Sign a contract, see it through is my motto.

[d000hg]

Bugger that.
What goes around comes around.

Which leads to a vicious spiral. Base your actions on how you live, not as a reaction to how others do.

[expat]

I guess my attitude is the same, as shown by the fact that I've never done it before, and that I had to ask (ask CUK General for ethical guidance??)

When I am shafted by the client just after having missed a few opportunities, and then go on the bench for the reat of the year, I'll be back to collect my plaudits for being honourable.

[northernladuk]

poor form. see out the contract. one of my selling points is I see out every job without fail.

Job? But what about your contracts?

[suityou01]

I guess my attitude is the same, as shown by the fact that I've never done it before, and that I had to ask (ask CUK General for ethical guidance??)

When I am shafted by the client just after having missed a few opportunities, and then go on the bench for the reat of the year, I'll be back to collect my plaudits for being honourable.

If you have 4 weeks left then start interviewing. You have to bridge the gap between how long new ClientCo will wait and how much notice you need to give old ClientCo. It takes skill.

We are around the corner from April for new budgets so it's the ideal time of year to be out.

Dry your eyes, ring your sheets out and get on with it.