flanajb":21vocqm9 said:
I have secured another job (contract role not permanent) and they want me to start within 6 weeks. The issue I have is that my current contract is a 3 month notice period and although I have no responsibility and no real work to do I have a horrible feeling my boss will tell me I have to work 3 months notice. I am not bothered about a reference as I do not need one for my next role, but I don't want a costly legal battle for leaving after 4 weeks ?
Thanks
Depends on how important you are to the firm - but from what you say, you have no real work to do, so I suspect it will be a case of making you work it for it's own sake.
If you stopped turning up at work from week 7 - can't really see them doing much about it. Even taking you to court - I suspect they'd have to to show that your leaving caused them problems, costs, etc. You not having any work to do is hardly that.
As for your boss - unless he owns the firm, he'll do what he's told by the directors - i.e. not initiate legal proceedings which may not have any real chance of succeeding, unless he wants to pay for them himself.
I'm sure Jake will be along - but if I was you, I might not turn up after week 6 - 1st 10 days (working days) or so is self cert, which takes you to end of week 8 - I'm sure you get the picture. I'm not suggesting anything underhand - after all it's not you are leaving after 6 weeks and getting paid till 12.
It is always nice to leave on good terms - but to be honest I find that's more applicable with colleagues, etc. than it's with bosses. Chaps I used to work with yrs ago, still drop a note every now & then (& vice versa) and it's nice. People I used to work for - you could walk past them and most wouldn't give you the time of day and that's with leaving on good terms. Why? Perhaps the fact that you are of no significance to them nor further their day to day (or longer) goals might have something to do with it.
Yes - you might bump into them in the future, but if he's going to be an ar5e - ......
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