Work HR Question

[phillyman]

Any one have any work HR experience? If I tell my job during the first week of June 6th that I accepted a job and I'm waiting for a start date. Then the new job calls me today and tells me I start Monday can my current job mark me as no hire for not giving 2 weeks?

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

If you have a job, with the better job, who cares?

 

[usfbrah]

Yes they can very well go tell you to screw off cause you're screwing them ..

 

[Thai Domi]

Depends on the company. You should have told your new employer you need to give 2 weeks notice.

 

[SFMMA]

Depends on the company. You should have told your new employer you need to give 2 weeks notice.

Pretty much this. You also don't want to ever burn bridges, because your old company will essentially look at you as a big waste of time who quit. Depending on the field you work in it can be a very small world, and actions perceived that way (despite your intentions) can seriously come back and bite you in the ass.

That said, sometimes you have to be selfish in your career (read: all the time), so if it's a better gig, you need to do what's best for you.

 

[phillyman]

Don't want to burn any bridges but i told them i accepted the job but had to do the drug testing and background check. I have been with the company for 26 years rarely called out and have never been written up. The new job is with the government and was a rare opportunity. This provides me with better retirement income, benefit and pay rate. If i don't take it and stayed my pay rate now vs when i retire would not be that much of a difference.

 

[Scott Parker 27]

Don't want to burn any bridges but i told them i accepted the job but had to do the drug testing and background check. I have been with the company for 26 years rarely called out and have never been written up. The new job is with the government and was a rare opportunity. This provides me with better retirement income, benefit and pay rate. If i don't take it and stayed my pay rate now vs when i retire would not be that much of a difference.

Welcome to being a government drone as I am......its the beginning of the end for you. But that being said, congrats.

 

[Parallax Error]

If you have a job, with the better job, who cares?

I think we're conditioned to believe we have to give our employer two weeks notice because that's what most employers hope people do, based on their own self-interest. It's not like if they're firing you, they feel obligated to give you two weeks notice. Smarter companies are pretty tight-lipped about what they say about former employees to avoid getting sued, so at this point, I wouldn't be that concerned about the consequences, unless you work for a vindictive employer or are in a small industry where word might get around.

 

[Organic Damage]

I think we're conditioned to believe we have to give our employer two weeks notice because that's what most employers hope people do, based on their own self-interest. It's not like if they're firing you, they feel obligated to give you two weeks notice. Smarter companies are pretty tight-lipped about what they say about former employees to avoid getting sued, so at this point, I wouldn't be that concerned about the consequences, unless you work for a vindictive employer or are in a small industry where word might get around.

This.

Plus if as it sounds you are nearing the tail end of your work life, and going to the public sector, it's unlikely there will be any ramifications to you anyway.

 

[IIIIIIII]

back when i finished college and was interviewing for jobs, i got an offer from one company, but i really wanted a job from another company i interviewed for. i told the company who gave me the offer that i had to think about it for a bit to stall for time. to my surprise, they said sure no problem. i ended up getting an offer from the company i wanted, and went with them. i strung the first company along for three weeks until i told them that i decline their offer. i think karma was out to fuck me in the ass, because i ended up getting laid off from the company i took the offer from, while the other company, well it was a position within the university system, was a lot more secure, and i kick myself often that i didn't take the first offer. things are good for me now, but there was almost a full year of not making any money.

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

I have been with the company for 26 years

Oh, well fuck'em then. You gotta better job that wants you after lunch, go!

Most places I've seen wouldn't give guys two weeks notice before canning them.

Don't even sweat it.

26 years tells the new place everything they need to know about your reliability.

 

[brownfeet]

like others said, depends on the company and what you feel is best. first place I left I gave them a months notice, I had to leave due to me leaving the state. the recent job I left because I got a better offer closer to where I'm living. I gave them, maybe a weeks notice. he was upset I was leaving but I still talk to him once a blue moon.

 

[rearnakedchoke]

You dont have to give two weeks. Its not the best thing to do. But there is no ramifications other than burning a bridge.

 

[mb23100]

Sounds like ypu plan on retiring at the new job so who cares?

 

[TeTe]

Any one have any work HR experience? If I tell my job during the first week of June 6th that I accepted a job and I'm waiting for a start date. Then the new job calls me today and tells me I start Monday can my current job mark me as no hire for not giving 2 weeks?

Yes, if they are vindictive, they can mark you as no hire for any reason. But like others said who really cares at this point.

If they are willing to burn bridges that quickly and not understand your situation, then you don't want to go back there anyway.

 

[TeTe]

Hell, some places are so vindictive, they fire you when you give notice anyway.

 

[ralphc1]

Oh, well fuck'em then. You gotta better job that wants you after lunch, go!

Most places I've seen wouldn't give guys two weeks notice before canning them.

Don't even sweat it.

26 years tells the new place everything they need to know about your reliability.

These days, when a company decides to let somebody go, they escort them off the property so they don't get injured or screw anything up before they leave.

I think the only thing they can do would be to delay paying any money you have coming.

 

[Parallax Error]

Hell, some places are so vindictive, they fire you when you give notice anyway.

There are a lot of times this makes sense for the company. Most of the time it's because they're afraid of what an employee might do, such as steal customers, leak information, or harm the company in some other way. The good ones still pay you for the two weeks, even if they fire you on the spot but there's no law that says they have to.

 

[michal001]

This.

Plus if as it sounds you are nearing the tail end of your work life, and going to the public sector, it's unlikely there will be any ramifications to you anyway.

All the more reason not to burn Bridges. What if he doesn't like or fit in at his new job. His old job is his best bet if things don't work out. Older people struggle to compete in getting new jobs due to pay issues and tech skill sets. If it doesn't work out is he ready to retire? Or be unemployed for a year?

 

[BEER]

If you've worked a job for 26 years and gave them two weeks notice, I'm sure they'll be understanding if you bail a little early for the new gig.

If they're not, then I'm confused as how you worked there for so long to begin with.