Timeline for Leaving UK Civil Service during probation and required notice period
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| 9 hours ago | comment | added | pipe | I find it hard to believe that there is an explicit clause in the contract outlining their right to fire you during the probation but nothing about your right to leave. Why do you think "they can get rid of me at very short notice"? Would be helpful if you could elaborate a little on the exact terms in your contract. | |
| 21 hours ago | answer | added | mclayton | timeline score: 2 | |
| S 22 hours ago | history | suggested | Bill Tür stands with Ukraine | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| yesterday | comment | added | TheDemonLord | @Mawg - A UK Civil Servant being sacked - you are more likely to find Hens teeth and rocking horse poo... | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Questor | I'll admit to have very limited knowledge to how life as a software engineering contractor is, but serving a 5 week notice period (or having your new employer pay the penalty) doesn't seem a big ask from my perspective. We've hired people who wouldn't start for 3 months (college graduate that wanted to tour the US after completing his degree). And that is in anti-employee US. How short of a time frame do they usually hire people in? | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Criggie | Can you talk with HR and/or your direct manager ? It may be the environment and culture doesn't encourage that, but conforming to the culture isn't really necessary since you want to leave. | |
| yesterday | comment | added | P. Hopkinson | Ignoring the notice period, are you sure you are free to move directly into consulting? The UK civil service likes to pretend that it owns you for a substantial period of time after your employment and may seek to restrict what kind of work you can do. There are good reasons for this, like preventing corruption, but they aren't always very good at being up front about this expectation (in my case they only told me about the expectation after I had resigned). | |
| yesterday | comment | added | Roddy of the Frozen Peas | "it's going to be very difficult securing a contract with that much wait time prior" I'm unclear why you can't just wait to go looking for contracts, if 5 weeks is too long. Unless this is all because you have a potential client and contract but they don't want to wait the 5 weeks.... | |
| yesterday | comment | added | goat_fab | Am I understanding something wrong? It sounds like you're implying your only two options are 1.) Find a way out of your contract immediately or 2.) start contracting now while still employed, telling your prospects you won't be able to work for 5 weeks. Why can't you turn in your notice and then start searching once you get closer to the end of the 5? If you're prepared for a more immediate end to your current contract without any prospects, you should be comfortable with a 5 week taper. | |
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| yesterday | comment | added | Mawg | Are you willing to be sacked? I assume that this job is not going on your CV, so it might be an option? | |
| yesterday | answer | added | Hilmar | timeline score: 3 | |
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| yesterday | answer | added | Philip Kendall | timeline score: 11 | |
| 2 days ago | history | edited | Dave Nelson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S 2 days ago | history | asked | Dave Nelson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |