Timeline for Is it appropriate to ask for an extra week before start date with new job?
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| Feb 11, 2022 at 13:02 | comment | added | JeffUK | @Mircea "I need a mental break" sounds weird. "I can start in 3 weeks" is all they need to know. | |
| Mar 6, 2015 at 14:37 | vote | accept | EF0 | ||
| Mar 5, 2015 at 19:12 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | @Mircea if you don't take the time you get the money (modulo any company limits on that), but you can't necessarily use that money to buy PTO at the new place, so the result is that you lose the downtime. Joe, yes if it's really important that you start at a particular time that'll become clear; I was speaking generally. It doesn't hurt to ask. | |
| Mar 5, 2015 at 18:28 | comment | added | Mircea | as far as PTO goes, if you don't take the time you get the money - so that should not be an issue | |
| Mar 5, 2015 at 18:27 | comment | added | Mircea | to add to the response. It's totally okay to ask about it. Explain you need a mental break and you want to go into the new job fresh. What's the worse it could happen? They don't agree with this? | |
| Mar 5, 2015 at 17:09 | comment | added | Eric J Fisher | I will strongly agree with your final point. Often people aren't good about using up their PTO and doing so during notice is typically a bridge burned. Plus not being able to take a vacation for like 90 days can leave you with zero detox time for months. It's just a good idea to take a week or two detox from the old job, get your head together, and come into the new job fresh. | |
| Mar 5, 2015 at 16:11 | history | answered | Monica Cellio | CC BY-SA 3.0 |