Timeline for How can I safely terminate my contract before its end date?
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| Mar 3, 2017 at 10:15 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | @NonExistant: if you think Saul Goodman is a “badass” then you may not have been paying full attention. | |
| Mar 2, 2017 at 15:00 | comment | added | I'm with Monica | Are you absolutely sure that "contract ending December 2018, 4 weeks notice" doesn't mean that OP has to resign by November 2018 to leave after December 2018, but is not allowed to leave earlier? @RichardTingle asked for this in a comment on the question, but I cannot find a clarification! | |
| Mar 2, 2017 at 3:01 | comment | added | Lesser Hedgehog | I'd just add that getting fired may jeopardize not only your future employment, but even the one you're jumping to now. It's possible that your new employer, upon learning that you were fired from the previous job, will say "No, we don't need new trouble" and revoke their job offer. | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 21:12 | comment | added | FreeMan | "Reality" TV is anything but. Don't base your career decisions on it. | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 21:12 | comment | added | am21 | I am a contractor that was in a very similar situation. In short, my contract did not specify a work location so I negotiated with my current employer to serve my 30 days notice outside of the workplace. I then negotiated with my new employer to give priority to work done for my old employer for 30 days while I worked onsite for my new employer. A complicated arrangement, but everyone was happy and I've since done work for both of them on and off. | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 21:04 | comment | added | stannius | @JMac Well, it depends. You could probably contrive an example. But most of the things you could do to get fired quickly are probably going to be worse, and may also expose you to criminal and/or civil liability. It depends of course on jurisdiction, but also the specific company - how fire happy are they? And how sue happy are they? | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 19:10 | comment | added | JMac | @stannius It is a contract. Depending on where he lives and what the laws are, that isn't necessarily true. It may be far worse due to legal consequences. | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 17:56 | comment | added | Kevin | Better Call Saul is fiction, where events and outcomes are made by writers. Life isn't an AMC tv show. | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 16:49 | comment | added | Pixelomo | be upfront with your current employer, they will quite likely let you leave early | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 16:27 | comment | added | stannius | Anything serious enough to get you fired immediately would be worse for your reputation than just quitting without notice. | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 16:15 | comment | added | Dan Is Fiddling By Firelight | @NonExistant I don't think your planB will work, since it'd require your new employer to give you 2 weeks off very shortly after you start to go back to your old one. Just do your 4 sequential weeks if you're not able to negotiate a shorter period. | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 15:45 | comment | added | Matthieu M. | @NonExistant: Very smart proposal, just be prepared to do 4 weeks in a row in the unlikely event that the replacement is found early :) | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 15:17 | comment | added | enderland | @NonExistant it's always easier to do things when you can ignore reality and the long term impact of your decisions. | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 15:16 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Mar 1, 2017 at 15:16 | comment | added | user59347 | Okay, you know what. I figure I'll take your (and everyone else who answered) advice... I'm gonna try and split the notice period into 2 weeks before I leave and come back for 2 weeks when they hire my replacement so he know's what's going on.... This whole thing seemed more badass on Better Call Saul | |
| Mar 1, 2017 at 14:15 | history | answered | Kaz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |