Resignation

Jack1991

Hi All,

Looking for a little bit of advice, I am due to start a new position on the 24th of April. My current position requires 1 months notice so I was going to give this around the 15th of this month. We are currently very busy with new projects and day to day stuff (working in IT support) so I am fairly nervous about handing in my notice as its just me and my boss. any advice on how to do it would be greatly appreciated.
I am also unsure of how my holidays will work out? I have around 19 days left this year will I have to take them during my notice or will they be paid to me? how is it worked out if I am salaried? Sorry for all the questions its the first time I have had to give notice so not sure ona few things.

Thanks in advance

Jack1991

Never mind I have 24 days left! I cant see me being able to take them as that would be me basically leaving without notice?

nearlyrich

You will probably be paid for any outstanding holidays BUT check when the holiday year starts because you only accrue holiday as the year goes on. Don't worry about giving your notice it is a standard occurrence in employers lives. Good luck in your new role...

marliepanda

How does your holiday run? If it's with the financial year that would mean you've had very little holiday all year since April and would basically need all of March off to catch up? Is that correct?

Undervalued

Jack1991 wrote: »

Hi All,

Looking for a little bit of advice, I am due to start a new position on the 24th of April. My current position requires 1 months notice so I was going to give this around the 15th of this month. We are currently very busy with new projects and day to day stuff (working in IT support) so I am fairly nervous about handing in my notice as its just me and my boss. any advice on how to do it would be greatly appreciated.
I am also unsure of how my holidays will work out? I have around 19 days left this year will I have to take them during my notice or will they be paid to me? how is it worked out if I am salaried? Sorry for all the questions its the first time I have had to give notice so not sure ona few things.

Thanks in advance

That is your firm's choice. If they opt not to let you take the holiday then they must pay you for however many days you are owed in addition to your final salary. It is of course taxable and calculated by dividing your salary by the number of working days in the year. You should be paid whatever this works out at for each day of holiday remaining.

Malthusian

You're probably not the first person to give your boss notice and you certainly won't be the last. There's nothing to be nervous about.

If your department is currently overwhelmed, well, from the 15th of April (based on your current plan) it won't be your problem any more. However, if you wanted to be helpful you could always tell your boss now and then he'd have two extra weeks in which to recruit a replacement and otherwise prepare for your departure. One month's notice is only a minimum.

The downside to this option is that your boss could insist on you leaving after one month - leaving you unemployed for three weeks instead of one. So it may be a bad idea if the new employer cannot bring your starting date forward.

TELLIT01

To a degree it depends how well you get on with your boss, and company policy on IT staff remaining on site after they've handed their notice in. Some companies seem to fear that IT staff will go rogue the moment they decide to leave.

Ozzuk

I'm with Malthusian, if you get on well with your boss give him more notice. I've given 2-3 months notice in the past as I've known I was leaving (1 month was required).

Guest101

Jack1991 wrote: »

Never mind I have 24 days left! I cant see me being able to take them as that would be me basically leaving without notice?

Are you sure you have 24 days left to take? It's March and quite rare to be owed that much.

getmore4less

If the holiday year is 6 April-5 April and 24days left then there that was the rest of the time off anyway.

There should be a plan in place for holidays if people can't take them.

Jack1991

Hi All thanks for the replys, I have a good relationship with my manager but I know he is stressed because of current work loads so will feel a bit bad about leaving, but like people have said its a common occurrence and got to do what is best for me and my family!
Our holiday Runs from January to December I get 29 days a year and have already taken 5 so it sounds different to most places?