Work notice period

ReadingTim

Three months is standard for what I do at the level I'm at, slightly more senior roles and you're probably looking at six. Any new employer shouldn't have a problem with waiting for the right candidate, as long as you were upfront about your notice period during the interview process.

Finally, notice periods work both ways. It also means they have to give you ten weeks notice if they wanted to get rid of you - ten weeks' pay certainly lasts longer than a month in terms of finding a new job before the money runs out!

getmore4less

Increasing notice periods is generally a bad sign.

Especially if there have been recruitment/retention issues as it is a sign management are not addressing the issues but trying to make it harder to leave, potential new employees if smart will know to factor this in.

Obviously there are some positions where longer notice is expected on both sides.

sangie595

My notice is four months.

I think this is pretty clear. You can refuse and leave. You aren't able to do that. So you accept it - even if you refuse to accept it, continuing to work for them means that you accept it legally.

When you apply for a job, most employers "get" notice. If they actually want you they will respect that. Because they expect you to honour theirs when you leave. If they expect otherwise, you might want to think about how honest they are, and whether you will make it to the two years mark. At that time maybe the employer will negotiate. Or you can take the risk they won't be suing you - or giving you a lousy reference.

But right now, if you can't afford to tell them to stick it, they can enforce it.

ssparks2003

The last 4 jobs I've had have had 3 month notice periods. Look at the benefit; if they want to get rid of you you have more time to find the next job.