Can the new employer see where i worked before?

Sharon87

You don't need to put previous employer info on a P46, trust me I've filled out them MANY times! It's just your information and whether you've had a job since the start of this tax year (a tick box, no info). You might get taxed based on you being in work all the year, but if you overpay you can reclaim at end of tax year.

Saying that, if you do put it on your CV you can just say 'it didn't suit me' or 'the job wasn't what I expected' or something similar.

Nick_C

I think you should be honest with your new employer.

random.one

Sharon87 wrote: »

You don't need to put previous employer info on a P46, trust me I've filled out them MANY times! It's just your information and whether you've had a job since the start of this tax year (a tick box, no info). You might get taxed based on you being in work all the year, but if you overpay you can reclaim at end of tax year.

Saying that, if you do put it on your CV you can just say 'it didn't suit me' or 'the job wasn't what I expected' or something similar.

Thank you for clarifying.


Yeah that's what I thought of doing, I will mention it in the interview.

chrisbur

Nicechap wrote: »

When you hand your P45 from your recent employer to your new employer, do you think your new employer will notice?

Not sure what you would expect the employer to notice. If you are on a cumulative tax code the earnings figure and tax figure are the total earnings for the whole tax year to date, there would not be any figures that relate just to the last employment. If you are on a non-cumulative tax code then the earnings and tax spaces are blank.
If you still did not want to hand in the P45 there are instructions on it what to do so that your new employer will not see the pay and tax details that appear on it. If you follow the P46 route (now called a starter checklist) the figures that appear on the P45 will eventually be sent to the employer by HMRC.

Jlawson118

Same situation happened to me last year, where I basically started a new job and just short of two months later they got rid of me on grounds of "failing my probation" after a workplace injury that wasn't my fault. This ended last April

I had an interview for a different shift to my current job, and explained the situation to the interviewer. And I then didn't get the job. (After a second application for a different shift, with a different interviewer, I'm here now)
But I asked this manager who interviewed me the first time why he didn't take me on, and explained it rang alarm bells in his head that I got injured in my previous job and wasn't there for very long.

All I do now is just say it was a temporary contract anyway if I go to interviews. Technically not lying but it sounds that little bit better.

In conclusion, don't tell a new employer that you didn't like the job

Ja7188

In conclusion, don't tell a new employer that you didn't like the job

In my view, this is poor advice. I'm sure that most of us have made a wrong career move at some point and have had to admit this to prospective new employers - I certainly have - and attempting to cover it up is the worst thing you can do.

OP, suggest you come clean about whatever went wrong in your previous role and demonstrate that you've learned from whatever mistakes you may have made there.

xapprenticex

Ja7188 wrote: »

In my view, this is poor advice. I'm sure that most of us have made a wrong career move at some point and have had to admit this to prospective new employers - I certainly have - and attempting to cover it up is the worst thing you can do.

OP, suggest you come clean about whatever went wrong in your previous role and demonstrate that you've learned from whatever mistakes you may have made there.

I disagree, even if it didnt work out, DONT tell the new employer you did not like the job and NEVER badmouth anyone or anything.

I've interviewed quite a few people now and if I catch you badmouthing someone or a past job then you are not getting the job, simples. fortunately its only happened once but its makes decision making so much easier when you have a tie.

I've seen people lose out on jobs because when asked "What do you like and dislike about your previous job", they started with the dislike. Besides, Its a trick question people... NEVER tell an employer you did not like your job.

Ja7188

I disagree, even if it didnt work out, DONT tell the new employer you did not like the job and NEVER badmouth anyone or anything.

I've interviewed quite a few people now and if I catch you badmouthing someone or a past job then you are not getting the job, simples. fortunately its only happened once but its makes decision making so much easier when you have a tie.

I've seen people lose out on jobs because when asked "What do you like and dislike about your previous job", they started with the dislike. Besides, Its a trick question people... NEVER tell an employer you did not like your job.

There's quite a difference between telling a new employer you didn't like a previous job and badmouthing former colleagues and/ or employers - the latter is clearly a bad idea but I still say the former is fine as long as you can be constructive and use what you've learned to find a role likely to be a better fit moving forwards - and demonstrate this to a potential new employer...

Hard to believe that people start with the negatives when asked about a previous role though!