Given notice - but Director on holiday....

Phirefly

Well I've finally psyched up to give my notice. I report directly to the company director and addressed my letter to him.

I wasn't aware he's on holiday this week for a week. I have also copied in the account manager on my accounts who I report to in my director's absence.

A colleague has suggested I hand a copy of the letter to the director's brother who runs a sister company from our offices and also deals with aspects of our business, but I'm reluctant to do this as he and I have little to do with eachother.

Colleagues have questioned whether today will be classed as the date of commencement of my notice if I am unable to officially submit my notice.

Any advice?

Thanks

Zazen999

Who is covering his work? If he hasn't nominated anyone then that can't be helped.

I would say it's the date of the letter. I would have a copy to the brother or to someone else such as HR if you have one - then you aren't tempted to change your mind and take the letter back off the desk!

Well done, I know it was a difficult decision but upwards and onwards.

charmed-imsure

I'd say that your resignation counts from the day of the letter whether it has been read or not is not your fault or issue. If they want to try to make you work an extra week on top because it wasn't noticed until a week after it was handed in, then say no! You've breached no contract. As per your T&C's, if the Director is your immediate Manager and the one you report to then you've simply correctly followed procedures, not your fault the Director's not there!

Your resignation counts so don't worry :-)

Phirefly

Phew thanks for the replies guys, feel much better now. I gave a copy to the brother in the end and I'm glad I did cos he said he'd make sure my director gets it and now I can just forget about it.

It WAS a really tough decision. I'm leaving a decent paid job to become full time freelance. Very daunting but I always promised myself that when my freelance hours matched the hours I'm doing at work, it was time to make the break. I've been doing 70-80 hour weeks since Christmas so its just a massive relief now.

Kind of pendulum-ing between and :eek: at the moment!

Zazen999

Hi Phire...can I call you Phire?

I left a well paid job a year ago, to take an even better paid job at a very highflying competitor...which went belly up when the CEO was killed in a helicopter crash in May last year and all sorts of underhand dealings came out of the woodwork. I belive there is a meeting this week to decide on the future - i think they owe about £150 million now to the banks so much :eek: :eek: :eek: is going on there.

I then left that in December, to become a Director of a small company - my ex-boss had also left the company where I had the original well paid job...and he has financed this company. :j :j :j

The risk is always high - we are a consultancy but it is essentially me - but so worth it when you do it...enjoy the ride!!!

Phirefly

As my dad says, call me what you like as long as you don't call me late for my dinner....

You're right, its all about assessing the risk. I believe that if you never take a risk, you'll never get any high returns. In my case, it is a risky step, especially in the current economic climate, but I've more control of it since my product is my talent. Not only that, when I told the accountant here, she declared that I'd be taking an even bigger risk if I stayed, the way the books are looking!