How far up the badness scale?

**SuperZ** · 13 March 2010, 10:01

Originally posted by castoff101 View Post

If I announce in the last week that I am off, would this be seem as exceedingly bad form?

Yes, ..
1. Because they've given you two years.
2. They deserve to have enough notice to possibly find someone else. Assuming you have notice period of 2 weeks tell them now.

Or why not just take the three months and possibly inform them now or midway through the 3 months that you wish to depart after that.

Handing over to a perm isn't nice. YOu just know if anything goes wrong later it'll be blamed on you, "oh, he never told me how to do that" and such like.

**EternalOptimist** · 13 March 2010, 10:07

compromise.
If you need a break for sanity reasons, negotiate a handover contract that kicks in when the pemie is in place, and do two days a week. Get well in with the permie and spin it out for six months

or something

**HairyArsedBloke** · 13 March 2010, 10:24

Give that it's three months to train a permi - it looks like you are out the door anyway.

Stick it for the duration and save like hell. You may even be able to cut out early.

However, I would normally ask, "would they drop you at a moments notice?", and act in the same way.

**vetran** · 13 March 2010, 12:17

EOs post makes a lot of sense.

six months at 2 days a week is IMHO attractive. Long weekends with money coming in.

Have they found the permie yet? Are they ready for training? If not offer them a few weeks break with you on call while they sort themselves out.

**castoff101** · 13 March 2010, 12:20

No permie yet, interviews still to be set-up. It may take them the new three month contract to get somebody in and working. I like the idea of a more flexible week, maybe that is the way to go...

**xoggoth** · 13 March 2010, 16:19

Where is "How far up the baldness scale" thread? You lot are slipping.

PS I am about Tony Blair scale.

How far up the badness scale?