Family emergency - possible to speed up 2-week notice at work?
I recently accepted a job in another country and gave me two-week notice to my team. The original plan was to spend my one free week after I left work at home, get logistics and things sorted, then get on a plane and start work the following day (yeah, I know, it's rushed already and I'll be jet lagged my first day at work, but there are circumstances I won't get into and can't be helped)
But I just heard my grandmother is in critical condition and is in a coma. I'm really worried and paranoid of the worst case scenario. My two weeks isn't over till the end of next week. I was wondering if it's possible to leave a few days earlier, and then fly out 1 week early? Problem is, our team is already pretty small and top heavy, and there's a big project and they're already short staffed. Obviously, I don't want to burn bridges and this is really abrupt, but this is also a family emergency. I want to be there for her.
Does anyone have any prior experience with this?
Thanks everyone.
If they trust you, be honest with your situation.
If they don't trust you, be honest and show them proof to back up your story.
I would like to think most people will be understanding.
I don't know if I can show "proof", but when I heard the news I wasn't able to fight back tears. I'm not sure if I would be able to tell them without tearing up or taking a lot of pauses to keep my emotions in check, to be honest.
Most people can distinguish genuine from BS so you should be good. I'm sorry to hear about your situation.
Thanks, I'll see how it goes. The group head might be fine, but I could run into same HR bottleneck...
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I don't think I would ask my relatives who are there to take a picture of her. I'm not going to get into details but tensions are high and it could come off as very trivial. Besides my grandfather, I haven't told any of my other relatives there that I'm actually moving there for work, not just to visit, though I assume he would have mentioned it to them. I was hoping to tell her over the phone, but she was already having difficulty speaking and listening.
That's pretty fucked up about the person wanting a death certificate.
I can't imagine anyone lying about family related situations with a straight face. At least, I've never heard of such a thing.
First, sorry to hear about your situation.
I've had professors ask me for a program of the funeral before. I politely told them to go fuck themselves. No class/day of work is worth missing the funeral of a loved one. Priorities.
Believe me, it happens. I had a close friend in undergrad who consistently said those types of things to get extensions on papers. I once read an e-mail he sent to a theology professor explaining how his paper would be late because his father had had a heart attack. (I won't even go into the irony of it being a theology class)
His Dad never had a heart attack.
Again, sorry about your situation, but fuck work, family is the most important thing there is in this world.
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