Long notice period makes me unattractive to recruiters
hi all, I was pretty desperate for a job so landed up in my current role where my notice period is 3 months. It's so long that many recruiters are turned off by it and tell me that no one would wait for me for that long.
Any strategies to help me out? I considered negotiating with my boss, but wouldn't that just let him know that I have the intention to leave?
Thanks.
i would suggest saying that "you think your notice is just 2 weeks" (and then after you get the offer, tell your new employer "oops, it turns out i have a 3-month notice period...i hope that's not a problem")
Or, just ignore the notice period completely...and quit after you get a new job. If you are not a senior level person, i doubt they will care anyway. The longer lockup period is important for some senior level positions...but for most juniors (aka....you), its irrelevant and they just didn't bother changing the contract language out of laziness. They will not care. You are not required to tell your former employer why you are quitting, where you are going, or anything else. you can just walk in one day and say to your boss "i am resigning today...thanks for the opportunity....take care..good bye"
If they were firing you, believe you me...that's all they would say to you "you are fired, please exit the building immediately"
There is zero reason to give a company more that they would give to you.
The situation is different if you are relatively senior, and if you have significant compensation that can be clawed back if you break the terms of your contract. However, for junior people, i doubt this is an issue. I've seen portfolio managers at hedge funds with millions of comp at risk...so they will sit on a beach for a year before taking a role at a new firm. If that is your situation, then respect your contract.
dude, that would just piss them off and make them rescind the offer....
Also, I have stock options in my present firm so don't wish to breach the contract.
My basic scenario is 3 month garden leave, plus 12 month non-solicit, of both clients and employees. Crippling me, for all intents and purposes. Except for inbound calls, which I would get all day long, if I quit.
If I need to leave, I’m moving to CA immediately, where they will invalidate all of this bullshit. That’s the only state I’m aware of that basically ignores employer protections relating to non-solicit and similar. Sucks donkey balls for me to be there now, but I will take advantage of that if I need to.
You only earn your salary while on garden leave, which is a small portion of total comp. A year long vacation sounds like hell to me.
No. I would only be leaving for another job, so the trigger would be my quitting. Also, the garden leave is only a few months and you are technically still an employee of the firm you quit, even though you don’t come into the office. Once again, the garden leave gets triggered when I quit. The non-solicit provisions just makes it less appealing for another firm to hire me. Obviously, people leave firms, so it’s not impossible.