Interviewing while having a current job
So I have been looking at options to leave my current job and about 2 weeks ago I called in "sick" to go to other interviews and the company that I interviewed at wants me to come in again. I recently had to take another day off unrelated to the interview.
Is it weird for me to take another day off to interview? What should i say to my current company? What should i say to the prospective company? Keep in mind that both companies are boutique firms and are flexible. What is the best course of action?
I mean, you've done it right... call out sick and interview. Nothing more to say than that.
Do you need the entire day? A "doctor's appointment" can take a few hours, especially if it's a physical and you're getting blood work...
Correct thing would be to use a personal day/sick day.
Take a personal day or take a longer lunch if interview close by.
Let your boss know you have the chronic shits and file FMLA paperwork to cover your trail.
No harm in sharing your concern with the prospective employer. They will get it. I've had success doing an early morning interview--like 7:30 AM if you need to be at your job by 9, and can claim traffic for an extra 30 min.
Doctors appointment, long lunch, sick, traffic or taking Friday off (long weekend somewhere), good friend is in town for work for the day so grabbing lunch. Get creative and make it believable. Everyone has a life outside of work and will empathize. Also, get work done in advance, so when you day say you're taking a long lunch because of your friend in town, and you have your things in order it will be less of an issue.
Rookie mistake my man. "Dentist appointment" then you gotta go back for fillings. And my dentist "doesn't like to numb both sides of the mouth in a day" so I have to go back multiple times sometimes...
Take all the sick days as much as you can, you'll have to great creative with the sick day excuses so your boss won't feel like you're constantly taking them. Don't waste your vacation time for interviews because you'll want to get those PTO balance once you jump ship.
Why is everyone avoiding the matter at hand? Speak with your current employer about your situation. They’ll understand and won’t be shocked when you suddenly tell them you’re out.
I would advise against this. I had a friend who did this and was fired shortly thereafter.
The right move is to come up with believable excuses (Dentist, Car Issues, DMV, etc) or take personal days.
But if you’re applying to other jobs, that means you want to leave.
When does the talk come about leaving?
It’s not better to be transparent about your current situation?
Can anyone advise. Thanks.
What happens if you don't leave? Or your interview timing aligns with bonus season? You can now consider it more than certain that you'll be passed up for promotions and larger bonuses.
Can you explain the benefit of telling your employer?
No.
No. No. No.
Good God, no.
The "talk about leaving" comes when you tell them you are leaving.
In theory, yes. But risk (passed promotions, lower compensation or bonus, or chance of employment termination) is not worth the reward (?) of your employer knowing that you want to leave.
DMV suggestion reminds me of something I actually went through that would be a perfect alibi.
My sister moved back to where I live from SF/NYC/Boston transit oriented city and let her license lapse and I had to take her to the dmv to get her license reinstated. We actually have taken 2 trips there and something would be amiss with paperwork. All this effort for nothing.
You could probably use this about 3 times. Come to think of it you could stretch this more; ride to social security office to get replacement card, get passport photo taken, me birth certificate, etc. to get the required paperwork corralled.
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