This may be long winded so im sorry in advance. Well anyways on Sat i got a job offer that i had been waiting on for months that i easily accepted. At my current job i get paid much less than the new one and its 45 min away from the house. I put in my week notice on Sat and plan on starting at the new job on Mon. So here is the question should i even bother finishing this week and stay home with my newly born child and wife to help out. Or finish my week here and push my new job start date back? What would you do? I know its kind of a stupid question but i dont know what i should do.
Your family does come first but I agree with nsvwrx, I would not burn a bridge in these tough economic times.
I say burn the bridge. You already have another job lined up, so you are not burning a bridge with nothing to look forward to. I would not try to push your start date back with the new place, that could be worse than burning a bridge.
You guys have very good points. Im leaning more to 420 and king's replies because i dont really ever plan on coming back here. Im still not sure though
Just go to your current boss and tell them the situation. If you worked for me I would just let you leave so you didn't waste my time!
I agree ^^^^ Just talk to them and see what they say. If they are cool and tell you goahead and go then great...if not....burn the bridge!!!
I've burned plenty of bridges "technically", I probly couldn't ever go back to a few jobs, but am still friends with and talk to coworkers from those previous jobs. If you know you're not ever going back there then don't worry about it, focus on the future. That includes the little one.
thats a tough one...I say try and finish out the week, possibly ask your boss if they need you to finish out the week, not sure what job you do, etc...how easily replaceable you are/ are not. Step up first and see what you can do. I know having a new born is making it very difficult as well and its a situation I've never been in. Burning a bridge can always be something that can bite you in the butt! I hope you can get it figured out with least bit of negative impact as possible.. Good luck
I'd say be honest with them. See what they say. If they're cool with it, great! If they need you to finish out the week. Then do it. 1) It could bite you in the butt in some scenario you can't forsee. 2) Think of it from the boss perspective. Would you like employees just suddenly bolting?
I wont listen to anyone that says "burn the bridge" Everything is a full circle. You may have to lick the shoe that you use to kick someones a$$ To those that dont have to deal with HR a lot - They have a lot more tools than you think or know. What you are looking for a win win situation. Your family is priority of course but also think how can you make them a priority when you cant put food on the table. You may think you have secured a job today but no one knows whats goin to happen tomorrow. I would do the opposite and show your best side before exit and make them remember how big a loss when you arent there.
Not sure how you get paid, hairly or salary, but if your hourly at the new job, you may want to stay the week so you have a decent floater paycheck. Normally it take a full pay period to kick in when you start a new job, maning 3-4 weeks before you see your first paycheck. Atleast that's how it always been with me. You don't want to take a week off and then have a weak check to support the fam for a few weeks between checks. But then again who knows when you'll have another week to spend with the baby.