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I was offered a new job via email and phone call last Friday. I have accepted over email (saying "yes, this salary is fair", etc.) However, I am still waiting for the official paperwork to come through. The company said that I should receive everything today (Tuesday) before EOD and if HR doesn't send me the paperwork, I should contact the hiring manager again.
Is it too soon for me to let my manager at my current job know? We have a big meeting later on today to discuss a big project and roadmap for said project. I wanted to let him know ASAP and before this meeting. However, I don't want to do anything before I sign anything official with the new company.
What should I do? Wait for the official paperwork before telling my manager or go ahead and tell my manager now before signing anything official with the new employer?
I would definitely wait til you have the offer letter, have signed it, and received delivery confirmation of the offer letter back at HR, and gotten an official start date. The last thing you want to happen is the new company rescind the offer (which can still happen), and you've already given notice.
Thanks. How long does one have to wait to get a written offer? It's been 48 hours and nothing so far. I'm starting to get nervous.
Why are you nervous? It isn't the end of the day yet, and they have already offered you instructions on what to do if you do not receive the paperwork.
Why are you nervous? It isn't the end of the day yet, and they have already offered you instructions on what to do if you do not receive the paperwork.
Yes, they say that if I do not receive anything by end of day today, to contact the hiring manager tomorrow so she can push HR along.
I am nervous because I've spend the last two hours googling "verbal but no written offer" and have been reading stories of people waiting several weeks, never getting a written offer or hearing again from the company, or the company rescinding their offer.
Unless you have a written employment contract with the new employer, they can terminate your employment 1 second before you walk in the door for the very first day of work.
Everyone complains about the At-Will concept of employment but forget they have the exacts same rights as their employer. So, don't be like all the other rats following the Pied Piper and be a cowards by doing what the "man" expects from you, stand up, be an adult and do what is RIGHT for you.
When you get the offer letter in hand with a start date, notify your current employer of the need to take some emergency days off that corresponds with your first week at the new job. Go to the new job and after a week if you are still working and all looks good, contact your old employer and resign effective immediately. You are not required to tell them why, you are not required to give them any notice; just resign effective immediately and move on to the new job and forget all this nonsense of when you tell your employer!
When you get the offer letter in hand with a start date, notify your current employer of the need to take some emergency days off that corresponds with your first week at the new job. Go to the new job and after a week if you are still working and all looks good, contact your old employer and resign effective immediately. You are not required to tell them why, you are not required to give them any notice; just resign effective immediately and move on to the new job and forget all this nonsense of when you tell your employer!
And then never expect to use your former employer as a reference. This is just terrible, TERRIBLE advice. Sign the offer sheet, get a start date, do the drug screen or whatever is required and then give your current employer a two-week notice.
Getting the offer letter may be at the top of your priority list, but it is not at the top of HR's list. There are many things that happen in day-to-day operations that cause things like this to get bumped.
Unless you have a written employment contract with the new employer, they can terminate your employment 1 second before you walk in the door for the very first day of work.
Everyone complains about the At-Will concept of employment but forget they have the exacts same rights as their employer. So, don't be like all the other rats following the Pied Piper and be a cowards by doing what the "man" expects from you, stand up, be an adult and do what is RIGHT for you.
When you get the offer letter in hand with a start date, notify your current employer of the need to take some emergency days off that corresponds with your first week at the new job. Go to the new job and after a week if you are still working and all looks good, contact your old employer and resign effective immediately. You are not required to tell them why, you are not required to give them any notice; just resign effective immediately and move on to the new job and forget all this nonsense of when you tell your employer!
I like my current employer. My manager is great and the company has a great reputation. I don't want to burn any bridges and would like to use them as a reference in the future. I have quite a bit of responsibility in my current role and I need to hand off work to the appropriate people in a timely manner. I don't want to leave them in a difficult situation - especially now since it's the end of the quarter. I plan on giving them at least a 2 week notice if/when I sign all of the paperwork for the new job.
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