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Advice on leaving job after two weeks....

  • 23-08-2011 3:06am
    #1
    wildswan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭wildswan


    I have signed a contract which states I need to give 1 months notice when leaving the job,
    however I need to get out asap to jump into another role.

    Seeing as I've been in the job 2 weeks, is it likely they'll wave the months notice on the contract and just let me walk?

    I haven't been really trained in yet, so I can't be of much use for the next month anyway.

    Would I be likely to get in hot water over breaching contract?


Comments

  • #2
    tenchi-fan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,339 ✭✭✭tenchi-fan


    They'll probably be only too happy to see the back of you.

    From a legal viewpoint, a contract's a contract. However, it's more or less unenforceable.


  • #3
    Forest Master
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Forest Master


    Just leave. I've done it a few times with a job I simply didn't like - I just walked. Feels good.


  • #4
    JJJJNR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    Did they keep taking you back ?! :)


  • #5
    Forest Master
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Forest Master


    JJJJNR wrote: »
    Did they keep taking you back ?! :)
    Different jobs.


  • #6
    Evalyn Miniature Couch
    Posts: 0 ✭ Evalyn Miniature Couch


    Most companies have a period where they can let you go with no notice in the first month or two, why shouldn't employees have the same rights? Even if it isn't officially allowed, I doubt anyone really wants a new employee who blatantly doesn't want to be there and they'll probably be happy to let you go.


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  • #7
    wildswan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭wildswan


    Thanks guys!


  • #8
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,263 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    OP, unless you're in an environment where they'll be absolutely screwed if you're not in tomorrow, then I'd say they'd let you leave pretty much immediately.
    Evalyn Miniature Couch wrote: »
    Most companies have a period where they can let you go with no notice in the first month or two, why shouldn't employees have the same rights?

    The employee will have that right if that's what both parties sign up to. You can't really complain too much about what you sign up to voluntarily.
    Evalyn Miniature Couch wrote: »
    I doubt anyone really wants a new employee who blatantly doesn't want to be there and they'll probably be happy to let you go

    Agreed.


  • #9
    Denerick
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,488 ✭✭✭Denerick


    Give and take. Most companies have 6 month probation periods where you can be let go with no notice whatsoever. The same should apply to them.


  • #10
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,263 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Denerick wrote: »
    Give and take. Most companies have 6 month probation periods where you can be let go with no notice whatsoever. The same should apply to them.

    It normally does apply to the companies as well actually. Nobody should be surprised by these terms if they signed a contract anyway. I don't get why people think that employees should any less professionally than they'd like their employer to act.


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