When do you tell people you have handed in your notice

godtabh

Told me boss I was leaving 2 weeks ago.

I've started to tell people that I am leaving and posted it on LinkedIn today.

Boss went crazy say it was inappropriate. I fell different.

What do people think?

Cyrus

whats your notice period, if its a month and you are leaving in 2 weeks i dont see the big deal,

also does it really matter what he thinks at this stage

seamus

Did he say why it was inappropriate?

I can see some scenarios where it may be prudent to avoid "announcing" it - such as where a customer or supplier depends strongly on your relationship, it may be more appropriate to hold a meeting with them to discuss the switchover to a new colleague, rather than them finding out via Linkedin and panicking.

And things like that - scenarios where your announcement may cause someone to worry about the company's staffing levels. But even then it's only an issue in specific circumstances. By and large, it's accepted that people leave and so there's nothing wrong with you telling anyone via any avenue that you're changing job.

godtabh

He just said it wasn't appropriate as he handt told the team.

My friends on the team know I am going. Important clients know that I am going. As he said himself he wants to "manage it" to make sure that he comes off in a good light as this will be the second person to leave the team in the last month.

Cyrus

godtabh wrote: »

He just said it wasn't appropriate as he handt told the team.

My friends on the team know I am going. Important clients know that I am going. As he said himself he wants to "manage it" to make sure that he comes off in a good light as this will be the second person to leave the team in the last month.

thats hardly your issue tho, and if you are going in 2 weeks people should have been told,

companies always handle these things badly

Mrs OBumble

If I'm leaving a position where the announcement needs to be managed in some way, then I would ask the manager how they want to handle it at the same time as handing in my notice.

They probably won't answer there and then, but it puts them in the spot to come up with an answer within a day or two.

Waiting a fortnight is ridiculous, IMHO.

Mr. Loverman

I hate bosses that like to "manage" things by bending the truth with clever wording.

I don't think you've done anything wrong. It's his fault for not being clear upfront (wait until I announce you are leaving before you tell anyone) and for not saying/doing anything over the past two weeks.

godtabh

Its true what they say. You dont leave your job you leave your boss!

It was funny. We are not linked in on LinkedIn and within seconds of me posting it he was emailing me to remove it.

I've removed the post for the moment but I have explained to him that my job is separate to my personal LinkedIn profile and that I would be re posting the post again. I dont think I am being unreasonable.

The Big Red Button

I told everyone at work that I'd handed in my notice on the same day I handed it in - in fact, my boss told me to discuss it with my managers and colleagues so that we could work out between us how I'd finish off or pass on outstanding projects. I guess, if she hadn't told me to discuss it with them, I might have left it 1-2 days (to give her a chance to tell my managers first, if she had wanted to do so.) Wouldn't have left it any longer than that.

I honestly don't see how it would be inappropriate to tell people when you feel like it - unless in exceptional circumstances.

As for your LinkedIn - I don't think that should really be his business! I don't know whether you're leaving with a job lined up, but if you didn't have one sorted, updating your profile on LinkedIn could be a very useful way of finding a job - he can't prevent you from doing that. But, even if you do have a job lined up, it's still your own business whether or not you want to update it.

_Kaiser_

Whatever about telling your colleagues (which I'd think should be as early as possible to arrange the handover/close out of any outstanding work as someone said above), I'd do what you want with your LinkedIn

But then I'm a guy who treats it like a "wanna-be grown up" Facebook and frankly similarly ignore it - yes I have a profile for both but it's rare I actually log on to it unless it's to decline an invite from some Recruitment agent or salesperson I spoke to on a phone once.

If the company depends that much on the status of an employee's social networking page then I think they have bigger issues to me.

the_syco

I tell my boss, and then tell other people. Heck, most of the time, my mates in the job know that I've gotten the job a few days before my boss is told (I sign the contract for the new job before I give my notice in for the old one).