leaving a job...?

Question

I have been working in a job for a little more than a month. It's a temp-to-perm - which means I am temp and after 3 months they can make a permanent offer on the job (which I'm almost 100% sure they would). I have continued looking because I was pretty sure this wasn't the job for me. I recieved an offer last week for a great job and have accepted. I start the new job on Monday. My boss is on vacation this week and I'm wondering if it's horrible if I don't tell them until my last day. I mean - my boss isn't here so it's not like they can find a replacement for me in 3 days. I just want to work the week and leave my letter of resignation on Friday afternoon. I know I'm being a big chicken - I just don't want to deal w/ telling the HR people. It's not like I will need them for a reference and I am only a temp...!

Terrible or ok?

Answer 1

Talk to your temp agency - not the company directly.

Tell them what's going on - THEY might be able to find someone in 3 days and that will make a difference to your relationship with BOTH companies.

(Most places will understand that you took a perm job - but you need to come clean right away to give them a chance to replace you!)

Answer 2

Very terrible - as an employer this would be the worst thing you can do - you are leaving these people in the lurch - Regardless of whether your boss is there or not you should still tell them so that when you leave they will at least be able to find another temp if not a permanent person to fill the job - do the right thing and tell them now before your last day - they will thank you for it and you won't have any troubles with your new job

Answer 3

Isn't the usual way to go about switching jobs a two-week notice?
If you want to have this job to come back to if things don't work out, you'd best leave them with good memories of you. Having been 'left in the lurch' is hardly a good memory! Wisdom dictates allowing your current employer reasonable time to get a fill-in for you. If word somehow gets to your future employers about having walked out on a job, this could very well jeapardize future employment opportunities!

Can You Be Happy and Secure in Your Work? :
- Job Security and Satisfaction Under Siege
- How to Cultivate a Balanced View of Work
http://watchtower.org/library/w/2003/2/1/article_01.htm

Answer 4

The plan you have works for me. Putting you on temp status is only so that they have a quick out if you are wrong for them. Don't worry, they wont take it personally.