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I am covering maternity leave at the company I work for and when I started the job I was issued with a temporary contract to remain in employment until June but it states 'dates to be finalised'. No notice period is specified in this contract but as I assume this is a temporary contract I need to give a minimum of 1 weeks notice?
My partner works in London and we have been asked to re-locate. I am in the process of looking for another job and as soon as an offer is confirmed I will hand in my notice. Is one week acceptable if I need to start another job asap? This is playing on my mind and I feel really guilty as it will be leaving them in the lurch! However I am not happy where I work and my employers are quite ruthless!
Please let me know your thoughts.
Many thanks.
My partner works in London and we have been asked to re-locate. I am in the process of looking for another job and as soon as an offer is confirmed I will hand in my notice. Is one week acceptable if I need to start another job asap? This is playing on my mind and I feel really guilty as it will be leaving them in the lurch! However I am not happy where I work and my employers are quite ruthless!
Please let me know your thoughts.
Many thanks.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.If there is nothing in your contract, and as this is a temporary position, you could effectively just leave without notice. However, if you are relying on them for a reference, I would give a minimum of one week notice up to as much as you can, although this is still no guarantee that they will give you a reference.
If you don't need a reference from them, I would just walk out when you are ready. As you said, they are a ruthless company so would probably do the same to you if they wanted to get rid of you.