Should I give notice?

CompuTron99

Hello,

I recently accepted a new position as a network administrator.

I've signed and returned the offer letter. I still need to have a criminal background check and a drug test completed.
Both of which I will pass without a doubt.

I want to give notice now, but I am hesitant doing it before the results come back.

I am wondering what you would do in this situation.

Tyb

I'd probably wait until I had a set start date.

kohr-ah

Wait until you are told everything is good and have a start date . I've had criminal checks take 2 weeks before

markulous

I've done it before. I have never been arrested and don't use drugs so I knew it would come back fine. They actually ended up calling me later that day when I had put in my two weeks. I was single then though with a decent sized savings and didn't care if I missed a week.

CompuTron99

Tyb wrote: »

I'd probably wait until I had a set start date.

I have a set start date.

cyberguypr

OP, what does "The want to give notice now" mean? Do you mean YOU want to do it now or the new employer? It sounds like "they" so I'm confused.

CompuTron99

cyberguypr wrote: »

OP, what does "The want to give notice now" mean? Do you mean YOU want to do it now or the new employer? It sounds like "they" so I'm confused.

I changed it. I meant "I want to give notice now".

jvrlopez

I would wait until two weeks and a day before the new job's start day to give notice.

CompuTron99

jvrlopez wrote: »

I would wait until two weeks and a day before the new job's start day to give notice.

I am really hoping to have a few days between jobs to take care of some personal things (dr appointments, etc).

BradleyHU

CompuTron99 wrote: »

I have a set start date.

thats probably an estimated start date. I would wait until your background check clears, and they tell you that. You can always follow up with them to see if everything is good to go.

sigsoldier

I was just in a similar situation a few weeks ago. Even though I knew everything would come back fine, I still waited until everything was good to go before I dropped my 2 weeks notice.

Believe me, I know how you feel though. It adds extra stress to your job being the only one who knows that you are about to resign.

cyberguypr

I have to side with those who say to wait. I hired a tech several years ago. For some reason that no one could understand his background check took 4 weeks after HR requested it to their provider. No one was ever able to explain what happened. When it came back it was clean as a whistle. It's a miracle we didn't lose the guy as he was convinced we were giving him the runaround. I'm sure this is the exception more than the norm but it does happen.

Tom Servo

I never give notice until all employment contengencies have been met (background check, drug test, whatever else). I tell employers this when they make an offer and start trying to talk start dates. I think you introduce unnecessary risk into things when you can just wait to put in your two weeks notice for 1-2 weeks. I also push my start date back to wait on the drug test as a small protest against drug testing. If you want to look at my pee before letting me work, I will delay starting. I hope one day to tell employers to shove off if they want to examine my fluids, but I'm not quite THAT good yet