Resignation- how to break it down to your bosses

tribe_menx

After re-designing this company website, they ask me if i wont mind working for them, am employed full time currently but wat they offering me is twice ( after 3 months probation ) wat am currently getting at my employers ,

This company offering me to run the IT show as its owned my our government and opportunities are endless i will need to introduce VOIP to all government offices and so on ...

Can someone with experience this tell me how to break it down to my current employers that am resigning and how to lay them off easily? last thing i want to act is like a un-grateful bastard .... but this is a big opportunity for me

Turgon

tribe_menx wrote: »

After re-designing this company website, they ask me if i wont mind working for them, am employed full time currently but wat they offering me is twice ( after 3 months probation ) wat am currently getting at my employers ,

This company offering me to run the IT show as its owned my our government and opportunities are endless i will need to introduce VOIP to all government offices and so on ...

Can someone with experience this tell me how to break it down to my current employers that am resigning and how to lay them off easily? last thing i want to act is like a un-grateful bastard .... but this is a big opportunity for me

You need an offer in writing from the client before you do anything. Tell them you will consider the offer once you have it in writing. If they can't provide that then forget them. If they do provide it, make a decision and if you decide to proceed then talk to your boss. Handle it the way companies do when they want to get rid of people. Either email or speak to your line manager explaining that you have something important to discuss with them today..

I caveat all this by noticing that this company are clients of your existing employer. You may want to check any small print on the contract you signed when you joined about any repercussions about that. There may not be any but check first anyway. Should all be good then a transition period to wind up your present position and move to the next will most likely be agreeable to all concerned. You may find your present company offers you a raise to keep you. It's clear that the services you (and by definition the company) provided to this client made a great impression so dont be surprised if they want to hang on to you.

tribe_menx

Thanks for the tip-off they actually call me Friday afternoon with confirmation that Monday they will send me the official offer in writing.

Will take ur advice about ones i sign the contract will talk to my boss ( Than write my resignation letter ) .. even if they counter offer i set my mind on leaving

tpatt100

I left a written notification on my bosses desk since he was out sick that day at my last job. I got off the elevator later that day and several people congratulated me on my new job, come to find out his nosy secretary saw the letter and blabbed it to everybody in the lunch room.

If your company counter offers I might be hesitant. I saw some study a while back that said people who let their employers know they were looking for work or stayed due to counter offers are usually the first ones to be let go during slow periods.

laidbackfreak

Turgon wrote: »

I caveat all this by noticing that this company are clients of your existing employer. You may want to check any small print on the contract you signed when you joined about any repercussions about that.

+1
I'd really tread carefully here as long as your contract doesnt rule it out thats cool.

Once you have a written offer give your notice in writing and away you go

Kasor

Good Luck... Not everybody can find something they like and make good pay

JoJoCal19

tpatt100 wrote: »

If your company counter offers I might be hesitant. I saw some study a while back that said people who let their employers know they were looking for work or stayed due to counter offers are usually the first ones to be let go during slow periods.

+1

I would never accept a counter offer from the current employer. There is just too much chance for something to happen down the road and yes, the fact that you were going to leave will leave a bad taste in your current employers mouth.

sambuca69

Turgon wrote: »

You need an offer in writing from the client before you do anything.

Not arguing with you, but what does that do for you?

I've always wondered... if I gave 2 weeks notice... and then my future employer changed his/her mind about me, what can you do? I'd be out of 2 jobs then.

I've never really "given notice" because of that. I've always "quit" and then jumped right into the new gig, because I've always been afraid of them backing out last minute. Does an offer letter protect you legally in anyway?

tpatt100

sambuca69 wrote: »

Not arguing with you, but what does that do for you?

I've always wondered... if I gave 2 weeks notice... and then my future employer changed his/her mind about me, what can you do? I'd be out of 2 jobs then.

I've never really "given notice" because of that. I've always "quit" and then jumped right into the new gig, because I've always been afraid of them backing out last minute. Does an offer letter protect you legally in anyway?

Well a verbal means nothing really. The current job I got the HR recruiter kept emphasizing it was just a verbal offer and to sign if I accept the written offer. He then emphasized that the offer was only good upon completion of the background check. So no start date could be given until all my ducks were in a row.

The two weeks notice is customary but not always needed. At my last job we had people that gave a months notice due to the work they did. One guy gave 30 days notice because he wanted to train us on his job and he wanted a couple of weeks to document everything he did so we had instructions after he left. This is not required but if you like the employer you are leaving and the people you worked with sometimes people want to make sure they dont screw anybody over. Even after he left he answered questions via email.

What was really important was we all kept touch via LinkedIn and forwarded job leads to each other and we are all part of the same network.