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Three months notice has been standard in every contract I’ve ever had (UK and Germany) - but equally I have always been able to get my employer to shorten it wh

• nixgeek 4y ago
  That’s unusual, in UK it’s more normal to see one month notice periods except for jobs which are “Key Person” risks to a company and where they need or want more notice to start a search, or to transfer knowledge and responsibilities. What this has meant in my experience is most people employed as Software Engineers need to give a month, and senior leaders will potentially be on 3 months (notably, this often extends to individual contributors who are i.e. a Distinguished Engineer at a larger firm). In the US the prevalent practice seems to be 2 weeks notice and this employer seems very predatory to me.
  • valdiorn 4y ago
    UK based software engineer - never seen anything other than 3 month notices. My wife was on 1 month when she was a junior data scientist but moved to 3 months 6 months later as she was promoted. It was the same in Iceland where I'm originally from. 3 months by far the most common for engineers. The one anomaly I've come across was Jump Trading. Their offer to me included a 12 month notice and a 36 month non compete. I told them to shove it and took another offer.
    • nixgeek 4y ago
      Wow, I worked for over a decade in UK prior to emigrating and I was never subject to >1 month notice.