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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 mor
by 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 agoUK 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 agoWow, I worked for over a decade in UK prior to emigrating and I was never subject to >1 month notice.