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Underdog
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I'm currently working as a homework tutor at a learning centre. I have been there for only a week, this is my second week. I work 5pm to 7pm. I just came back from an interview for a position that has near full-time hours. I am not a shoe-in to get the job but the interviewers said that things look pretty good for me. If I get the job, I am pretty sure I wouldn't be able to continue tutoring. I just don't think I could handle a 9 to 7 work day, 5 days of the week. The new job is scheduled to start the week of the 26th but could start as early as next week.
Given that information, should I tell my current boss about the possibilty that I will be leaving? I know that a two week notice is the normal courtesy but I neither have two weeks nor do I know if I'll actually be leaving. What's the most polite thing to do?
Given that information, should I tell my current boss about the possibilty that I will be leaving? I know that a two week notice is the normal courtesy but I neither have two weeks nor do I know if I'll actually be leaving. What's the most polite thing to do?
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Do this one.
It sucks, but you don't want to say anything until you have the signed offer letter from the FT job. Tell the tuoring place as soon as you got it, and maybe offer to work a few days until they can find someone else, especcialy since the two don't conflict (maybe).
The FT job may appreciate you're trying to exit gracefully and work out a schedule, since that means you'll do the same to them.
Not enough lime in the world. Like my dad said, "Never quit a job until you have another one lined up".
Also keep in mind that if you leave a job abruptly or on bad terms, you can use them as a job reference, but don't allow the employer to contact them. You don't want your new job knowing that you bailed abruptly for another job, lest it happen to them too.
If they do need you to start sooner? Do it. My take on that situation is that an employer will pull me into a room and tell me to pack up my stuff now with notice if it's financially beneficial for them to do so. I feel no obligation to offer them any more when I tell them they're no longer financially beneficial for me, although I will attempt to treat them better, because this is the real world where there are unfair repercussions.