Does notice count when the person you give it to is on vacation?

[Anonymous]

My manager has been on vacation for the past week and will be for one more. I was on vacation for a week before she left. During my vacation time, I decided to go ahead and put in for a transfer. It was something I had been considering for a while because I am extremely dissatisfied with my work environment and the position I was going to apply for was in my dream field.
So I sent my manager an email before I came back (a week ago) and said I was going to apply for a transfer and wanted to give her a heads up, so to speak (not the wording I used, of course.)
Well, I interviewed for the job in the meantime and was offered the job today. Manager will not be back until next week. Should I send an email giving notice now? Does that count as my notice period even if the email is not read until next week?

[Anonymous]

Yes it counts. Can you give three weeks notice since you are just transferring groups?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes it counts. Can you give three weeks notice since you are just transferring groups?

Yes, my start date would actually be a month from now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it counts. Can you give three weeks notice since you are just transferring groups?

Yes, my start date would actually be a month from now.

Then I think you're fine. Spend next week creating a transiston plan to review with your boss when they return.

If your boss has access to their email while they are on vacation, I would hold off on sending in your notice. No need to ruin their vacation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it counts. Can you give three weeks notice since you are just transferring groups?

Yes, my start date would actually be a month from now.

Then I think you're fine. Spend next week creating a transiston plan to review with your boss when they return.

If your boss has access to their email while they are on vacation, I would hold off on sending in your notice. No need to ruin their vacation.

WOW you are an over achiever. Not their job to do a transition plan. Anyway... OP is putting to much thought into this. If the situation was reversed and the boss was letting OP go it wouldn't matter if OP was on vacation or not. I've seen two people get let go while on vacation. One of them the boss called them on their cell phone and the guy answered while he was driving. The boss said you were part of the RIF today... it shocked the guy so much that he had a car crash. Takeaway: don't worry about the boss or the company do for yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it counts. Can you give three weeks notice since you are just transferring groups?

Yes, my start date would actually be a month from now.

Then I think you're fine. Spend next week creating a transiston plan to review with your boss when they return.

If your boss has access to their email while they are on vacation, I would hold off on sending in your notice. No need to ruin their vacation.

not going to ruin their vacation. odds are they will not even care. people are replaceable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it counts. Can you give three weeks notice since you are just transferring groups?

Yes, my start date would actually be a month from now.

Then I think you're fine. Spend next week creating a transiston plan to review with your boss when they return.

If your boss has access to their email while they are on vacation, I would hold off on sending in your notice. No need to ruin their vacation.

WOW you are an over achiever. Not their job to do a transition plan. Anyway... OP is putting to much thought into this. If the situation was reversed and the boss was letting OP go it wouldn't matter if OP was on vacation or not. I've seen two people get let go while on vacation. One of them the boss called them on their cell phone and the guy answered while he was driving. The boss said you were part of the RIF today... it shocked the guy so much that he had a car crash. Takeaway: don't worry about the boss or the company do for yourself.

Good lord. Please don't listen to this person.

The advice of documenting a transition plan is basic good work and etiquette. It's either do that or just do your regular job for a month before your move - probably scrambling with more asks than normal cause everyone knows you are leaving (and depending on the organization, get pestered to help even after you transfer). If, instead, you build a transition plan you not only reduce the risk of future calls, you probably find yourself with a week or two of very little work to do before you move anyway - a nice perk.

Moreover, your ex boss could one day be in a role or division you want: being a dick and not helping with the transition won't engender any goodwill. Nor will it with the people around you who see it and likely have to pick up the slack when you leave. Finally, it's July - your ex boss almost certainly has a say in your end of year performance eval anyway.

And let's be clear. Making a transition plan isn't overachieving. It's being professional and courteous.

We should all be so fortunate PP doesn't work with us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes it counts. Can you give three weeks notice since you are just transferring groups?

Yes, my start date would actually be a month from now.

Then I think you're fine. Spend next week creating a transiston plan to review with your boss when they return.

If your boss has access to their email while they are on vacation, I would hold off on sending in your notice. No need to ruin their vacation.

WOW you are an over achiever. Not their job to do a transition plan. Anyway... OP is putting to much thought into this. If the situation was reversed and the boss was letting OP go it wouldn't matter if OP was on vacation or not. I've seen two people get let go while on vacation. One of them the boss called them on their cell phone and the guy answered while he was driving. The boss said you were part of the RIF today... it shocked the guy so much that he had a car crash. Takeaway: don't worry about the boss or the company do for yourself.

Nope. You're clearly a shitty employee.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thank you all for your replies so far! The transition plan doesn't really apply here because I am a bedside nurse, so things are a little different. There is no work that I can do ahead of time to make the transition easier or to help the unit I work in so they are in a good place before I transfer.

And I know my manager will care. Not because she likes me just that much or because I think I'm irreplaceable. However, I will the 3 nurse to leave/announce they are leaving in the last 30 days. And by talking to the last person who left, I know she didn't take it very well. They will be even more short staffed than they are now, one of the main reasons we are leaving.

I guess I was just wondering if I should give an extended notice while she's on vacation and give her the chance to try to plan for it (but again, she's on vacation) or give her the standard two weeks after she comes back.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you all for your replies so far! The transition plan doesn't really apply here because I am a bedside nurse, so things are a little different. There is no work that I can do ahead of time to make the transition easier or to help the unit I work in so they are in a good place before I transfer.

And I know my manager will care. Not because she likes me just that much or because I think I'm irreplaceable. However, I will the 3 nurse to leave/announce they are leaving in the last 30 days. And by talking to the last person who left, I know she didn't take it very well. They will be even more short staffed than they are now, one of the main reasons we are leaving.

I guess I was just wondering if I should give an extended notice while she's on vacation and give her the chance to try to plan for it (but again, she's on vacation) or give her the standard two weeks after she comes back.

I thought you said your new role starts in 1 month? Wouldn''t she get 3 weeks notice if you give it to her when she returns?

[Anonymous]

It will be a little more than two weeks, not quite 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It will be a little more than two weeks, not quite 3.

Ok. My vote would be to tell her when shes back. That is enough notice.

[Anonymous]

Give notice now to her, and to whoever is covering for her, and to her boss.

[Anonymous]

Yes it counts.