I want to leave my job, can i say to my boss i want to leave but won't give in notice untill i get another?

Question

or if i say i'm leaving will i immediately have to give in notcie. I'm worried because if i have a job interview hand in my notice and don't get that job, i could be unemployed

Answer 1

I suggest not saying anything until you have a job offer.  If you let it be known that you are actively looking, they may decide your services aren't needed any more.  If you get a job offer, let the new company know you want to provide your present employer with a two week notice.  They will respect that since the new company would want you to treat them the same way.

Answer 2

Don't tell your boss anything until you have the job offer in hand.  As a matter of fact, I wouldn't tell my boss until I had accepted the offer, and all the papers were signed.

The only times I have ever told my boss was when either they were looking to leave too, or we were good friends as well.

Answer 3

don't say anything until you've been hired at  the other job.

not just verbally hired but signed and delivered.

give your 2 weeks notice and that is that.

you may be asked to leave, the moment you give your notice be ready for it.

Answer 4

Be careful, and don't do anything you might regret. I took a 2 weeks vacation from my work thinking I only will be back to submit my resignation. I searched for another job during this time. Was called for two interviews and the only offer I could have was at a far lower salary than what I get from my current job, so I came back to my work after the vacation.

If I had told my boss that I was going to leave it would have been embarrassing to me to go back

Answer 5

ok dont even tell ur boss until u get the other job, who knows u might not even get another, id wait if i were you, get the interview and tell them ur able to start in 2 weeks, becuz u have to give ur other job notice, if u dont give them notice they wont be good references on ur resume, so just wait it out, and when the time comes tell ur boss that ur handing in your 2 weeks notice

Answer 6

This is the way most people do it. They have an interview and if you get a call back from the new employer for a second interview and they offer you the job you tell them you can start in two weeks, in order to give your current employer a two week notice. Most companies know this is coming if you currently have a job. And they respect the two week notice because they would want you to do the same for them.