Giving More Than Required Notice?

[Sidewinder]

You can't really say what their position will be unless and until you discuss it with them. The legal position is that the employer can hold you to your contractual (or statutory, whichever is relevant) notice period - so if the requirement is for one week's notice then this is all they can be held to.

 

You could therefore give two weeks notice only to be told that they will accept only one week and you are then in the position that you don't want to be - ie leaving a week early. If they have already extended your probation, would this make it more likely that they will 'let you go' earlier? Difficult to judge

 

As notice of termination should normally be given in writing you could possibly have a chat with personnel? Or a suitably approachable manager to test the water? But then again with only a few months' service would this lead the employer to 'let you go' now and just pay a week's notice?

 

Impossible to say for certain, so I would probably leave it as long as possible and then just give a week