OP here. I'm based in the UK and I've noticed a mix of 1 and 3 month notice periods here among people I've asked across various experience levels.
What's more, I've been surprised how hard it is to actually find out this info... I've asked some recruiters outright and have had to push the matter before they answered. It's obviously a pretty awkward question to bring up when you're trying to convince someone to hire you so I do wonder if that leads to people agreeing to 3 month notice periods that they wouldn't have done so had they known early in the process.
Was wondering a few things beyond the main question:
(a) how do you feel about your notice period
(b) if you've worked at places with drastically varying ones, were there clear pros to the extended notice period? were these at all mutual for the employee and the employers? (assuming it applies to more than the most senior staff, I've seen obvious gains from having _vital_ people remain for 3 months to pass on knowledge if nothing else that greatly helped everyone else)
Notice periods are very clearly stated in employment contracts. They have to.
It's not really something that needs to be discussed early in the hiring process: best not to show that you are worrying about leaving before they have even decided whether they want you to join at all!
Most common is indeed 1 month and it depends on the company. Some have 3 months.
This usually works both ways so it also means that they would have to give you 3 months of notice to lay you off (in addition to whatever legal procedure is required).
I doubt that trying to force you to give them a longer notice that they have to give you would be a fair term.
In my current role the notice is 1 month. In my previous role it was 3 months, which worked out well since they ended up making the whole team redundant.
In both cases this is the standard company contract and they wouldn't budge on this for a 'simple' engineer.
- is relative to how long you have been working for your current employer,
- can be amended or not in different economic sectors as per "collective agreements",
- can be shortened by agreement between employee and employer.
I've worked under two of those collective agreements (advertising and consulting) and, in my experience, three months is by far the most common notice period under the "consulting" agreement, and two months is the most common for the "advertising" one. You generally get shorter notices if you have been working in that company for under two years or if you are still in the trial period.
It may exist but I'm not aware of experience level having any impact on notice duration, here.
Here in Germany they have to be at least mutual as far as I know (the employer can't get a better deal than the employee).
Mine is 30 days, but my employer asked about a mutual extension at the start (which fell under the table at some point, I felt fairly neutral about it and they forgot to to ask for an answer).
Was wondering a few things beyond the main question:
(a) how do you feel about your notice period
(b) if you've worked at places with drastically varying ones, were there clear pros to the extended notice period? were these at all mutual for the employee and the employers? (assuming it applies to more than the most senior staff, I've seen obvious gains from having _vital_ people remain for 3 months to pass on knowledge if nothing else that greatly helped everyone else)