Lead time between medical and contract (job offer)

[on-the-tracks]

A quick poll to define the lead times between completing a driver medical to receiving a contract (job offer)

 

[skyhigh]

A quick poll to define the lead times between completing a driver medical to receiving a contract (job offer)

Surely will depend on the company? I had a provisional start date before the medical, and didn't actually get the contract until the day before I started.

 

[on-the-tracks]

Surely will depend on the company? I had a provisional start date before the medical, and didn't actually get the contract until the day before I started.

Of course it will depend on the company but was just a general poll without having to get into too much depth/detail. If you’re lucky enough not to give notice, such would seem in your case getting a contract and starting the next day. In my case I wouldn’t be able to start the next day after a contract due to notice period etc.

 

[fabs]

I got 6 and a bit months

 

[skyhigh]

If you’re lucky enough not to give notice, such would seem in your case getting a contract and starting the next day. In my case I wouldn’t be able to start the next day after a contract due to notice period etc.

I did have to give notice! Had to give my notice in between getting the provisional date and the medical. I wasn't the only one on my course who was in the same position.

 

[on-the-tracks]

I did have to give notice! Had to give my notice in between getting the provisional date and the medical. I wasn't the only one on my course who was in the same position.

Quite a brave thing to do without a contract then, no? Especially with it being a “provisional date” dependant on a medical result

 

[4F89]

-7 days, provisional contract assuming medical passed.

 

[baz962]

Both the toc I trained with and the one I'm now at , gave the job offer first, pending medical. I thought that would mostly be the way , as no point putting you through a medical if no job to give.

 

[skyhigh]

Quite a brave thing to do without a contract then, no? Especially with it being a “provisional date” dependant on a medical result

Fairly brave, but as I say I wasn't the only one on my course who was put in that position. If you have a 4 week notice period, and get told "we'd like you to start in 5 weeks based on you passing the medical in three weeks time - but if you can't start then we can't guarantee you'll be on a course before your place in the talent pool expires" (which is what happened to me) you have a fairly difficult choice to make.

 

[4F89]

Potential benefits outweigh the losses of not taking the job, in my opinion.

 

[Locomotivation]

Some of these responses are panicking me slightly.

I’ve been offered a job pending a medical but I wasn’t given a start date. All they told me was that the course was likely to start in April.

I need to give a months notice. What the hell do I do if my FOC give me a week’s notice?!

Could it be that the people who were given short notice were offered places because somebody else dropped out?!

 

[Scaatman]

I was given a medical once after being told a start date. I handed my notice in and about two weeks before my training was due to start I was told the course had been cancelled and I was going back on the waiting list. I spent another 12 months back in the pool I’m which time my medical had expired and I was told I would have to go through the process again. It’s pretty brutal. Until you have the contract, nothing is set in stone.

 

[4F89]

Some of these responses are panicking me slightly.

I’ve been offered a job pending a medical but I wasn’t given a start date. All they told me was that the course was likely to start in April.

I need to give a months notice. What the hell do I do if my FOC give me a week’s notice?!

Could it be that the people who were given short notice were offered places because somebody else dropped out?!

I would imagine you will know if u will fail it or not, if not sure, pop to the optician, get a hearing test, dont take drugs or turn up drunk, and you'll be fine.

 

[Locomotivation]

I would imagine you will know if u will fail it or not, if not sure, pop to the optician, get a hearing test, dont take drugs or turn up drunk, and you'll be fine.

Lol! Pretty confident I’m OK on all those. My concern is they’ll only give me a week’s notice when I need to work 4!

Both the toc I trained with and the one I'm now at , gave the job offer first, pending medical. I thought that would mostly be the way , as no point putting you through a medical if no job to give.

I think what you’re talking about a provisional job offer when the original poster is referring to an actual confirmed contract. I’ve been given a vague idea of when I’m likely to start but nothing concrete.