That's big statement to make especially when you are the main bread winner and have a family to look after.
I've made my mind up anyway I'll be phoning sick. But everyone circumstances are the different. Simply avoiding the question or refusing an explanation, to you employer just makes you look even more like your upto something.
If I had holiday this wouldn't have been an issue.
Sounds like you’re taking the right approach mate.
People go sick all the time and if you have a good sickness record it’s the best way to attend an interview without burning bridges with your current employer in case you don’t get the job, or in case you end up sitting in a talent pool for months waiting for a start date.
With railway recruitment being as it is, you never know when you’re going to get another chance.
At the end of the day, when you think about it, it’s a little irrational to feel guilty about taking a sick day when you’re going to be handing your resignation in if you get the job.
To add to this whole argument - a friend of mine was working for a roofing company and he applied to join the fire service as it was something he always wanted to do.
The roofing job was reasonably well paid and he worked flexible hours and made plenty of overtime. If he joined the FB he'd be taking a pay cut in wages so he was clearly following a dream and not doing it for money.
He had actually disclosed his plans with his roofing boss about joining the brigade because he always said it was something he wanted to do. The boss then made it difficult for him to attend his assessment days and when he dipped his application he was gutted he would have to wait 12 months to reply.
He then said the relationship with his boss deteriorated rapidly because the boss formed the opinion his future lay elsewhere - he was given difficult jobs and was constantly walking a tight rope. The boss then sacked him over an allegation he had abused someone in public and it was bad publicity for the firm. What had in fact happened was that my friend had remonstrated with a bloke who was blocking a right of way in a car. The boss was looking at any excuse to get rid of him which he did!
My mate then said he wished he had kept his mouth shut about the fire brigade.
My whole point to all this is that you are between a rock & a hard place with this scenario and there are no right or wrongs.
If you are up front with a current employer the chances are they will treat you less favourably than your colleagues.
CJ
This is a great of example of why, in most cases, it’s best not to tell your employer you’re looking elsewhere until you resign. Why risk burning bridges?!
