I've been at one job for a few months but it was a bad fit from the start. So I started interviewing elsewhere. In between the interviews and the job offer, I voluntarily resigned from my current job in exchange for severance. Company policy is anyone who takes severance is NOT eligible for re-hire.
I'm worried that the earlier end hire date, and no re-hire, will come back on the background check. The potential employer might conclude that I was fired for cause and rescind the offer. Do I stay silent and hope for the best, or do I preemptively mention my resignation to the new employer?
---Company A---
Company couldn't retain needed cross-functionals. Multiple PMs and peer managers quit. I was doing my job, and project managing, and producing deliverables for other teams. Even though my team was doing really well, it was the only one, and we needed multiple teams to produce deliverables.
The company started courting an agency to outsource all the related teams. Probably will outsource entirely early next year. My options were to keep working overtime until an inevitable layoff, or to quit now and walk away with severance. I chose to resign and accept the severance.
The company's policy is that if you accept severance then you cannot be re-hired. However, if someone calls in for employment verification, they will only say dates of employment and eligible for re-hire status. They won't explain severance is the reason for no re-hire. So a third party could hear that and assume that I was terminated for cause.
---Company B (potential employer)---
I started interviewing with them before knowing details about my current job.
Interview 1
- Still employed
- Wasn't asked about why I was leaving.
Interview 2
- Still employed, didn't know what was going down yet
- WAS asked why leaving. Told them I couldn't get needed resources and there was a lot of politicking on department ownership.
In between
- Ambushed by the "quit and get severance" offer. Resigned and accepted severance.
Interview 3
- Resigned by this point
- Panel interview
- Wasn't asked about current employment
Job Offer
Asked when I could start, I gave them the week after the Thanksgiving holiday, which is almost 2 weeks. They made a comment: "I'm sure you'll have to give notice, are you sure you can start then?" to which I merely responded, "Yes, I'm sure."
---What Now---
This is a really great offer from a company I'm excited to work for, however they are a startup and may be sensitive to details...such as not being currently employed. If they ask the previous employer about re-hire eligibility, they may make incorrect assumptions about that.
I don't want them to feel that I was less than honest, or risk them rescinding the offer. However, it may be a moot point, and I could sabotage the offer by drawing attention to my early resignation unnecessarily. What would you do in my situation? |
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