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Re:Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60 Technical Interviews in 30... by ghaff on Thursday March 11, 2021 @03:38PM (#26428735)
>if you can't hit the ground running in two weeks or less (2 weeks notice to leave your previous job) we will move on

That seems unreasonable in a lot of situations. In my current position, yes, they did want me to start right away but I really did want to take a real vacation before I started so I negotiated it out to a month or something like that. No, it's not reasonable to offer to start in six months. It's pretty reasonable IMO to offer to start in a month. (I did accept the same day. No brainer. It was a good offer. It was my first choice company. I really needed to move on.)

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Re:Red Flags I Saw While Doing 60 Technical Interviews in 30... by goatinaboat on Friday March 12, 2021 @01:49AM (#26432861)
No, it's not reasonable to offer to start in six months. It's pretty reasonable IMO to offer to start in a month.

This depends very much on the industry and the location. In much of Europe, particularly at senior levels, 3 months notice is the norm and between one thing and another you might start at the new company 4-5 months after accepting the offer.

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