I have an offer in hand, waiting on my background process to clear (anticipated next week). At the seams time expected to roll of my client project this week. How should I approach bench/ staffing?

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Stall. If that fails, just join the project and quit when you need to. You will not be the first person to leave early during a project.

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Seconded

Move forward as usual. It takes a while to get onboarded. As soon as you pass the background check, then tell them.

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This happened to me. I was unfortunately pulled onto a new project two weeks before I had to give notice. It was a bit uncomfortable but fine.

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Your background should clear in 1 - 2 weeks so I’d hold off on starting any new projects… time to take it easy and chill.

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Stall. If anyone is chasing you to get staffed, slow play it.

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You’ll have a hard time dodging staffing in this environment.

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