If you have a signed offer letter and established start date with a new company, do you give your two weeks notice to your current employer? Or wait till the background check clears, then give your notice?

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Wait till it clears.

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I have never waited for background checks to clear or start. I always put my notice in when i sign the letter

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Notice when it clears, even though there is a 0.001% chance of anything going wrong.

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I'm in the same boat. Just waiting for the background checks to clear.

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I’ve never waited for a background check. And I have worked at around six different companies

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Always wait till clears .. funky stuff happens sometimes

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Do you have any doubts you’ll clear background check? Personally I reckon you’re good to go, resign now, but don’t tell the new job yet, and then you get to take a holiday in between jobs. There’s never 100% certainty in the offer anyway but a signed letter is pretty solid.

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