Do I really have to be involved in this?

Arzy

Arzy

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So at the start of December I asked for some advice relating to changing jobs. I eventually received an offer which was too good to refuse and submitted my resignation on the 21st of December and I'll be finishing on the 21st of January in order to start in my new position on the 25th of January. Yay for me! Only 7 more working days at my current company.

What irks me though is that my soon to be ex-employer has tasked me with finding a replacement for myself. I don't want to burn my bridges or anything, but it seems kind of counter productive for me to look for someone to replace myself when I won't ever be working with this person.

Has anyone else had to help in the process of finding a replacement for themselves? Is this an acceptable practice?
 
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So at the start of December I asked for some advice relating to changing jobs. I eventually received an offer which was too good to refuse and submitted my resignation on the 21st of December and I'll be finishing on the 21st of January in order to start in my new position on the 25th of January. Yay for me! Only 7 more working days at my current company.

What irks me though is that my soon to be employer has tasked me with finding a replacement for myself. I don't want to burn my bridges or anything, but it seems kind of counter productive for me to look for someone to replace myself when I won't ever be working with this person.

Has anyone else had to help in the process of finding a replacement for themselves? Is this an acceptable practice?
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Ja. You type that right? The new oke wants a replacement? Might be some BEE skills leveraging thing, where you transfer your skills then get kicked out...
 
You basically got promoted to Manager just to fire yourself :)
 
if he means ex employer then YES it is an acceptable request, most contracts state that you have to transfer your knowledge on to a new employee, the request for you to help find the right employee is a suitable request i would think ...
 
i'm sure it's meant meant to be soon to be ex-employer
 
what's wrong with that? your current (and soon-to-be-ex-employer) asking you for finding a suitable replacement? done it many of times and rather have someone step in and take over where you left off then dropping your current employer.

I work in IT as a consultant (self-employed) and once my projects/assignments finish and I handover to the client, I typically will source a replacement which can take over the job.

Only downside for you is to sit through 7 days of interviews - with some of the candidates I had to deal with, not really a walk in the park ;-)
 
Oops, that was my bad, need to proof read before I post and stop thinking faster than I type.

That was meant to be my ex employer.

As has been posted, I agree it is a reasonable request, my concern is that the entire process is being left over to me without input from the people that will be working with whoever I find. I leave on the 21st of January, as it currently stands anyone new will only start on the 1st of February so there will be no hand over period. I would have thought that the employer would be more concerned about this and have taken a more proactive view.
 
yes, it's a reasonable request.

So if they manage to find somebody before your termination date, then you'll have to give that person training and handover.

If they can't find somebody else, then it's not your problem should they find somebody else afterwards and want you to train that person.

Just write a nice handover document detailing things to do and not to do, so that your successor can take things from there.
 
Finding a replacement is different to training your replacement though. I've been asked to find a replacement once. I strung out the interview process and didn't really put much effort into it. By the time my last day arrived I still hadn't found anyone so just dumped the CV's of the folks who were not complete write-offs on my managers desk and said cheers.
 
i can’t see how it’s a reasonable request for you to find the replacement. If I owned a company and found out that a manager left the hiring of someone to replace a leaver upto the leaver;I would consider that serious dereliction of duty on the manager’s part.
 
Its not specifically that I mind doing it, my concern relates to the fact that there is very little participation or interest from the people who will actually be left managing a replacement, should I find one.

I have also made the suggestion that instead of looking outside the company for someone to bring in that the company should rather look internally first. I have two candidates that I wouldn't mind seeing getting an opportunity to grow at all, they have the experience, qualifications and knowledge of the systems and business required to do the job and if I can I'd like to help them before I leave. This suggestion has not been taken very well though and I'm left with finding someone from outside to start after I've actually left.
 
That's bull****. I reckon that's the job of HR to find a replacement. Otherwise just get your buddy or brother or someone.
 
How much are they willing to pay? I might just solve your problem.
 
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