Post #1199360

2026-03-16 00:12 UTC

In the overwhelming majority of situations you cannot begin the onboarding process with IT while still working for a previous employer. Especially at this level of software engineering that would run afoul of moonlighting policies. is what your describing technically possible? sure. Is it even remotely probable? Absolutely not. EDIT: I am absolutely flabbergasted at how many people don’t know their rights. In the US this is covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act, which is extremely simple when defining what is considered on-the-job work. If it is mandatory, work-related, and for the benefit of the company, then it is on-the-job work and you should be paid for the time. Stop perpetuating wage theft, people. It’s the #1 form of theft in the US by a wide margin. Learn your rights and demand pay for your work.

Replies (3)

@Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-16 08:30

Is this some usa user who haven’t heard about other countries? (and I doubt it’s even true in the usa).

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@nous@programming.dev 2026-03-16 11:00

You are right. You cannot onboard a new job before you leave your old one. Accepting an offer is not part of the onboarding process though. It happens before. After an interview process the company makes an offer. The candidate can then accept or reject it. But that is really all informal. You can then negotiate with them for an official start date and contract. You just need to ensure you can hand in your notice and work the rest of your notice period before the start date of your new contract. I don’t know anyone that would hand in their notice before accepting the initial offer of a company. At least here in the UK.

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@SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2026-03-16 17:43

If you begin the onboarding process as a senior backend engineer without inquiring as to what your working environment will be, then you’re just incompetent.

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