I plan on leaving my employer for a new job with a two week notice, but a coworker has a vacation planned two weeks after I leave and there is no one else to provide cover. I would think asking to delay my start date with my new employer by a week would be reasonable, but two weeks might not be agreeable.
I don’t want to cause any friction with my new employer, but I also don’t want to leave on bad terms with my current employer. Will I be ineligible for rehire if I were to leave before my coworker takes off for vacation?
No background check will go that deep.
You have given your notice. You have given the traditional two-week notice. You move on.
I get your point, but I saw the background check report for my current employer and they asked all my previous employers from the last seven years whether I was available for rehire.
Asking and caring can be very different.
Most employers will only ever answer the question of whether or not you were ever employed there. Beyond that, they risk being sued by former employees.