[nickkell]

I'd like to add that at a previous company a 3 month notice period was forced on me after a merger with a different company meant us signing new contracts to bring us in line with the generally worse conditions offered to employees of the other company.

Although I had a very good relationship with the company and line managers they initially refused my offer to compromise to let me go after 2 months (purely because they wanted an extra month of work out of me). It was only after I made it clear how disinterested I was in working the extra month that we all agreed it was for the best to let me go early. This left a very sour taste in my mouth.