Why do you have(traditionally) to give a two weeks notice, but your company can

Antiquated notion from a different time.

Designed to guilt an employee to give his employer a chance to work against him. Now if an employee wants to keep an amicable relationship with his former employer and give them time to train a replacement, then by all means they should.

But don't cling to some tenacious code of "how things are done" without good reason. It's a dog eat dog world and your employer would not likely give you the same consideration.

typically give notice so that you don't burn bridges if potential future employers contact your past employers

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Why do you have(traditionally) to give a two weeks notice

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Never burn a bridge in life. You never know when you'll need to cross back over it.

Giving two weeks' notice is a sign of good faith as it gives the company time to adjust with an interim plan. Likewise, most companies will usually pay severance for good employees who are let go for reasons not their fault, in a similar sign of good faith.

Both can terminate the employment immediately though of course it reflects badly on the one who does this (assuming the employee is doing what is asked of him/her).

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Last job I quit, I actually felt a personal debt to my boss and de facto mentor. When I took the new job I told him as soon as possible so he could find and train a replacement and told the new job that I wouldn't leave until I was sure the replacement could handle things. That man taught me a lot and I felt I owed it to him, but not the company. Loyalty to people is one thing, loyalty to a company is just dumb.



Also I fricked his daughter.

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so you are a terd alter

idiot

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fire you on the spot? Can do financial layoffs on the spot? That question was asked to me today. My response was that basically a company has the power. I was not sure a good answer. What do you say?

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As long as you don't work by some bullshite fly by night chickenshit outfit you will likely get severance pay. Usually for more than two weeks worth of pay.

I'd say that makes up for not giving any notice.

No terd is a me alter. Idiot.

I have been fortunate and have not been let go for any reason yet in life. I currently, however, work for a company that will resend an offer if you do not put in a two weeks with your current employer. They think if you did it once you will do it again. I tend to agree.

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I have been fortunate and have not been let go for any reason yet in life. I currently, however, work for a company that will resend an offer if you do not put in a two weeks with your current employer. They think if you did it once you will do it again. I tend to agree.

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Notice is very antiquated. I work in tech, and we are generally lucky to get a week notice. And like hell they will do any work in that week.

One of my former employers had a policy that once you submitted a 2 weeks notice, they told you to pack up your office and be gone that day.

Knowing this, when I resigned I didn't formerly submit a 2 weeks notice. I just said that today would be my last day. Bc I did this, they didn't pay me for the 2 weeks that I would have been gone... Stupid on my part.