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Leaving job etiquette
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:29 am
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:29 am
Switching jobs and my current job requires a 30 day notice. I have 4 or 5 days of PTO saved up. They will cut me a check for it if I don't use it.
Would it look bad to just take my last 4 or 5 days of work off and use the PTO for it?
Would it look bad to just take my last 4 or 5 days of work off and use the PTO for it?
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:29 am to PTBob
Congratulations! I'm leaving my current employer as well.
Waiting on one more payout before I drop notice.
I have nothing to offer in this thread except that I am excited to be leaving!
Waiting on one more payout before I drop notice.
I have nothing to offer in this thread except that I am excited to be leaving!
This post was edited on 8/6/15 at 10:30 am
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:30 am to PTBob
There is probably a policy against this. Best way to handle it is to simply ask it if would cause any hardship etc.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:31 am to PTBob
Collect the PTO in a check and worked full days until the last day helping with the transition. People who don't do this really set back the company as a whole.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:32 am to PTBob
I've always given my two weeks. One job let me stay, the other let me leave the next day but paid me for the full two weeks.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:32 am to PTBob
Depends on how you earned the PTO. If it was given as a gift, they don't have to pay you. If it was accrued, in LA, they have to pay you. Key word is accrued
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:33 am to ksayetiger
I know. I'm basically mentally checked out at this point but I am here and doing my job appropriately. It's a similar feeling to "senioritis".
Just get me the f outta here lol.
Just get me the f outta here lol.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:33 am to PTBob
Would they give you the common courtesy if they decided to lay you off or get rid of you?
I don't know why the "two week notice" is so ingrained.
I don't know why the "two week notice" is so ingrained.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:35 am to PTBob
What I have usually done is work completely through to the end, then make my start date whenever my PTO time ran out- in this case 1 week. Can you make you start date a week after your old job ends? In the meantime go on vacation or do something fun.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:35 am to fr33manator
You are 100% right. Unfortunately, in the handbook, if I don't give 30 days notice then I get zero payout for my PTO. Not sure of the legality of that, but it's in the handbook and I don't feel like causing a huge deal.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:36 am to fr33manator
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Would they give you the common courtesy if they decided to lay you off or get rid of you?
I don't know why the "two week notice" is so ingrained.
At least in my profession it's important not to burn bridges. Never know when you might need them for something. Not giving common courtesy tends to come back and bite people.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:37 am to PTBob
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my current job requires a 30 day notice.
give them 2 weeks
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:39 am to PTBob
Last job I quit I lit my trashcan on fire and unplugged the copier before I left for the day.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:39 am to Will Cover
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Congratulations! I'm leaving my current employer as well. Waiting on one more payout before I drop notice. I have nothing to offer in this thread except that I am excited to be leaving!
Congrats Will
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:41 am to PTBob
Do it by the book and get your PTO check.
This gives them time to find at least a temporary replacement to handle your caseload and not lose profitability.
That helps keep the bridges from being burned.
This gives them time to find at least a temporary replacement to handle your caseload and not lose profitability.
That helps keep the bridges from being burned.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:42 am to PTBob
Two weeks is common courtesy. They can't enforce a 30 day notice other than any "bonus" type payments you would receive.
I know my current employer requires a certain time period after bonuses are paid. If you leave before then, you are legally required to pay them back. Good thing is, most people leave to work for the customer and they don't want to make you pay back your bonus if they know you are in charge of choosing them for any work. So I've never heard of it being enforced.
I know my current employer requires a certain time period after bonuses are paid. If you leave before then, you are legally required to pay them back. Good thing is, most people leave to work for the customer and they don't want to make you pay back your bonus if they know you are in charge of choosing them for any work. So I've never heard of it being enforced.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:44 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
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At least in my profession it's important not to burn bridges. Never know when you might need them for something. Not giving common courtesy tends to come back and bite people.
I had a friend who quit his job in a "take this job and shove it manner" due to issues with his manager. He started with a new company and 8 months later his former company bought his new company and put him under the former manager.
He lasted one year and told me it was pure hell.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:44 am to PTBob
I am not sure of the legality of not getting full pay for any benefits earned. There are a lot of things HR people try to get away with by putting this or that into their "handbooks". Handbooks are not legally binding if they go counter to La. labor laws. And, I agree, I am as loyal to my company as they would be to me if the situation was reversed. Company's have created this atmosphere by treating employees so badly when letting an employee go. It's not a one way street any more. Both of my sons have learned this the hard way when being laid off due to the economy vs performing badly.
Posted on 8/6/15 at 10:44 am to PTBob
"Requires" a 30-day notice? What are they going to do, arrest you? I'd take a vacation next week with those 4-5 days, and tell them you aren't coming back (at the end of the vacation, of course).
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