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It's law in Australia. If you do not serve a notice period you owe the company wages for that period. 1 month wages minus 1 month notice = 0. Most people have n

by sqldba 11y ago

It's law in Australia. If you do not serve a notice period you owe the company wages for that period. 1 month wages minus 1 month notice = 0. Most people have no notice periods, serve their notice period, or get approval not to serve it at all. In this case though (when I followed up with accounting) they confirmed they wanted to step on my neck. Even now the entire situation seems utterly surreal. I've been through a few companies since then and never had any problem, I'm the likeable hard working quiet person. I guess they just really didn't like me! Anyway I remember walking out of that office in tears and feeling that no matter what happened I could cling onto whatever self worth I still had. I didn't know how bad it was about to become. But I came out okay in the end :-)

odonnellryan 11y ago
That's rough! Glad it worked out for you long term. Hard lesson to learn.
- walshemj 11y ago
  Should have walked out of the room and filed a grievance on the spot.
dennisgorelik 11y ago
Why didn't you give them 1 month notice then? They would probably fire you immediately anyway and you would get paid.
- jschwartzi 11y ago
  What would you do if they kept you for the month?
  - dennisgorelik 11y ago
    Do what they ask me to do, read HN and search for new job.
tomcorrigan 11y ago
> It's law in Australia. If you do not serve a notice period you owe the company wages for that period. 1 month wages minus 1 month notice = 0 You have misstated the law. If you sign an employment contract that requires two weeks notice from either party to terminate, then you work a week and quit without working the two week notice period your employer is not required to pay you for the notice period, they absolutely must pay you for the week you did work. Similarly if an employer tells you not to work the notice period they are still obliged to pay you for it. I understand your confusion as the wording the clauses about withholding pay on notices is somewhat unclear and takes a pretty close reading to understand
pm 11y ago
The state of IT in Australia is horrendous. My colleague and I are flabbergasted at the state of programming round here (Adelaide).

by sqldba 11y ago

odonnellryan 11y ago

That's rough! Glad it worked out for you long term. Hard lesson to learn.

walshemj 11y ago
Should have walked out of the room and filed a grievance on the spot.

dennisgorelik 11y ago

Why didn't you give them 1 month notice then? They would probably fire you immediately anyway and you would get paid.

jschwartzi 11y ago
What would you do if they kept you for the month?
- dennisgorelik 11y ago
  Do what they ask me to do, read HN and search for new job.

tomcorrigan 11y ago

> It's law in Australia. If you do not serve a notice period you owe the company wages for that period. 1 month wages minus 1 month notice = 0 You have misstated the law. If you sign an employment contract that requires two weeks notice from either party to terminate, then you work a week and quit without working the two week notice period your employer is not required to pay you for the notice period, they absolutely must pay you for the week you did work. Similarly if an employer tells you not to work the notice period they are still obliged to pay you for it. I understand your confusion as the wording the clauses about withholding pay on notices is somewhat unclear and takes a pretty close reading to understand

pm 11y ago

The state of IT in Australia is horrendous. My colleague and I are flabbergasted at the state of programming round here (Adelaide).