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I've worked in lots of tech companies and my experience is that you don't give notice in advance at all. That's because you get walked out the day you say you w
by cleandreams 11y ago
I've worked in lots of tech companies and my experience is that you don't give notice in advance at all. That's because you get walked out the day you say you want to / will be leaving. That's a no-brainer from the tech company point of view. The longer you stay after announcing an intention to leave the more IP they stand to lose. You should have expected to be walked out immediately. Sorry. You may have a case because of the 6 mo without pay but that's not your equity option. Live and learn.
- encoderer 11y agoI'm sorry you've had so many bad experiences. It's not that way everywhere. In my experience it's normal at Bay Area tech companies to have a happy hour and send people off warmly.
- kzhahou 11y agoAbsolutely! But his point still stands: don't give notice until the day you're ready to walk out. Don't give notice the week before yearly bonuses (and make sure you have the dates correct!), don't give notice right before a big vesting event, don't give notice until you transfer/clear out the gigs of photos and personal crap you accumulated on your work machine over the years, etc..
- umanwizard 11y agoNot sure wtf kind of assholes you've been meeting at "lots of tech companies". At Amazon I told my boss point blank: "I want to leave in 6 weeks, on the date my stocks vest." He said "OK, you're worth keeping as long as you want to stay, so that's totally fair."