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Required? How's that work? What happens if you absolutely must be out of there right now? Slavery is illegal in most civilized countries. In the US, 2 weeks is
by ufmace 10y ago
Required? How's that work? What happens if you absolutely must be out of there right now? Slavery is illegal in most civilized countries. In the US, 2 weeks is fairly standard, but as a professional courtesy. You are perfectly free to just stop coming in whenever, though it's kind of a jerk move to your current employer.
- ghaff 10y agoI looked this up a while back out of curiosity. Based on what I read, if you just stop coming in, the company is entitled to come after you for damages although, in practice, this probably doesn't happen.
- nisse72 10y agoIf you have any accrued benefits you can lose them this way, they may not need to take any action. For example, in New Zealand many employment contracts have an abandonment clause that basically says if you don't show up for 3 days, the contract is terminated and you've forfeited any accrued leave or other benefits they might have owed you otherwise.
- mytherin 10y agoThe same way all contracts work in every civilized country. If you sign a contract and violate it you are penalized in some way, usually that way is specified in the contract (e.g. fined a certain sum of money). Not sure how this can in any way be equated to "slavery".