FYI, the bizarre practice of “garden leave” as well as contractual notice periods is limited to the U.K. market. In the USA no significant tech company has any

FYI, the bizarre practice of “garden leave” as well as contractual notice periods is limited to the U.K. market. In the USA no significant tech company has any contractual notice period, and the social norm is to provide two weeks notice. In fact, at Google the policy is that the maximum period an employee may continue is three weeks once they have handed notice of resignation. I believe bizarrely long notice periods, commonly three months now, are a large contributing factor to the depressed wages in technology in the U.K. When friction is applied to the labor market, it’s to the detriment of the employees.