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Companies could add anti-ghosting clauses, like an employee needs to give at least 1 day written notice even for the trial period. In that case if he starts wor

Companies could add anti-ghosting clauses, like an employee needs to give at least 1 day written notice even for the trial period. In that case if he starts working at another company on the same day when he was expected, he can be sued for damages.

hadlock 7y ago
That leads right down the slippery slope of corporate slavery, and/or indentured servitude. Right to work laws work both ways; by not signing a binding contract either party can quit for any reason.
- xiphias2 7y ago
  As I wrote somewhere else, the problem here is not that somebody quits, but that he doesn't take a decision. He can still lie at the next day that his grandma died (the usual thing that I heared from girls in South America multiple times...the first time I believed it).
geofft 7y ago
I support this, because it's a good indicator of what jobs not to take. In our non-post-scarcity society, the vast majority of people don't leave jobs simply because they are bad, they leave them because they expect to find something better. So the problem is that better employers exist and you're not one of them. (Also, give your one-day notice and then take a sick day.)
- xiphias2 7y ago
  Ghosting means that the employee goes to another job, because he prefers that, but doesn't tell the first one about it, in case he changes his mind. It's about not making a decision even after signing the contract. I'm not an employer, but in my dating life I had a girlfriend who was 20 minutes late on her first date. After we got together, a few weeks later she told me that actually she was late because she put another date with another guy at exactly the same time as with me, just she didn't like him in real life. I had much worse ghosting situations as well, when a girl didn't show up, and didn't even answer my texts/calls. Be happy if you don't know the meaning of the word. I'd be interested to know how you would handle a baby sitter (who was very nice before) not showing up and not returning your texts/calls when you have a child and you need to go to a business meeting or to theatre for example.
  - geofft 7y ago
    > I'd be interested to know how you would handle a baby sitter (who was very nice before) not showing up and not returning your texts/calls when you have a child and you need to go to a business meeting or to theatre for example. Presumably the same way I'd handle a babysitter who called me ten minutes before they're supposed to show up saying they got in a car accident. Actually, probably differently - I can't meaningfully control car accidents but I can pay my babysitter more / figure out what they need to be happier.
bashinator 7y ago
Are employers going to take on the same enforced courtesy for their employees and give them a minimum of one day written notice before firing them?
- xiphias2 7y ago
  They have to pay the whole day even if they send the person home as far as I know.

hadlock 7y ago

That leads right down the slippery slope of corporate slavery, and/or indentured servitude. Right to work laws work both ways; by not signing a binding contract either party can quit for any reason.

xiphias2 7y ago
As I wrote somewhere else, the problem here is not that somebody quits, but that he doesn't take a decision. He can still lie at the next day that his grandma died (the usual thing that I heared from girls in South America multiple times...the first time I believed it).

geofft 7y ago

I support this, because it's a good indicator of what jobs not to take. In our non-post-scarcity society, the vast majority of people don't leave jobs simply because they are bad, they leave them because they expect to find something better. So the problem is that better employers exist and you're not one of them. (Also, give your one-day notice and then take a sick day.)

xiphias2 7y ago
Ghosting means that the employee goes to another job, because he prefers that, but doesn't tell the first one about it, in case he changes his mind. It's about not making a decision even after signing the contract. I'm not an employer, but in my dating life I had a girlfriend who was 20 minutes late on her first date. After we got together, a few weeks later she told me that actually she was late because she put another date with another guy at exactly the same time as with me, just she didn't like him in real life. I had much worse ghosting situations as well, when a girl didn't show up, and didn't even answer my texts/calls. Be happy if you don't know the meaning of the word. I'd be interested to know how you would handle a baby sitter (who was very nice before) not showing up and not returning your texts/calls when you have a child and you need to go to a business meeting or to theatre for example.
- geofft 7y ago
  > I'd be interested to know how you would handle a baby sitter (who was very nice before) not showing up and not returning your texts/calls when you have a child and you need to go to a business meeting or to theatre for example. Presumably the same way I'd handle a babysitter who called me ten minutes before they're supposed to show up saying they got in a car accident. Actually, probably differently - I can't meaningfully control car accidents but I can pay my babysitter more / figure out what they need to be happier.

bashinator 7y ago

Are employers going to take on the same enforced courtesy for their employees and give them a minimum of one day written notice before firing them?

xiphias2 7y ago
They have to pay the whole day even if they send the person home as far as I know.