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This isn’t accurate, might have worked in one-off situations but, given at-will employment, this was at best a confused HR employee trying to help, not a legal
by refulgentis 4y ago
This isn’t accurate, might have worked in one-off situations but, given at-will employment, this was at best a confused HR employee trying to help, not a legal conclusion. Note the obvious edge cases
- indymike 4y ago> given at-will employment, this was at best a confused HR employee trying to help US centric advice: Most states will automatically award unemployment to the employee if they are termed before the resignation date. In some cases, a dated resignation when combined with an email chain about "how to get rid of them" it will turn into a genuine legal risk. Most US HR people will advise to just respect a reasonable resign date or offer a severance agreement to avoid risk. Source: aside doing it myself with a couple of employers, since then I've owned four companies and dealt with the aftermath from managers who think they are smarter than HR.
- robocat 4y agoIf it works, you win $$: why be so negative? Maybe some downsides if they make you work longer, but that is a judgement call to make depending on context. Factually it worked twice for them, versus your theories that it shouldn’t work.
- refulgentis 4y agoComments are packed full of 'em, downside of preannouncing you're quitting months from now is you get 0