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This. 100%. You never let someone who gives notice keep their badge. You just say, "Congrats, there's the door. Cheers!" You have no control over someone who

This. 100%. You never let someone who gives notice keep their badge. You just say, "Congrats, there's the door. Cheers!" You have no control over someone who has given notice. If they do good work... that's great. But if they do shit work, what are you going to do, fire them? The liabilities are outrageous, and the payoff is only 2-weeks dev time (if you're lucky)... at the regular rate... Nah, not worth it. And you have that person in the office talking about how they're moving on to a better role, with more pay, and it can quickly turn into a cancer for team morale. I have never seen an article with such horrible career advice on Hacker News. This is bad advice.

briHass 4y ago
What is cancer for team morale is that their coworker, Bob, was here yesterday and today he's gone. Was he fired? Did he rage quit? Neither one makes the employer look good or gives me confidence I should stick around. I've always paid close attention to how my employers behave when someone gives notice: how you treat people/are treated when conditions aren't ideal shows you the true character of those involved. If the employer acts like a jerk, I know I'll get equal or worse treatment. I won't extend them any curtesy when I leave, which will likely be sooner rather than later based on their approach. That said, I disagree with the article. In the US, we're lucky to have a common expectation: 2 weeks. I've added an additional week for small companies, but I'd never do more than that. 2 weeks is plenty, and quickly feels like being persona-non-grata.
elzbardico 4y ago
Yeah, because people magically become mischievous spies for the competitor the moment they give notice. All this time they were job-hunting, doing interviews, and negotiating offers, it was just for fun, and they were still the "good guys". But the moment they communicate a decision to leave that they actually made a long time ago, when they started looking for another job, they automatically become Osama Bin Laden. Sure, it makes a lot of sense...

briHass 4y ago

What is cancer for team morale is that their coworker, Bob, was here yesterday and today he's gone. Was he fired? Did he rage quit? Neither one makes the employer look good or gives me confidence I should stick around. I've always paid close attention to how my employers behave when someone gives notice: how you treat people/are treated when conditions aren't ideal shows you the true character of those involved. If the employer acts like a jerk, I know I'll get equal or worse treatment. I won't extend them any curtesy when I leave, which will likely be sooner rather than later based on their approach. That said, I disagree with the article. In the US, we're lucky to have a common expectation: 2 weeks. I've added an additional week for small companies, but I'd never do more than that. 2 weeks is plenty, and quickly feels like being persona-non-grata.

elzbardico 4y ago

Yeah, because people magically become mischievous spies for the competitor the moment they give notice. All this time they were job-hunting, doing interviews, and negotiating offers, it was just for fun, and they were still the "good guys". But the moment they communicate a decision to leave that they actually made a long time ago, when they started looking for another job, they automatically become Osama Bin Laden. Sure, it makes a lot of sense...