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This is the thing. I've seen many rounds of layoffs in different companies. I've been laid off once. None, not one, of the people laid off were "told as early
by gorbachev 14y ago
This is the thing.
I've seen many rounds of layoffs in different companies. I've been laid off once.
None, not one, of the people laid off were "told as early as possible" they were about to be laid off. Almost all of them were told 2 hours before they were shown out the door.
I will never tell my employer I'm quitting "as early as possible". I will them them only after I have the next job contract signed and I know my start date. And I will tell them at the last possible moment, so that when they escort me out of the office, as they VERY often do, I will minimize the disruption to my income.
- michaelochurch 14y agoI will never tell my employer I'm quitting "as early as possible". I will them them only after I have the next job contract signed and I know my start date. You're 100% correct here. Anything less than this is stupid. And I will tell them at the last possible moment, so that when they escort me out of the office, as they VERY often do, I will minimize the disruption to my income. Give 2 weeks. It's standard. It's to protect your reputation. If they relieve you of your notice and still pay you, fine. If they stop paying you as well, then they're idiots, because they're risking their reputation over a completely inconsequential sum of money.
- lgleason 14y agoIf the company has a histoy of escorting people out the door you should not give notice. Everything listed in this article is professional courtesy. If the employer has earned it then by all means you should treat them right....there may be other reasons that you are leaving, but they are still good people. On the other hand if your previous employer treats departing empolyees poorly then they day you give notice is your last day. That is the double edged sword of having no employee protections in the US.