> Tell me as early as possible I would advise people not to always do this. I work for a consulting company and am currently not doing any client work. I accep

> Tell me as early as possible I would advise people not to always do this. I work for a consulting company and am currently not doing any client work. I accepted a job offer 2 weeks ago, but didn't tell my company until this past Friday. When I put in my 2 week notice, my company informed me that I would only be needed for one week. They effectively stole a weeks worth of pay from me because I tried to give adequate notice. Now I understand that since I was currently not with a client that I was costing the company money, so I see their point of view from a financial stand point. But the message the company said to me was that I shouldn't have given them advance notice, and should have told them the week of that I was quitting. I would advise people to give 2 weeks notice and not a week more if they are not heavily involved in a critical project. Posting under a throw away since my account has personal information and I don't wish to bad mouth my former company.