I'm quitting soon (but not soon enough) to go to EJA. I have no legal obligation to give any notice whatsoever to my current employer. At a prior job I did once upon a time but not now. Where does this "two weeks notice" thing come from? Is it in any sense real or what? Why? Do I have a moral or ethical obligation in any sense to give any notice?
I've never seen any evidence whatsoever of any reciprocal sense of obligation on the part of companies when they decide that they no longer require a persons services, zero notice is the norm with any warning coming through via rumour mode. I feel zero obligation on my part in this area, it's just business. They've been good to me and no hard feelings, it's just time to go.
I have seen also companies fire people on the giving of notice or otherwise make their last days as unpleasant as possible. I'm not trying to hurt anybody or burn bridges, I don't care for long goodbyes, I just need to go.
20+ years in business has made me very hard on this subject, opinions?
tj
I've never seen any evidence whatsoever of any reciprocal sense of obligation on the part of companies when they decide that they no longer require a persons services, zero notice is the norm with any warning coming through via rumour mode. I feel zero obligation on my part in this area, it's just business. They've been good to me and no hard feelings, it's just time to go.
I have seen also companies fire people on the giving of notice or otherwise make their last days as unpleasant as possible. I'm not trying to hurt anybody or burn bridges, I don't care for long goodbyes, I just need to go.
20+ years in business has made me very hard on this subject, opinions?
tj