Employers say more workers are leaving without giving two weeks’ notice

Re:Employers say more workers are leaving without giving two... by billmalarky on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @08:23PM (#11950629)

Well it is "at will" employment, so you're more or less quitting the new job immediately. Most people would of course not turn down a job immediately _after_ signing a job offer. They just wouldn't sign the job offer.

What I was getting at, is I had heard somewhere that companies can be liable if they extend a job offer then rescind it causing the employee considerable harm. Sounds like it is a "it depends" type of situation.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Employers say more workers are leaving without giving two... by jimmydddd on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @08:42PM (#11950735)

Sometimes, while interviewing for multiple jobs, the window to accept an offer for job A ends before you receive an offer for (preferable) job B. So you accept job A as a hedge, and then immediately rescind job A if you get the offer for job B.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Employers say more workers are leaving without giving two... by fdsaaf on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @09:06PM (#11950873)

And there's nothing wrong with that, since if you view A and B as actors, they're both (because they're inhuman corporations) psychopathic monsters who will fuck you over in an instant

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Employers say more workers are leaving without giving two... by munin on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @08:47PM (#11950779)

the legal action is "promissory estoppel" and it basically never happens. the risk to the employer is very low.

[ Parent | on HN ]