Why do we have to give 2 weeks notice? our boss fire us right on the spot?
why do we have to give 2 weeks notice? but employer can fire us right on the spot?
i have been working as programmer in the valley forever (starting out as programmer for Digital Unix back in 95). Never quit a job, always got fired after few years of good works, and mostly due to company not doing well.
Recently trying to quit a job, but was told that if i quit then i am burning bridge with him. He is a well to do vc (rich guy $100m+). Then was told to give me 30 days, but feels like earlier talk a threat, so i just quit right away.
any idea what should i do differently?
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Also, keep in mind that leaving immediately might seem like it hurts your boss and/or the company, but more likely it just stresses out your co-workers who have to pick up where you left off without any help. 2 weeks to hand off all your current stuff makes their lives a lot easier.
[1] http://business.financialpost.com/2012/09/04/when-two-weeks-...
That's .... that's ... gob-smacking!
According to http://www.mathewsdinsdale.com/departing-employees-ordered-t... :
> After 295 days of hearing, the trial judge found that the defendants had been integral in managing projects and designing the company’s core technology products which formed the backbone of the company. The Court found that these individuals were part of senior management and were crucial to the direction and guidance of the company and as such owed fiduciary duties to GasTOPS. The Court further held that the two weeks of notice of resignation provided by each of the defendants was wholly inadequate, and that each of the defendants were fully aware that their departures would leave GasTOPS unable to fulfill its existing contracts, or continue to pursue the business opportunities it had been cultivating. ...
> On appeal, the Court of Appeal held that the 10-year disgorgement period was reasonable, given the small and highly specialized market, the nature of the confidential and technical information that had been misappropriated and used, and the product that was created and marketed using this information. The Court of Appeal was also influenced by the fact that GasTOPS was an industry leader in a market that only contained a small number of very large customers. Accordingly, it was reasonable to conclude that it would take approximately 10 years for the damage caused to dissipate.
> Although the damage award in this case was extremely large, the Court noted that the breach of fiduciary duties owed in this case were particularly egregious.
Nope. Still doesn't seem justified to me.
http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/4132/notice-is-a-two-way-st... points out that
> In Aquafor v. Whyte, Dainty, and Calder, the court held the four and five weeks’ notice provided by two departing fiduciary employees was sufficient
But that wasn't a blanket decision. Had Aquafor been able to show the judge that that they needed "12-18 months" (!) notice, then it probably would have had a different result.
And it allows time for any "knowledge transfer" that may need to occur.
i have been working in the valley since 96 as programmer and i never gotten interview or at the least needed help from people i work before.
That being said, the kind of person that tries to browbeat you into working an extra month with threats isn't a person that will be helpful in the future. Some bosses burn bridges when their employees have the audacity to quit. So don't worry about those kinds of people.
I've won places, and declined places, solely on the basis of small-city syndrome, where everybody knows each other.
People talk, so I've heard about conditions in a lot of shops I've never personally set foot inside. That's been enough to make me ignore their contacts, or adverts.
In Illinois, for example, you must have your final paycheck (including all backpay in arrears and unused PTO/vacation pay) paid to you when you leave or, at the latest, the next scheduled pay period where your coworkers would have been paid.
Employers can't withhold unpaid PTO that you earned just because you don't give enough notice.