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While I doubt this actually happened, I’m still disturbed by everyone cheering it on absent any context that would make OP not look like a petulant child.
Quitting without notice doesn’t require justification, fuck the bosses, whatever.
But for all we know, this manager had bent over backwards to stand up for their employees, or cover for them. Maybe this employee took advantage of that and was miserable to his coworkers. Those are just as likely as anything else, given that no further information was provided.
At least invent a backstory how this manager was dogshit or abusive, or the company was awful. Make us want to believe that you’re not just someone with a persecution complex who’s quick to anger and lash out.
I have a very nuanced take that involves licking boots nuancedly
I’d be more inclined to see your point, except that the manager in question said “each job requires 2 weeks notice” like he was indignant that he didn’t get something he deserved.
That’s not only not true at all, it’s active manipulation on their part in a hail Mary attempt to have their work covered for enough time to look for another employee.
It may be unprofessional to quit without notice, but it’s really unprofessional to present the act of quitting as requiring 2 weeks’ notice, particularly in a place that might also allow the employer to fire someone for any reason at any time with no notice.
it’s really unprofessional to present the act of quitting as requiring 2 weeks’ notice
If it’s part of the contract then it’s not unprofessional at all to bring up the terms that you’ve agreed on. My job requires a month’s notice and it wouldn’t be unprofessional for my employer to bring that up if I tried to quit on the spot.
That being said, I don’t live in a place with “at-will employment”, which is a fucking travesty and should never have been allowed in the first place.
Mine tend to ball out to a month’s notice (on either side) for every year employed at the company…but i do business critical shit. I do not get the impression this is what is in the text conversation depicted.
I’m not from the US but I always assumed “at-will employment” works both ways. You’re telling me it doesn’t?
It’s not typically written into the contract for most jobs I’ve seen, but it’s still considered very unprofessional to leave without giving the company time to find a replacement. It doesn’t just mess with the company or your boss; it messes with your coworkers, too, who now have to pick up the slack.
Basically, while it’s not written into your contract, it’s still considered socially unacceptable not to give a two week notice barring any unusual circumstances.
Na my dude, as long it’s not considered at least as unprofessional for companies to let people on the spot they can go an fuck them self.
Want a mandated notice period? Put it in contract for both parties. That’s how it works in countries with sane worker laws.
If it’s considered ‘unprofessional’ then that is a raging misconception. At will contracts also mess wirh the company and your coworkers, demanding a courtesy you won’t give your workers is horseshit.
It’s not unprofessional at all; at worst, it’s discourteous, because notice of departure has zero to do with your professional conduct, it’s a courtesy. You can professionally quit on the spot, look:
“Due to a change of personal circumstances, I will be resigning immediately, effective at the end of the day. I will work with you to make this transition as smooth as possible within that timeframe, but it is not negotiable.”
Very fun “both sides” argument about a potentially billion dollar company ;)
It appears lemmy.world and the midwest has found us.
If they’ll fire us with no notice, we should quit with no notice.
Kind reminder it’s illegal to force labor in the United States.
At-will state fantasies
Exactly this. If you don’t want me to quit without notice, do you also vote against politicians who vote for “right-to-work” legislation?
Yeah, you don’t get to write a fucking law that says you can fire me on the spot for any reason at all and then insist that I give you two weeks.
Besides, these days it’s a different world - there’s a labor shortage. A serious one. Warm body? You’re hired. Nobody gives a fuck. They can’t afford to. Especially in minimum wage.
Unless you’re in IT, apparently? Idk.
Relatedly, my conspiracy theory is that the spate of recent layoffs are coordinated pushback against all the strikes and unionizing as well as pushback against RTO etc. Just a wild idea I had… May be total horseshit, idk.
On the other hand, we have seen collusion in the past within some sectors (e.g., price fixing, no poach agreements, wage fixing), and antitrust violations often go unpunished or weakly penalized, corporate leadership is strongly driven by profit often to the exclusion of ethics and at the expense of all else. And employee compensation is a significant part of most company budgets. So, I think my wild idea is at least somewhat plausible.
Unless you’re in IT, apparently? Idk
As someone from IT, there isn’t really a shortage. There are literal crowds of quite advanced developers searching for jobs. The only problem is that they don’t have commercial experience and all companies only want seniors/teamleads/cto’s with 10+ years of experience, to do at best middle-level developer’s jobs. The shortage is artificial, but, I’m not complaining, as it’s the only reason I get paid decent wage.
IT’s a lot bigger than dev
They deserve exactly the same notice they give when they axe thousands of jobs, Zero. Fuck the bosses.
Lot of people didn’t read the community title before commenting lol.
Honestly pretty wild how the LW bots will be this brazen on dumb/seemingly irrelevant topics.
How will we ever have any discussion unless there is at least one upvote-botted-boot-licker comment?
No notice for 20,000 layoffs? Oops, 2 weeks from… uh, 2 weeks ago.
The key is to dip after changing the password on the vital database they decided one person was enough to manage ;)
The key is to dip after changing the password on the vital database they decided one person was enough to manage ;)
Pretty sure this kind of sabotage can expose one to legal consequences
It’s just my silly brain thoughhhh.
The password was like at least 8 characters and nobody wrote it down for me :(
In the US there is no notice period for firing in “at-will” states (which is all except Montana). It goes both directions though, there is no notice period when quitting. So chances are, if the OP is in the US, the boss was full of it.
Believe it or not, nobody can make you work if you said you’re done.
US military has entered the chat
Eh, if you’re really done and just refuse to do anything they say, they’ll have you discharged inside a month. The couple times I saw it happen it actually looked like a relief on both sides. Nobody bothered the guy leaving anymore, and he would willingly do office chores again for the last 3 or 4 weeks.
Of course you don’t get all of your benefits, you can never come back, and the re-enlistment codes are regularly leaked so any HR will know how you left the second they see your discharge form.
When it gets nasty and takes months is when the leadership wants someone gone and the soldier insists on trying to to stay.
you don’t get all of your benefits, you can never come back
This got a good lol out of me after the OG comment was about the military forcing a database techie to work the meat grinder.
so any HR will know how you left the second they see your discharge form.
Okay whew :)
While this is very funny folks just be aware you can be sued for sabotage
It’s just my silly brain thoughhh :(
Ive bought a ‘sorry for your loss’ greeting card and write 'I quit ’ on the inside and hand it to my superior before leaving when they asked for my notice in writing. I already had another job, I didn’t need a reference and if I did I’d just have a friend lie for me. Fuck the bosses.
Pretty wild they don’t even vet the reference numbers.
You could put your own number and get away w/ this 99/100 times.
Except on that same piece of paper you also have to write down your telephone number for contact purposes
How ridiculous it is that they don’t check (yes, even on the same page)
