2 weeks is the standard? I am amazed.
In Switzerland where I live, it is 3 full calendar months. And I thought Switzerland is very similar to the USA...
My god 2 weeks lol, someone quits and he is gone the next day. How is this legal?
Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit
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Re: Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit
#22I once cut my holiday short so that I could have more time to pass on knowledge about my projects. I left everything documented and up-to-date. Nobody gave me much attention and a year later a new employee was asking me to come by and give a hand.
So that's something I'm never doing again.
Re: Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit
#23I've generally given a lot of notice as an IC, 2-3 months in some cases. and I have to say, I think it's not been appreciated, not even once. I've tried to spend the time wrapping things up, communicating my tacit knowledge to my coworkers, and writing documentation for things that I've done and created and am responsible for; I'm fairly certain that no one has given my opinions and thoughts any more than a cursory a…
I completely agree. The part about infecting people with my attitude is especially relevant. It's normal that we talk. And when they ask "why?", it feels awkward. If I tell them all the reasons, it will influence their perception of their situation (which might be quite positive) and I prefer not to do that. But if I avoid answering, I will be perceived as dishonest or hiding something. So usually I invent some excuse so that nobody feels bad.
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#242 weeks is the standard? I am amazed. In Switzerland where I live, it is 3 full calendar months. And I thought Switzerland is very similar to the USA... My god 2 weeks lol, someone quits and he is gone the next day. How is this legal?
> And I thought Switzerland is very similar to the USA
What?
I suggest you come and visit.
Re: Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit
#25When you've been laid off, how much notice did your employer give you?
Re: Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit
#26Speaking as a manager who has managed numerous people through their exit as well as a job changer.... I have to say I disagree with the advice to give extended notice.
Proper notice (in US at least) without severe mitigating circumstances is two weeks and that's what you get. If the employer wants to it to be less then so be it. FWIW I've changed job 5-6 times over my professional career and every single time it's been a cordial exit where I've worked out my final two weeks.
As the employee submitting your notice - have your ducks-in-a-row before turning in your notice as it maximizes your chance for a smooth exit.
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#27Same experience as many here for me when leaving two companies with a quite long but somehow standard 3 month notice here in France: it felt nice to give my managers/coworkers some time, but overall it wasn't useful. Most of the 2 first months was "as usual" and the real information sharing was done somewhere during the last month. The last week or two were absolutely useless for me and others, as it's just wandering around without any precise task, and everyone being like "oh, you're still here?"
Re: Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit
#28Nobody gave this person this advice because it is bad advice, period.
Give your contractual notice, whether thats 2 weeks in the US, or a month or 3 months in the UK or whatever and be prepared to actually leave at the end of it.
Any other advice is actually harmful to the majority of people.
Re: Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit
#292 weeks is the standard? I am amazed. In Switzerland where I live, it is 3 full calendar months. And I thought Switzerland is very similar to the USA... My god 2 weeks lol, someone quits and he is gone the next day. How is this legal?
Poland has 3 months for some cases. It is unusual in the rest of the world.
In Romania you give 2 weeks notice as an IC and 4 weeks as a manager. It can be shorter if the company agrees, but it cannot be longer by law: you can tell them in advance if you want, they cannot force you to stay if you don't.
Re: Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit
#302 weeks is the standard? I am amazed. In Switzerland where I live, it is 3 full calendar months. And I thought Switzerland is very similar to the USA... My god 2 weeks lol, someone quits and he is gone the next day. How is this legal?
I'm also amazed by the stories of managers who immediately layoff workers who said they will quit.
Why ?
Is this like some "Oh no you're not deciding to quit, I decided first you're fired, I call dibs !" ?
The dude said they will leave anyway. And doing the layoff will just allow him to leave without extensively teaching someone else.
This should be illegal as well.