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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

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I've done this many times, I know for a fact that almost NONE of the prep work, training, file organization, email handoffs, exit/handoff plans, and so on...were ever used except to allow somebody to make excuses on their 'delays' in the first few months after I left. I've also worked in industries for many years, and was told this line about 'leaving on good terms'. Honestly though, you could just about nearly commi…

What's also funny is this idea that leaving a company ASAP will put you on bad terms with your coworkers whom you might need to rely upon in the future.

Outside of very specific circumstances, it's probably not the least bit true. Most of us simply aren't that important, and very few of us are that important that a team will be screwed if we GTFO ASAP. I can count on more than one hand the times that the lead developer or PM were gone for multiple weeks and virtually nothing changed as a result. If coworkers are indeed screwed by your departing without taking a month to do prep work, that's more often a sign that the company is dysfunctional. It's a rare circumstance that someone has unique skills and knowledge that aren't easily replaced.

I've had my share of times where I left a company either less than two weeks after or immediately upon quitting, and have never been shunned by coworkers I was on good terms with. It just doesn't happen. Nobody cares. If anything, I've been praised by coworkers I've been reaquainted with at other companies for leaving behind a dysfunctional environment with few f@$#s given.

Re: Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit

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Can your contract state otherwise?

IANAL, but I don't think that a contract can force you to give a particular amount of notice no matter what (I think that would be considered "unconscionable"). But I imagine a contract could specify that if you don't give a certain amount of notice, you won't get severance or similar.

Severance is “bribe” money: it is dangled to people being laid off in return for them signing a paper stating that they give up all rights to sue the company.

Severance is never paid unless you sign away your rights.

There is no contractual requirement for severance.

We are at will slaves.

Re: Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit

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No it’s not valid in Sweden (or anywhere else). The date at which your resignation starts to count is the date that your employer learns of your intent to leave. You are however free to agree on an arbitrary date with them as your last day. It’s not the date you put in the letterhead. That would be insane.

> No it’s not valid in Sweden (or anywhere else). The date at which your resignation starts to count is the date that your employer learns of your intent to leave. "or anywhere else" is an exceedingly broad assertion. For Canada: > Yes, you do have to give notice of your resignation in Canada. The common law imposes a duty to provide notice of resignation on all employees. > However, you don’t have to give two weeks’…

The context of the grandparent comment implies that they date their letter of resignation as being submitted in the future.

Re: Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit

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Unemployment in the US is set at the state level. Many states pay significantly higher than $550. WA pays a max of $999 weekly.

Yeah. Last time I looked, MA was like $1k. Just across the border, NH was more like $400. Not a fortune and doesn’t start until vacation payout is done I believe but not nothing for most. You do need to at least go through some motions of job hunting.

Vacation payouts shouldn't be relevant. They are earned while working, so they are compensation from the period when you worked.

Unless, of course, you are trying to collect during a period that is scheduled as a vacation? That could create problems.

Re: Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit

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I completely disagree. in the long run, a company is not going to remember you gave them a lot of notice before leaving. your coworkers aren't likely to remember either, at least in terms of your ability to get references. at the same time giving a long notice has a lot of downsides. your offer can get rescinded and now you are either jobless or have a very awkward conversation. your managers in this time will not re…

Everyone thinks they’re irreplaceable. I’m still honestly shocked my last company didn’t collapse when I left. And yes with 2 weeks notice

Everyone is replaceable in the short term. Long term if you lose a few key employees people are left wondering where it all went wrong.
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