The 2-week resignation notice: a thing of the past

[DooM_]

"He who wins people, prospers; he who loses them, fails" - Zhou Yu

[Quickerblade]

Getbiggers should be glad anyone hired them.

[The_Punisher]

the "2 weeks notice" is just bullshit corporate gimmick.....if you get a job that will pay you better with great benefits and want you to start in 3 days to start a project, would you pass on it because you have to give your current employer two weeks notice?....fuck that....I quitted a job in 2 days after I got an offer from someone else and the manager told me I have to stay one more week so he can find a replacement. I told him why should this be my problem?....if you want to fire me, you won't give me two weeks notice....you don't owe nobody shit in the workplace

[pluck]

fuck that....I quitted a job in 2 days

With a stunning grasp of vocabulary such as yours, the only job you "quitted" in 2 days was cashier at McDonald's.

[Man of Steel]

the rat race....gotta love it

[disco_stu]

Total amount lost for the company: $53,000,000 on 15 employees. That's 5+ million per employee. ....

how are you still there?..

53000000/15 is not 5+ million each...its not even 4 mill.

put in for a raise.

[Antonio fella]

how are you still there?..

53000000/15 is not 5+ million each...its not even 4 mill.

put in for a raise.

Lol good one

[AmonRa]

Very much.

The way you handle lay-offs is of paramount importance.

I remember a guy who'd put in 30+ years at a company in LA. They got him into the lawyers office and he was given an hour to "clear out". While he was chatting with the lawyer & his manager, they cut off his access to the servers. I was there that day. It was a terrible thing to witness.

Their excuse - this is IT and allowing someone to work out their termination period is too risky. In other words - we don't trust this guy who's been here for over 30 years.

So you get lay offs, then you get more & more. No-one has a leaving party. No speeches. No thanks from the boss for a great job. It's just ambush-style kick out.

Then they give the bare minimum of severance payment - but really - it's not the money. It's being there one day and on your ass the next.

I blame these "At Will" employment contracts personally. You simply can't treat people like that and have their colleagues continue to respect the management.

That's because today people are treated like machines. Disposable.

Nobody cares about your work one bit. The only think they care about is how much money will be made.

That's also the saddest of them all.

People spend their entire life working, thinking they are really doing something. Like it's a victory to make a lot of money for someone and always get paid the same regardless of how well the company is doing.

Every single minute of work is a waste of time for the most part unless you work is truly changing the world and even then it's still questionable.

[SaintAnger]

Seems like the bigger the company, the more moving parts there are to screw everything up.

I used to think I was a hard nosed business man by always getting over on people, and chasing a deal EVERYWHERE.

Then, I learned I was just being a POS.  So, I changed my ways.

I've started to follow Marcus Lemonis (of the CNBC show, The Profit), and have learned a lot from him about how to treat people... as people.  I thought business meant business first by any means, but it appears the truth is, people/employees should come first, and better business will come to you in the long run. 

I will never work for anyone again in my entire life if I do not have to.  With everything going on and the current climate for employees, I think it's time for an entrepreneurial renaissance.

[Thin Lizzy]

These lyrics from the Bob Seger song, "Night Moves" tell you how you should treat your job:

"I used her, she used me
But neither one cared
We were gettin' our share"

I've been with my current employer for 12 years. I could leave tomorrow and never give the place another thought.

[agenda21nwo]

I'm sorry to hear this, but sadly it is the norm in western companies.  A society with out morals ends badly for everyone.