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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗼𝘄𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀. Yes, this is the nonsense I read this morning. Can you imagine? You give your two weeks’ notice, ready to leave on a professional note, and BOOM fired on the spot. - No paycheck - No grace - No nothing Now, what do you think would happen next? Employees would stop caring about giving notice at all. Why bother, right? If there’s no safety net or appreciation for it you might as well vanish like Houdini. But hold up—it gets worse. Think about how this policy could backfire on companies in two other ways. 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁? Without a notice period, who’s going to train your replacement or tie up loose ends? I guess the company just enjoys burning down their own house and sifting through the ashes later. Imagine the chaos. Those “Oh no” moments when something important falls through the cracks because the person who knew everything ghosted without a goodbye. 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝘆𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱. Reputation is everything, folks. When word gets out that you toss people to the curb the minute they hand in their notice, you think anyone’s gonna want to work there? You’ll become the place where resumes go to die like that one restaurant everyone warns you never to eat at because of the questionable health rating. Yeah, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶. So, what do you think about this whole “No two weeks owed” thing? Would you still give a notice? Or would you peace out faster than your boss can say “Wait, let’s talk about this”? I love your faces and have a great week!
Have you ever given a 2 weeks notice? I have a few times in my career.
The whole two weeks notice thing made sense when the hiring process went faster. There was an actual chance that your replacement would start in time, for you to do some knowledge transfer. Today? They'll be lucky if they can get the job description nailed down in two weeks. It'll be three months before there's a warm body in that seat, at which point you'll be lucky to remember that you ever even worked there, much less remembering how to do the job. And the flip side to the two weeks notice? I've only ever gotten notice that my job was disappearing twice. Usually, it's more of the "hey, let me show you this thing outside the building..." and then you don't get to go back inside.
I support your logic John Moore 🧙 To ask for two week notice and then fire the employee oon the spot is unfair and retaliation shall follow.
It still boggles my mind that you can get fired with zero notice in some countries, John.
that's a good point about training the replacement - but the worst end goes to customers who will not get a steady communication in return. A great way to lose them John Moore 🧙
Are there sites that track things like ‚fires on a whim‘? To me as a European that still seems quite bonkers that there’s no notice period (or maternity leave to speak of)
Wow, talk about making exit plans easy.
It's important to leave a job on a positive note. John Moore 🧙
Valid point!
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3moWhat are your thoughts on the whole "2 Weeks Notice"