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.
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’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.
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.
It’s always been in my contracts, a month’s notice is the norm here. I’ve never broken that but I’ve also been fortunate enough to work at places where work and life are balanced. I wouldn’t have wanted to disrupt the work for my colleagues and my managers have always shown their respect for me to the point that I want to work with them instead of against them. I don’t think I’ll ever work for an employer that puts the company over the wellbeing of their employees. I’ve seen what being a real team means. People cooperate freely and go the extra mile for eachother if necessary and cut massive amounts of slack to anybody in the team that’s having a tough time and needs to focus on their life outside of work for a bit.
That said I won’t ever get any bonuses or make large amounts of money in my career either but that’s not what I’m after if it would mean putting work before life.
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.
I’ll be honest, I’ve never lived in a place that has at-will employment so I don’t know the details, but I’d also assume that it works both ways.
No. The managers speaking on behalf of the company, and the company can fuck itself.
All companies can fuck themselves.
Then your next job calls this job to verify your employment, finds out you quit without notice, and withdraws the offer
Edit: I get that no one cares that what I’m saying is a real thing that happens in some companies. Just know that it is and tread carefully if you’re thinking about quitting with no notice period
Edit: Also no, it is in no way illegal in the US for your previous employer to reveal a basic description of the terms of your separation to future/prospective employers
Except that’s not how this works if you were ever in a position to actually verify employment. Every company ever will specifically tell their employees to just confirm whether or not the person used to work there and that’s it.
Anything else opens the company up to a lawsuit for slander. The employee is already gone. No company is going to risk a lawsuit just to warn another company of a bad employee.
The large hospital system I used to work for absolutely communicates termination status to other employers, one of those is “resignation without notice,” and I knew 2 people who had job offers rescinded other places after verification
If someone quits because of unsafe working conditions, they would be grouped in the “resignation without notice”
I’m sure they have a lot of other bullshit reasons to not hire people too.
They gave notice.
Depending on the contract or location, this is more than enough.
Two weeks is often no more than a courtesy, and not a requirement. If the company fires you, they’re unlikely to afford you that courtesy.
That’s why you get a job before quitting the old one, lol
In America, most companies only supply the dates you worked and sometimes salary. On a rare occasion if you are rehireable.
That’s about it. It’s all done through an automated service.
I had one prior employer who wouldn’t even do that. So I have to supply a ten years old pay stub to prove I was employed
Don’t list it in your previous jobs. Problem solved
“What can you tell us about this hole in your resume”
“Taking care of my sick mother …” stops them real quick.
Love all the “interview hacks” in here :)
Oh damn this is a good one!
I was self employed doing x y or z
Get the best sounding friend you know and let them know what you’re doing. Say you did landscaping or wallpaper work for someone and give them that friends number doesn’t even have to be their real name you give them and boom, you just verified your work history. Obviously depends on what you are applying for you could say computer work or a number of many other things. If you do work like that for someone you’re private contracted so they have no way to prove that you didn’t do it
Thank you for attempting to bring facts to what looks to be a feelings party - people could literally end up homeless by following this pattern, e.g. if the new job fell through and the one after that checks both previous references, then all the old manager has to do is send that screenshot.
Karma exists, and yes corporations are evil SOBs but that’s no reason for us to be so likewise.
And ofc it’s a joke meme, but… is it tho? And anyway why downvote you even so? Now I too will accept those alongside you, and I suggest we treat it as a badge of honor at this point, I will hold fast to what is true regardless.
Lot of people didn’t read the community title before commenting lol.
You can be left without being an asshole
You can also be right without being an asshole, but unfortunately you can’t seem to vote for any decent right wing party that isn’t packaged with bigotry these days.
This reeks of r/antiwork cringe.
And you reek of boot
lol… so sayeth the kid on lemmy.
Everyone I disagree with is a dumb kid
Oh that’s not true at with me. I’m mature enough to not make blanket statements or stereotypes such as that. But when I see kids sensationalizing shit, and manufacturing outrage for the sake of activism…… I call it out.
Maybe don’t put word into the mouths of others.
mood, can’t wait to get out of my union busting workplace (still have 2.5 yrs of apprenticeship left 🙃)
I would love to do this but I would rather not burn any bridges.
Kind reminder it’s illegal to force labor in the United States.