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Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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How come when an employee decides to quit they have to give two weeks notice, but when an employer fires you they don't have to give 2 weeks notice? It's not fair imo.

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Police Academy III
Nov 4, 2011
because ronnie regan killed the unions op

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Police Academy III posted:

because ronnie regan killed the unions op

not exactly. but yup

Frijolero
Jan 24, 2009

by Nyc_Tattoo
ITT We become class conscious

www
Aug 4, 2010

i wish you all the best in your future endeavors op

a shiny rock
Nov 13, 2009

sometimes you get a severance package

DONKEY SALAMI
Jun 28, 2008

donkey? donkey?

How much poo poo would you gently caress up in those two weeks?

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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Parallax Scroll posted:

sometimes you get a severance package

The only severance package I'll ever get is when I sever my jugular after being fired. I hate job hunting.

Dave_Indeed
Feb 22, 2004

by FactsAreUseless
When you're not a piece of worthless poo poo, you generally get a ton of notice and they also give you money to live on while you're out of a job.

man nurse
Feb 18, 2014


only bitchmade people give two weeks notice op

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

Dave_Indeed posted:

When you're not a piece of worthless poo poo, you generally get a ton of notice and they also give you money to live on while you're out of a job.

and your job is?

brick cow
Oct 22, 2008

SweetKarma posted:

How come when an employee decides to quit they have to give two weeks notice, but when an employer fires you they don't have to give 2 weeks notice? It's not fair imo.
:ssh: You don't. It's just a polite thing to do.

It's illegal (in America) for past employers to say anything about you other than confirm that you did indeed work there and at the position/pay you claim. If they talk poo poo about you for anything (including quitting w/o notice) you can sue the poo poo out of them.

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

Here's your severance package, op: my ballz

One nut in your mouth for every week notice and a bonus dick down your throat

metricchip
Jul 16, 2014

brick cow posted:

:ssh: You don't. It's just a polite thing to do.

It's illegal (in America) for past employers to say anything about you other than confirm that you did indeed work there and at the position/pay you claim. If they talk poo poo about you for anything (including quitting w/o notice) you can sue the poo poo out of them.

Basically, this.

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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brick cow posted:

:ssh: You don't. It's just a polite thing to do.

It's illegal (in America) for past employers to say anything about you other than confirm that you did indeed work there and at the position/pay you claim. If they talk poo poo about you for anything (including quitting w/o notice) you can sue the poo poo out of them.

How would you know if they talked poo poo about you? It's not like the job you applied for is going to call you back and be like "Yeah, we called your previous employer and they said you were a little bitch, so we're not hiring you."

GAYS FOR DAYS
Dec 22, 2005

by exmarx
You don't have to give two weeks notice stupid.

GAYS FOR DAYS
Dec 22, 2005

by exmarx
It's also not illegal to talk poo poo about a former employee, but if the former employee did find out that that has happened, it opens the company up to lawsuits, so most companies take the safe route and only confirm dates of employment, pay, and whether or not the employee is eligible to be rehired at that company.

Mumpy Puffinz
Aug 11, 2008
Nap Ghost

GAYS FOR DAYS posted:

It's also not illegal to talk poo poo about a former employee, but if the former employee did find out that that has happened, it opens the company up to lawsuits, so most companies take the safe route and only confirm dates of employment, pay, and whether or not the employee is eligible to be rehired at that company.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhnUgAaea4M

Edmund Sparkler
Jul 4, 2003
For twelve years, you have been asking: Who is John Galt? This is John Galt speaking. I am the man who loves his life. I am the man who does not sacrifice his love or his values. I am the man who has deprived you of victims and thus has destroyed your world, and if you wish to know why you are peris

I'd imagine that any employer that's halfway competent and doesn't want to get sued just follows the law for the most part.

It's easier just to say "yes, that person worked here from this date to that date" and move on than to say something illegal because for all you know a vindictive ex-employee could be calling up, pretending to be a prospective employer just to catch you talking poo poo and sue you.

This example applies more to big companies with deep pockets. I bet stupid, local business owners would be more likely to say something stupid.

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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GAYS FOR DAYS posted:

It's also not illegal to talk poo poo about a former employee, but if the former employee did find out that that has happened, it opens the company up to lawsuits, so most companies take the safe route and only confirm dates of employment, pay, and whether or not the employee is eligible to be rehired at that company.

Okay, that makes sense. My mother said she has had a few employers call her about previous employees and the questions are usually terse. Something like, "considering the experience you had with this employee would you consider employing them agan?"

Thunder Moose
Mar 7, 2015

S.J.C.
On occasion they will give you notice - but at the end of the day it's because they have power and you do not.

Tashan Dorrsett
Apr 10, 2015

by Deplorable exmarx

SweetKarma posted:

How would you know if they talked poo poo about you? It's not like the job you applied for is going to call you back and be like "Yeah, we called your previous employer and they said you were a little bitch, so we're not hiring you."

actually my dad had this happen and good luck actually suing anyone over it

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

Most employers are professional enough to not talk poo poo about you where it might come back to bite them but the lack of anything at all positive to say about you can be pretty readily construed as saying something about you in itself. If you're at all likely to get a recommendation from your manager it's better to stay on good terms with them when leaving than not, if you're quitting/getting sacked because you loving hate each other then screw it

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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So is it even worth it to give two weeks notice? Is the two weeks notice a myth constructed by corporations to take advantage of us plebs?

^^that makes sense

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

I've told my manager like halfway through the day that I wouldn't be showing up tomorrow, or ever, when I already had another job lined up and knew I was never goin back. It depends how much you care about leaving on good terms

Stoic Commie
Aug 29, 2005

by XyloJW

SweetKarma posted:

So is it even worth it to give two weeks notice? Is the two weeks notice a myth constructed by corporations to take advantage of us plebs?

^^that makes sense

Yeah

Masturbasturd
Sep 1, 2014
Don't know what America you live in pal, but most employers here feel free to talk all the poo poo they want about you and reserve the right to put a hit on you at any time.

gently caress yeah.

Comfy Fleece Sweater
Apr 2, 2013

You see, but you do not observe.

exspurt analcyst posted:

Don't know what America you live in pal, but most employers here feel free to talk all the poo poo they want about you and reserve the right to put a hit on you at any time.

gently caress yeah.

gently caress yeah

At will employment owns

Drone_Fragger
May 9, 2007


SweetKarma posted:

How come when an employee decides to quit they have to give two weeks notice, but when an employer fires you they don't have to give 2 weeks notice? It's not fair imo.

Actually in 1st world countries like europe, they do. Good job living in famous failed state "The USA"

Hobohemian
Sep 30, 2005

by XyloJW
You don't have to give and in some cases it's actually really dumb because they will fire you right then.

Supreme Allah
Oct 6, 2004

everybody relax, i'm here
Nap Ghost
ahh no sunglass hut won't give me a good review to the hiring manager at wegmans.

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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I'm not even sure if my current employer would know who I was if I decided to quit.

There's got to be a better way.

Zzulu
May 15, 2009

(▰˘v˘▰)
wipe out the employer and assume his seat of power

never seen again
Jan 25, 2008
lot of people have lovely job itt.

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy
basically you don't have any power at all as an employee so just poo poo on your boss' desk, imo

Full Metal Jackass
Jan 22, 2001

Rabid bats are welcome in my home

Hobohemian posted:

You don't have to give and in some cases it's actually really dumb because they will fire you right then.

This is what happened to me in one of my previous jobs. It was pretty lovely.

Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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Qvindtar posted:

lot of people have lovely job itt.

Nobody has a "good" job. Nobody really likes to work. They may enjoy certain parts of their job, but really they'd just rather spend their days doing something else.

Lucky Guy
Jan 24, 2013

TY for no bm

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vyst
Aug 25, 2009



Just poo poo on your desk and walk out. That's notice enough

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Bareback Werewolf
Oct 5, 2013
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What if we're real men that work outdoors and don't sit behind a desk all day? What then?

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