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"Sadly, this spirit of trust is long gone at many companies, especially big firms. Too many employers terminate staff abruptly and coldly, escorting them from the office, depriving them of collegial farewells—sometimes even assuming they will try to sabotage the company. And some bosses, when given notice that an employee will be voluntarily resigning in a few weeks, will angrily tell that person to clear out immediately.
At a company like that, I can understand why some workers might believe it’s perfectly all right not to give any advance notice—and some employment experts would agree. The workers are just acting defensively."
Unfortunately, most companies are like this. I don't know of a single company that gives a downsized employee time to figure things out... they may or may not provide some severance but it's almost always an immediate escort out of the building... quite frankly, if a company has EVER done this... they don't "deserve" any notice...
I call absolute bullshit on the following statement in the article
"It sounds as if your firm still honors the traditional “social compact” between employer and staff, under which everyone works in an environment of consideration and trust. I’ll bet that if your boss needed to terminate an employee for business purposes (not poor performance), that employee would be given enough notice to find another job, plus either generous severance or the flexibility to continue working there while looking."
How Much Notice Should You Give Your Employer?
Here's a piece from Kiplinger where a reader shares the story of a co-worker who left without much notice. The piece then gets to the heart of the issue: how much notice should be given to an employer when an employee resigns? A summary of their answer: [The worker who left] owed all of you (pro...
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