[IhavenoFREAKINclue]

So my boss found out I was moving before I had a chance to tell him. He asked me when I was going to tell him. I said I would have given my two weeks when I came back from Florida. He said that I was only going to give him 2 weeks to replace me. Isn't 2 weeks the alloted time? Now he has time to find a replacement
I'm sorry you tried saving some money and teaching me EVERYTHING in the office just so that you don't have to hire another person. So he asked me to stay until some jobs were finished and I said I'm sorry but I only have to give you 2 weeks notice and that's it. I already got the lease for the APT in Florida and move in is mid-August. So now he acting like a 6 year old and making me do ALL the work.....including things that aren't my job. He even was considering just letting me go now (is that considered getting fired?) Just out of spite. Would that be cause for unemployment? If i give him my 2 weeks and just to be a dick he said "Don't bother" Am I still a criminal if that happens?
I'm not sure if the "2 weeks notice" is law. I know that that's my only obligation. I'm sorry I'm leaving at an inconvenient time. But all i have to give you is 2 weeks and that's that.

[Moose]

That's ample time for me to find a replacement, I don't know how difficult it would be for your boss though.

If he's being a butthead about it, I'd just tell him it's 2 weeks, or now.....which does he prefer? Then leave it at that.

[A Fly onThe Wall]

2 weeks notice is standard.. You did the right thing.

Anytime an employee here has given a 2 weeks notice I thank them and tell them that their services are no longer required and tell them to pick up there check and leave.

I would not want somone around that doesn't have their head in the job for the 2weeks.

and no you cannot get unemployment if they chose to not take your 2 weeks notice.( you are not getting fired if you quit )
Your notice basically says I'm quiting NOW but I won't leave you in a bind so I will work till I'm replaced.

In a sense you are doing him a favor by working a 2 week notice and trying not to burn any bridges

[tiki]

2 weeks is standard, IHNFC. And it's not a law. Don't let him bully you. Tell him you'll leave now if he wants, sheesh. Like YOU'RE doing something wrong by moving and changing jobs? Come on, he doesn't own you.

Originally posted by A Fly onThe Wall
Anytime an employee here has given a 2 weeks notice I thank them and tell them that their services are no longer required and tell them to pick up there check and leave.

Wow...are you serious? I need to keep that in mind as a possibility with giving a 2 week notice. My boss would need my services for two weeks, would probably ask me to stay longer than that if possible, and would want me to train someone else.

[westernxer]

Originally posted by A Fly onThe Wall
Anytime an employee here has given a 2 weeks notice I thank them and tell them that their services are no longer required and tell them to pick up there check and leave.

What kind of work is this that you can just let them go?

Sounds like you take it very personal.

[Pocky]

[IhavenoFREAKINclue]

See, my whole outlook on this is I'm not going to schedule my life around you b/c you managed poorly and wont be able to find a replacement for me. This was my opportunity to go and I´m going.

[A Fly onThe Wall]

[i]
Sounds like you take it very personal.

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No I don't take it personal.. Most projects we work on are fairly large and the ramifications that can come from a person that no longer has their head in their job can range from missing a deadline for a television commercial to missing a deadline on a printing press. Since it has happened I have just adopted the policy.

We have enough people cross trained to accomadate any void from someone leaving.

[A Fly onThe Wall]

Originally posted by tiki
Wow...are you serious? I need to keep that in mind as a possibility with giving a 2 week notice. My boss would need my services for two weeks, would probably ask me to stay longer than that if possible, and would want me to train someone else.

I think I came off as short with my statement..

I didn't mean to sound as if I didn't have a meaningfull conversation with them about it.. There have been times where people have worked out the day.. but that was it..

[soccorsilly]

Well IHNFC, I guess the question of how to get fired is a moot point now.

Two weeks is standard but not a law, longer is nicer if you can do it, but if not, oh well.

You CAN collect unemployment (and say you were terminated) if he does not pay you for the remaining two weeks. If he does pay you--either in advance (which most will do) or in line with the regular payroll, you have resigned and are not eligible.

As for letting someone go right away, I am also a cheerleader for that. They are leaving for a reason--you may or may not know what it is and whatever work the company does is it's livlihood. So to keep an unhappy camper around is bad news except under the rarest of circumstances. Think about it"

They can poison the remaingni staff
They can steal
They can take trade secrets
They can screw with your computers
They can badmouth you to your clients
They can steal your clients if they are going in the same industry

The list goes on

[quankanne]

We have enough people cross trained to accomadate any void from someone leaving

unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the case in IHNFC's case. Sounds like the guy is being a jackass just because he can get away with being a jackass; two weeks is a courtesy extended by the departing employee that allows the company to train a replacement (if need be) while giving that person time to wrap up any projects.

[IhavenoFREAKINclue]

Originally posted by soccorsilly
Well IHNFC, I guess the question of how to get fired is a moot point now.

Two weeks is standard but not a law, longer is nicer if you can do it, but if not, oh well.

You CAN collect unemployment (and say you were terminated) if he does not pay you for the remaining two weeks. If he does pay you--either in advance (which most will do) or in line with the regular payroll, you have resigned and are not eligible.

As for letting someone go right away, I am also a cheerleader for that. They are leaving for a reason--you may or may not know what it is and whatever work the company does is it's livlihood. So to keep an unhappy camper around is bad news except under the rarest of circumstances. Think about it"

They can poison the remaining staff
They can steal
They can take trade secrets
They can screw with your computers
They can badmouth you to your clients
They can steal your clients if they are going in the same industry

The list goes on

Thanks soccer...but my boss would do it out of spite...not cause he thinks I would steel. Last time a receptionist quit, he told her not to bother with the 2 weeks and to leave now. She was the reason I had to lean 2 jobs. Instead of hiring another, my boss probably thought "O'well, Freakin can do it" And since then I have been doing her job and mine. So he'll be so pissed that he has to hire another 2 people.

[alphamale]

Originally posted by IhavenoFREAKINclue
I'm not sure if the "2 weeks notice" is law. I know that that's my only obligation. I'm sorry I'm leaving at an inconvenient time. But all i have to give you is 2 weeks and that's that.

Employment law is a specialty in and of itself and I am not a lawyer (but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last nite )

My understnading is that most states in the U.S. are "at will" employment. Which means you work at the will of the employer and they can let you go at anytime (without notice) for almost any reason. And the employee works at their own will and can tell the employer at anytime that they are splitting without giving any notice.

The two wk notice rule is only a courtesy and not required by any means.

[morrigan]

Your boss is acting like an a$$. Keep your head up, smile and do great work for the remaining two weeks, then you'll be saying sayonara to that place. Don't give him any excuses to fire you or ruin any future job reference.

I wouldn't blame a boss being angered by two days or two hours notice, but what you gave him is an acceptable amount.

[westernxer]

Originally posted by A Fly onThe Wall

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No I don't take it personal.. Most projects we work on are fairly large and the ramifications that can come from a person that no longer has their head in their job can range from missing a deadline for a television commercial to missing a deadline on a printing press. Since it has happened I have just adopted the policy.

We have enough people cross trained to accomadate any void from someone leaving.

That's cool.