Working a notice...
By sweetgirl_k1
@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
United States
January 8, 2008 12:47pm CST
Have you ever worked a 2 week notice at your job? Have you went in to give a notice and they let you go right there on the spot? That just happened to my cousin. He just called and said that he got his certified letter in the mail to go back to his previous job next Thursday (they had laid him off during the layoff they had and he just took another job until they hired him back because they told him they would be re-hiring him within a certain amount of time). I wouldn't have wanted to go back in fear they would lay me off again but he really liked it there so he wants to go back. So he went in and told them he wanted to give his notice since the other job had finally called him back. They told him to just not come back in. They said something about it wouldn't be fair to the other drivers (he was working at a trucking company) if they let him continue to work his notice. He told the man that he had a family to support and his wife stays at home with their son and she watches a little baby two days a week but it's not enough money to pay their bills. That man said he was sorry but he still didn't want my cousin to come back in. So that got me to thinking, do most people give notices or do you just go in and quit? I have had a few jobs in the past and I gave notices each time I quit and when I worked at the lawyers office I wrote a letter of resignation because I had another job I would be taking that gave me more hours and I could also go to college while working.
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7 responses
@ImmanentizeThis (25)
• United States
9 Jan 08
The ideal situation is you give notice and then work it and the company gives you a good referral in turn. Thats the exchange. I've had simular experiences to your cousin that have led me to set a few rules. First, find someone within the company you trust and ask them what has happened when others have given their notice. Base your actions on this. Another is to ask yourself if you need a referral from the company or not down the road. If you don't, and you don't feel any indebtedness to the company, don't give notice after all companys usually fire/layoff workers without notice. Why should we extend a curtesy they don't usually extend to us. It sounds to me that your cousin would have found out that the company screws people who give notice. He also sounds like he doesn't need this company's referral because he is going back to his old job. Sorry for your cousin. Hope he lands on his feet.
@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
• United States
9 Jan 08
I know he won't be telling people he knows any good things about that job. LOL I agree it is good to talk to people that work there or have worked there (if you can) to get some feedback on the place.
@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
• United States
9 Jan 08
I agree, it does seem like the right thing to do. I guess maybe they were just mad that he was quiting. I don't know. It's just sad that they wouldn't let him work it out since he has a family to support.
@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
• United States
9 Jan 08
Well he has the new job that he's going to be going to but he won't get a check for a few weeks since that other job wouldn't let him work a notice.
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
9 Jan 08
I worked at a place before where that happened many years ago, but they also paid you for that time, I think they were fearful of things being stolen or damage being done in the time you were waiting to leave. I know when you got fired, that you were escorted away right away. You could clean out your desk but only with someone being with you.
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@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
• United States
9 Jan 08
It does sound like they were afraid that someone might take something or do damage. That company my cousin worked for though isn't giving him any money except for the previous week he had worked. So since he is the only one in the family basically that brings home a check then they are going to be without a check for a few weeks since the new place holds your check a week when you first start. Cause his wife watches a little baby but she doesn't make enough to even pay their bills with that.
@joey_matthews (8354)
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8 Jan 08
I haven't ever handed in a notice, but from knowing other people who have. They had to work a 2 week notice before they could leave that job.
A few of them wanted to leave straight away, but they weren't allowed to.... they had to work the 2 weeks notice before they could.
I thought there was a law to say everyone had to work their 2 week notice before leaving the job and neither the person wanting to leave or the manager is allowed to let them leave earlier than that.
I thought the only way to leave straight away would be beung fired, but thats not exactly leaving at your own will is it.
~Joeys wife
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@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
• United States
9 Jan 08
I asked my cousin if they could do that to him and he said he guessed so.
@mari_skye (1637)
• Philippines
9 Jan 08
I think it is common courtesy to give at least 2 weeks' notice. In our country, the acceptable time frame is 30 days from the time you have filed your resignation. This is to at least give the company time to look for a replacement and for the person leaving to have a proper turn over of his or her responsibilities. It is just rude for the employer of your cousin to have treated him that way given that he was responsible enough to give them notice.
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@sweetgirl_k1 (3972)
• United States
9 Jan 08
I agree it was very rude of his company. At least he was giving them a notice and he didn't just up and quit on them.
@halex2008 (54)
• United States
10 Jan 08
Hi there, not sure what type of trucking company that he worked for, but my previous job and this job, I have seen people turn in a notice in being let go on the spot. The reason these company do this is propriety information. My previous job was for a Waste Management Company and I now work for a Radio Station, in Sales. Even so someone means no harm their are still people out there that would steal all kinds of information that can be handed and sold to competitors. Such us Client Lists, Account balances, Credit Cards. Of course these are things they can start collecting when they first get the information, but the risks are higher for employers when they know that there employee is out of the door, especially if they are going to your companies competition. There are upfront contracts some companies make you sign like Non-Compete agreements, where you are not allowed to work in the same line of business. But then some companies don't do that. Either way, I am not sure what the reasons were in your case, but allot of companies do have that policy, and will enforce it.
