conversation: User (Mintnose): "I have seen my company terminate 2 other employees as soon as they gave their 2 weeks notice.\n\nI gave my 2 weeks notice on Wednesday and on Friday was told they were terminating me and they were not intending on paying me for the remainder of the 2 weeks. Fortunately I am able to start Monday with my new company.\n\nAs a word of warning, if you have seen your employer terminate any employees as soon as they give notice DO NOT GIVE NOTICE. You are not legally required to give notice, and if the company does not give the courtesy of letting employees finish out their 2 weeks they don't deserve the courtesy of 2 weeks notice.\n\nEdit: To clarify generally speaking you should give two weeks notice, but it is not required, and there are situations that you should not. Carefully judge for yourself."
  Self: "I really, really don't understand or agree with the vast majority of the people in this thread. \n\nTwo weeks notice is not about respect. It's about professionalism. When you have a job, you presumably play an essential part in delivery of value to the company. When you leave, it's a professional courtesy to give them notice to allow time for them to either rehire or reshift your responsibilities so that that value delivery chain is not broken. \n\nIf they choose to forego that notice, that's their prerogative. But they are the ones that stand to be hurt by your leaving, so they're the ones that deserve the notice. \n\nNow you might say, when you get fired, they don't give you notice either. Isn't that hypocritical? \n\nWell, I guess in a very certain sense yes, but again, if you actually consider the situation, it really isn't. If the company has determined that you no longer deliver value commensurate with your salary/compensation, it's a liability to the entire company to leave you employed after terminating you. Further, the people probably hurt most are your innocent coworkers who through no fault of their own now have to pick up your slack.\n\nPeople who quit without giving notice are scum. Don't be that guy. Don't screw over your boss and coworkers by quitting without notice. Even if they customarily terminate people immediately upon their giving notice, that *does not* absolve you of the responsibility of giving that notice. "
  fuckingloveweetbix (fuckingloveweetbix): "&gt; People who quit without giving notice are scum. Don't be that guy. Don't screw over your boss and coworkers by quitting without notice. Even if they customarily terminate people immediately upon their giving notice, that does not absolve you of the responsibility of giving that notice.\n\nRead that over and think for a little bit.\n\nIf you give 2 weeks notice AND YOU KNOW they are likely to terminate you immediately then they obviously don't need 2 weeks to sort out you leaving.\n\nThey aren't using the 2 weeks notice to hire a replacement or train someone else and you will be out 2 weeks of pay. \n\n&gt; But they are the ones that stand to be hurt by your leaving, so they're the ones that deserve the notice.\n\nWith the current state of a high % of people not having any saving to rely on, 2 weeks of no pay can be a really big problem. \n\n&gt; People who quit without giving notice are scum.\n\nEmployers who terminate people as retaliation are scum. I don't think you could convince me that they aren't."
  Self: "&gt; They aren't using the 2 weeks notice to hire a replacement or train someone else and you will be out 2 weeks of pay.\n\nyou've obviously never owned a business. I own a business. I assure you, the above statement is not true.\n\n&gt; With the current state of a high % of people not having any saving to rely on, 2 weeks of no pay can be a really big problem.\n\nIt's true that some people are in really dire financial circumstances through no fault of their own. But the types of jobs that would fire you if you put in notice are exclusively professional, white collar jobs, where there's a concern of sensitive information. And most people working those jobs can probably afford to be out of work for two weeks. Again, I know that's not literally all people. There's no statement anyone can make that describes all people. So this isn't a conversation of edge cases. This is a conversation of the typical case. \n\n"
  2-cents (2-cents): "What business do you own? "
  