Two Week Notice

Tim Possible · 07-02-2011, 12:08 PM

Totally agree that it depends a lot on the job. My second job is foodservice, and we have a lot of people, and schedules are pretty fluid to try and get everyone hours. I also work just a couple shifts a week. If I had to quit that job, there would be very little hardship on management and staff to cover it.

My main job however.....I run my route. No one else knows what is going on on it as much as me. Plus, we only have one backup guy. If I was to just walk away, managers would be involved in field work and everyone would suffer for a while.

I think that it is always better to give notice if you are able. Just a general rule.

***Art*** · 07-02-2011, 06:38 PM

It definitely depends on the job. I have given notice all but once. The once was my first job, and I just kind of snapped after I couldn't handle being hassled by the other kitchen employees in the pizza place I worked at. I walked out in the middle of a shift. That was the general way people left that particular establishment. Haha.

My last job, notice was only a week. I was offered my current job, starting in two weeks. In that time, I had to move and take care of all of that stuff. So, I gave them one week, and they were okay with it.

OiBoyz · 07-02-2011, 09:11 PM

I only didn't give notice once. No, twice. The first time I had been at the job for many years and was qualified to be promoted when the director retired. Well, I had all the qualifications except that I lacked a ☺☺☺☺☺. The man they hired (after telling me they would not be filling the position) lacked any experience. His only qualification seemed to be that he did have the requisite appendage. I tried to work with him, I really did. But he was constantly threatening to fire me. So one day, I cleaned out my desk, took my keys and my pager to the office and told them I was done. I ignored all of his calls (because he didn't have the first idea how to do the job, and expected me to help him.)

The second job I quit after less than a full shift. The schedule was not what we had discussed which would gave required me spending most of my paycheck on gas because they wanted to spread my 20 hours over five days, not two and wouldn't let me attempt to pick up hours in any other dept til I'd been there a year.

ICallHimTurtle · 07-03-2011, 09:55 AM

I had an experience like that. I was told the guy was up against "had a family to support." Well that's very sweet of you, mister corporation, but I have a resume to build. I asked if they realized that if I was passed over for the position I would have to find other employment, and they acted like I wouldn't go anywhere. So after the morning meeting when they announced the position had been filled, I went straight to the boss and handed him my already-typed-out notice.

You should have seen the look on his face.

jthomas1600 · 07-03-2011, 10:14 AM

You two just don't know your place: barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen *ducks and runs for cover* But seriously.... good for ya'll for not putting up with it.

*edit* in case there's any confusion...the first half of the above post was NOT meant to be taken seriously...the second half WAS meant to be taken seriously.

ICallHimTurtle · 07-03-2011, 10:31 AM

At first your comment had me all fired up. And then I realized that wait, you're a nice guy. My bad.

HAHAHAHA. I always text my husband: "Make me a samich, woman." It's our way of joking over when we worked for the same company for a while, and I acted like I owned the place even though it was a boys club. WHADDUP.

**MtlMom** · 07-14-2011, 07:37 AM

I actually changed my mind about a radiology tech who said that she could start right away, knowing that she had another job. I didn't hire her, because I knew that if she did that for me, she would do it to me. A quality employer will expect you to give two weeks notice to your current employer. What goes around, comes around.

WafflesAndSyrup · 07-14-2011, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Chocolate Bear

It definitely depends on the job. I have given notice all but once. The once was my first job, and I just kind of snapped after I couldn't handle being hassled by the other kitchen employees in the pizza place I worked at. I walked out in the middle of a shift. That was the general way people left that particular establishment. Haha.

That's how I left my first job at a grocery store, haha! Except my reason was a conflict in management. Long story short, some people shouldn't be promoted to assistant manager in a completely different department than they've worked in before. I couldn't handle taking two contradicting orders constantly, so I had shut off my lane and left. I don't recommend that to anyone, but a minimum-wage job as a cashier for a cheap-minded grocery store chain isn't exactly that difficult to fill, and I plan on never going back into that industry again.

jthomas1600 · 07-14-2011, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by MtlMom

I actually changed my mind about a radiology tech who said that she could start right away, knowing that she had another job. I didn't hire her, because I knew that if she did that for me, she would do it to me. A quality employer will expect you to give two weeks notice to your current employer. What goes around, comes around.

Exactly! I've also come to the conclusion that if the employer is willing to hire me although I'm completely hosing my current employer by quitting with out giving notice that it says something about the company hiring me.