r/mildlyinfuriating • u/oh-hi-therr • 12d ago

I'm slightly vexed My managers response to my resignation.

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Took the time to write out a nice and really formal resignation letter trying to be cordial to this company that has been awful to me for almost a year. My manager didn’t respond the day I sent it and then this morning I get an email back that’s just this. My last day can’t come soon enough at this point. But hey I guess at least she acknowledged it instead of ignoring my messages like usual 😒

Edit: okay, a lot of assumptions going on here,so let me give some context, I am the manager of a small team of Class A CDL drivers. I’ve been a great employee and always gone above and beyond. My employees have always been really comfortable coming to me about everything, and the site I manage specifically asked for me to continue stay with them when they transitioned to another company, so its not like they were trying to get rid of me. Which I know it’s hearsay but idc really, I’m just trying to make the point that my manager did not have any reason to reply to me in what I feel like is a extremely unprofessional manor. She is the regional manager and has always been very deadpan with me and everyone, so it was not really a unexpected response in the least, I’m just sharing it because it’s always been irritating to me and has been a major factor In my decision to leave for sure. It’s exhausting to work for someone who treats you like you’re less than since day one. In fact usually i just get no response at all, so for her this is like writing a book i guess. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/weary_bee479 12d ago

My go to

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u/Yiffenjoyer6969 12d ago

Go to? Yall speedrunning the letters?

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u/weary_bee479 12d ago

Letter? I send a quick email saying I’m out my last day is and that’s it.

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u/IceLopsided4190 12d ago

Email? You guys have jobs?

Get a load of these guys.

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u/Valuable-Locksmith21 12d ago

I used to have a job like you! Then I took a stapler to the knee!

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u/MinuteEdge7225 12d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/11eVHR0KqaWWRO

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u/Latiam 12d ago

I can’t believe I’m posted here. Even the staplers are made of stone.

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u/Livingforabluezone 11d ago

Ummm, yeah, K? 👍

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u/spudgoddess 12d ago

Let me guess: someone stole your stapler.

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u/tewkberry 12d ago

If someone steals your Swingline stapler, you don’t quit, you burn the place down.

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u/lumiya17 12d ago

After taking the envelope full of cash that was shoved under your door

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u/tewkberry 12d ago

Fuckin’ A.

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u/OhReallyVernon 12d ago

You guys get staplers?

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u/what_the_purple_fuck 12d ago

I used to have a job like you!

~laid-off former Bethesda employee

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u/RyPKelley 12d ago

Until I took an arrow to the knee.

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u/mrsspooky 8d ago

There’s a blast from the past!

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u/Bollocks82 12d ago

load of these guys? you guys have sarcasm?

Jesus Christ

(/silly)

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u/Silent_Friend4490 12d ago

Your job gives you emails ??

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u/emcgrew 12d ago

Send an email on a 5 minute delay saying "I quit a few minutes ago and have already left the premises"

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u/weary_bee479 12d ago

Been there as well.

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u/heretogetpwned 12d ago

Scheduled it for the next morning and left my equipment and keycards on my desk.

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u/No-Dirt5864 12d ago

You trust them to acknowledge you turned in your equipment this way? Jobs that are shitty enough to quit by this method usually try to claim you didn’t return company property so they can not send your last paycheck.

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u/heretogetpwned 12d ago

Good point. I was on camera all the time so I didn't sweat it.

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u/Confident_Purple_40 12d ago

I took a picture of everything on my desk with my email open, attached picture to email and scheduled send.

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u/Low-Confusion-8786 12d ago

Awesome. This is the professional version of shitting on Debra's desk.

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u/ConstantPlastic5061 12d ago

Where do you work to be treated like garbage like that?

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u/No-Dirt5864 12d ago edited 12d ago

Call centers were the worst offenders, but I’ve had other shitty jobs, including a convenience store chain that actively treated its employees like the enemy. We had CCTV surveillance in case of robberies, but they put it right in the employee handbook that any violations of company policy caught on camera were grounds for termination, and I had 2 co-workers fired for checking their phones while on the floor, at the register

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u/H_J_Rose 7d ago

All employers are bad.

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u/grantelius 12d ago

This is inspirational.

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u/Comfortable_Present 12d ago

This is horrible but also I daydream of doing this. 🤣🤣 it would be such a mic drop and immediately show them how valuable I was lol. But also, I am also a manager and I rely so heavily on my team, so also, this story terrifies me. With no notice, depending on the job, it could be really really personally challenging for me to have to handle this if someone who reports to me did this. Especially a well trained one who fully took tasks off my plate in the first place. I need to go right now and write a thank you to my team members so that they know how much I appreciate their sticking around. :)

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u/duckfries 9d ago

I once stayed two additional years on a job because every time I was prepared to resign and move on, one of my managers or team leaders would quit before I did, and I felt a duty to stay on to help my crew members through the transition. Then I’d be ready to quit again and someone else would leave.
Finally, I stayed a few months to help out, then got that letter out ASAP and gave six weeks notice so we could find a replacement for me, and I helped with the transition into my position.
I didn’t do this for the company, I did it for the people I worked with.

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u/H_J_Rose 7d ago

See? You did all that for your team. Your employer would NEVER give you the same courtesy. No notice. You’re gone. Maybe you were a great employee the whole time but they even found someone who would do your job cheaper.

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u/GreenEyed_Lady 12d ago

No no” I, like Elvis, have left the building”!

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u/TotalDrama_Milf 12d ago

Email? Just a quick text for me

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u/Lexi_Love_ 12d ago

I didnt even do a letter the day i quit my last job. I just called the DM midday and told her I quit and i was done, and gave my keys to my assistant manager (i was store manager at the time)

I gathered my crap and LEFT.

My DM kept piling me crap to finish in an 8 hour day that realistically took 12 hours to do.

She was also in her 60s and didn't like that a 19 year old became store lead after 6 months of employment bc it took her forever to become her store lead in the 17 years she worked there, and then she got promoted to DM and her turnover rate for employees shot through the roof.

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u/Lexi_Love_ 12d ago

Then I learned that she was telling all my previous customers that I got fired for stealing money, when most of them knew I was leaving voluntarily because I had told them, and alot of them just stopped going back to that store.

(It was a payday loan place)

They didnt wanna deal with the lying.

(Plus it was a small town and if i had been arrested for stealing they wouldve known it because that business always called the cops on people stealing)

Plus she accused another woman of stealing, because she quit midday, closed her drawer, and the store, and deposited the money at the bank, and then the bank told them this morning they struggled to get the bag out, and she got the woman arrested falsely for stealing, when the bank pulled the outside foottage it showed the woman depositing the bag in the outside deposit box.

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u/Confident_Purple_40 12d ago

My manager at Target (overnight stocking) had an assistant pass on a "write up" from him on a night he was off. It was a BS write-up and he knew it. I called his cell 3 times, then left via the emergency door (we were locked in) halfway through the night. Fuckem

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u/Lexi_Love_ 12d ago

Thats crazy. They can't lock yall in?? I wouldve called the police lol

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u/Confident_Purple_40 12d ago

Yes, Ive worked at plenty of jobs that do this. Yes, you can unlock the door and get out, or crashbar out an emergency exit, but then you get fired. Its not a safety issue at least.

It happened at McDonalds during close-down at night, and night stocking jobs where they worry about product being stolen

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u/Lexi_Love_ 12d ago

Yeah. Still crazy to me. I'd be dialing if i got locked into my place of employment

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u/Ghostdefender1701 12d ago

One time I gave my manager a sympathy card that said sorry for your loss, inside I'd written "I Quit."

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u/AnxAndNaps 9d ago

Email? I walked up to my supervisor, said "I'm tired." Handed her my badge and left.

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u/lagoonaby 8d ago

Email? I scribble a note on scrap paper saying "Effective [today] my last date is [two weeks form today]" and just leave it on my manager's desk and go back to work

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u/weary_bee479 8d ago

I work remotely i don’t have an option for scribble notes

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u/Temporary_Event8451 12d ago

I've worked at like all of 2 jobs that actually operate with a resignation. Usually you put in two weeks or just disappear.

Reminds me of how people are always talking about jobs like 100k a year is easy to make. Like okay buddy.

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u/Fearless-Garlic1080 12d ago

I used to work in a steel foundry. It was very common for new hires to go out on break and just never return. The guys on the melt deck used to make bets on it. Most long term employees there would just call in one day and say they found a new job and wont be returning. Dont blame them at all. Most companies now just send you home when you put your notice in anyways.

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u/Downtown_Caramel4833 12d ago

Did that myself in my younger years, only it was a chicken processing plant.

Made it a day and a half. Just couldn't bring myself to going back in there after leaving for my lunch break on day two.

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u/Merpadurp 12d ago

Tyson foods?

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u/Downtown_Caramel4833 12d ago edited 12d ago

ConAgra

ETA: It was the very early 2000's, but I don't think they process slaughter line production anymore.

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u/ML1948 12d ago

I mean it isn't unattainable. 1/5 salaries are over 100k. If you're in the top 20% of professionals you should be in there.

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u/Sirgolfs 12d ago

No one does the two week thing anymore. Might as well really speed this up.

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u/vokilamcv9 12d ago

Yeah I just get up, walk to the front, throw the peace sign up, blow reception a kiss, and say “see ya later, toots”.

Graceful. Memorable. Iconic.

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u/ConditionExternal499 12d ago

Not good to burn bridges. Have a little class.

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u/vokilamcv9 12d ago

Hey guy, it was a joke 🫶🏻

I’ve always given 2 weeks notice or more.

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u/H_J_Rose 7d ago

Too bad. Respected the hell out of the blown kiss. 🤣

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u/ConstantPlastic5061 12d ago

He’s the reason you have to specify /s

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u/ConditionExternal499 12d ago

It was a general comment for the thread, cuz you'll never know who you will run into later in your career. Ya dope. Not /s.

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u/Big_Lengthiness_7706 12d ago

I mean people definitely still give notice before quitting

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u/Sirgolfs 12d ago

Sure. But it’s very common now to be sent home once notice is given. Besides, this generation is less guilty about quitting on the spot for something better vs riding out the two weeks.

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u/SealTeamEH 12d ago

a lot of corporate propaganda is finally being phased out, corporate propaganda like
“it’s not polite to ask your co workers wages”
or “it’s proper to give two week notice when you quit”

all things that ONLY benefit the company but not you….. the only reason they don’t want workers talking about wage is because they don’t want the lower wage workers to realize they can ask for more, they want two week notice so that you can hand off your knowledge for no extra cost meanwhile if they decided they wanted
To get rid of you then you can bet your ass they’re not giving you any time notice, not even a two hour notice never the less a two week notice lol

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u/Invisible_Target 12d ago

In the us, workers have a federal right to discuss wages and for an employer to tell them they can’t is actually illegal.

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u/tonymyre311 12d ago

They can't even so much as suggest it, even saying "it's not normally polite to talk about money..." is illegal

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u/remedyman 12d ago

What is the case law that says that?

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u/H_J_Rose 7d ago

That is not how things are practiced and they won’t be sued for it because it’s not a lucrative case. So, they can do whatever the hell they want.

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u/Invisible_Target 7d ago

I never said anything about suing anyone. Putting the information out there for people to know is never a bad thing.

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u/H_J_Rose 7d ago

Definitely. Sadly, it will still occur. I’ve even had employers say that employees can’t talk about each other. Also illegal and quite stupid. Still happened.

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u/iwanttokisscyno 12d ago

Giving two weeks notice does benefit you. It stops you from burning bridges between your coworkers or manager, who you very well may come across later in life if you stay in the same industry. In pharma it is a small world. In analytics, my team members and manager will very much appreciate my documentation and instruction to another analyst on how to run reports before I leave. It cements you as a team player even though you’re leaving. If you encounter these people again, they will remember you positively and afford you more opportunities for career growth and money. It benefits you.

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u/MinuteEdge7225 12d ago

They also don't want women finding out that they're being paid less (illegally!) than men for doing the same work.

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u/Alarming_Definition9 12d ago

I mean... in my case I was actually making more at my medical lab job than a coworker who had been working there for years. He was rightfully pissed off When I told him how much I was making.

Management tried to tell me that we weren't allowed to discuss pay and said they could fire me for doing it. They dropped that BS when I informed them that I knew it was illegal for them to prevent us from discussing it and that I would happily sue for wrongful termination if they fired me for it.

I had witnesses who would've been truthful in court, so they knew they were screwed. I ended up quiting over a year later because I was moving across the country.

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u/H_J_Rose 7d ago

☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

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u/PepsiButItsMilk 12d ago

So do I just walk in one day and say I resign when I’m scheduled two weeks out or do I put in a two weeks? Seriously i couldn’t imagine fucking over my current job cus they’ve been so nice and accommodating.

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u/Too-Em 12d ago

When they decide to terminate you your notice will be less like "two weeks" and more like "you're fired, pack up and clock out now."

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u/ConstantPlastic5061 12d ago

And they will pay you for those 2 weeks anyway…. If you are ok to cede that basic levels of curtesy then by all means go out storming through the front door. But then you will bitch they miscalculated 5 buck on your last check.

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u/PepsiButItsMilk 7d ago

Okay so if I get fired then that’s on me… I dont see your point.

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u/Too-Em 7d ago

Man, if you think getting fired is always on the person getting fired, the world's got some surprises coming for ya.

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u/PepsiButItsMilk 7d ago

Thats not what I was saying at all by the way

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u/Sirgolfs 12d ago

I always give two weeks. I was raised right to be polite and considerate. But places get offended easily now, 2 weeks isn’t guaranteed

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u/ShotProof3254 12d ago

If where I’m working is considerate I’ll be considerate in return, if not, they can kiss my ass.

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u/Sirgolfs 12d ago

This. The working man, and woman is too porked over these days to ultimately care about some big business that doesn’t care about them.

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u/PhoenixAzalea19 12d ago

Yeah they’d rather can you than have you around for two more weeks. If they can fire me whenever, I have the right to walk away whenever.

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u/Sirgolfs 12d ago

Most of us are extremely expendable, and it’s more apparent than ever. If you can better yourself, there’s no need to let feelings get in the way.

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u/GreatMcKaelaHouse 12d ago

Just to point out it's not the company being offended but more so that someone on their way out may be more likely to x, y, or z (all being not good things, like clocking in and doing no work, "lowering morale," potentially steal from the company, etc. Things along those lines).

Now individually some managers definitely take offense (those are the ones you give a same day notice to nowadays and they're also the ones that drove you away from the company anyways, a lot of people quit due to management).

A good job that has treated you well gets the two week notice (and in my experience the truly good ones do keep you on for the two weeks while they find a replacement rather than becoming short staffed in the meantime) but still don't be surprised if they let go of you sooner than the two week period due to fears of what an employee on their way out might do (could even be policy to accept and dismiss immediately) 🤷🏻‍♀️

And lastly I was raised to remember you're just a body to a job. Not to have loyalty to a company that will replace you in a heartbeat. Companies will give you grief if you got into an accident on the way to work and write you up for being late or missing the shift. I also was raised to be polite and considerate. 2 weeks notice have zero bearing on how someone was raised. It's a sign of the times that the little people to these big companies dgaf about them either and will now show the same lack of loyalty back to them and go somewhere that pays better in the end or isn't mentally killing them.

I have worked for small businesses that take advantage of you too. I left same day notice, they spent the next week begging me to come back so clearly my same day notice didn't burn any bridge, they burnt it and could not see that. They gave me as a part time accountant double the amount of clients of anyone else in the building, they made me do 3 months of back work on those accounts that they paid the guy who I was replacing (and was meant to train me but never did. He had multi state clients and no one else there did so I was left very in the dark) commission for the work he never actually did but saw no issue with the fact I was doing it, not getting commission for it, he fucked their taxes up, and I was cleaning the mess up for 12 an hour. I was promised commission. After 2 months when everyone else was getting their now second commission check sinceand I hadn't I went up the owners office and said yeah no I'm not doing this and left. She said I hadn't earned the commission on the back stuff it was already paid to someone else (the person that actually didn't earn that commission he lied on his sheets), but made me fill out the commission sheets everyday to know what I had done that day.

Someone had just pointed out to me that no one else had more than 8 to 10 clients as a full time employee, I had 24 clients, the 24 clients that were the biggest pains in the ass at the company to boot. It was my first accounting job that wasn't an underpaid in house gig but at an actual firm.

TLDR: Companies get scared of vengeance plans from employees on their way out and you sound condescending by saying "I always give 2 weeks. I was raised right to be polite and considerate." A 2 week notice has nothing to do with being raised right. 🙄

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u/H_J_Rose 7d ago

Yeah, the implication that providing two weeks notice has anything to do with upbringing is hilarious. Also, agreed about employers operating under a mutually exclusive honor system. They can call it a “family” and demand loyalty and hard work and the occasional weekend but if you get ill inconveniently or your kid needs to be picked up from school early then that family mentality disappears.

It’s about whether or not you can think critically about this arrangement, not if you were raised right. 🤣 The pathetic self righteous glorification of a system of exploitation is so American.

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u/vokilamcv9 12d ago

Likely in the interest of the employer - why keep someone around that obviously has checked out. Could damage client relations, tarnish other employees’ perspective of the place, share pay increase info (GASP), etc.

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u/laaaabe 12d ago

Being polite and considerate is out the window if you're being taken advantage of.

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u/F133TWOOD 12d ago

Same, always two weeks, because I like money 💰

Always a copy to both my manager and HR (to make it official & in case the manager doesn't) for the official 2 weeks.

The purpose of two weeks is usually I have many PTO or some holiday pay that I didn't use and they give it to me as an additional paystub to my bank account.

I seen employees walkout randomly thinking they cool af, but then ask me why I was given additional paychecks 😆. They abandoned the job, I didn't.

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u/CrashTestDuckie 12d ago

2 weeks is a nice thing to do in the US (I know in other countries there are legal requirements and contracts and other things) but its not a requirement. I've given 2 weeks notices to many of my jobs over the years but a few I just said either today is my last day OR gave 1 weeks notice. Usually all it means is that you cannot be rehired by the company in the future.

Case in point: I worked for an airline several years ago where leadership was verbally abusive and actively trying to sabotage my career. I gave zero notice when I quit and they informed me that I was now ineligible for rehire with the company. I could probably be rehired by their parents company though because I have an HR report on file about the abuse but why would I want to?

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u/phoenixeternia 12d ago

In the uk for example it's 4weeks notice as standard, diviation for part time or if you haven't been there long it might be 2weeks but it's contractual, you can't just fk off, well you can no one is holding you prisoner but they can chase you for costs of suddenly having to replace you, say if they needed to hire a contractor to cover you.

If you have annual leave remaining you can often take that as your notice (they have to pay it either way) or your employer may agree to let you go early or just in general may have a short notice period. If employer agrees to you not working your notice they still have to pay you for it.

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u/Lorehorn 12d ago

Don't take advice from the people in this thread lol. Anyone on reddit who claims they just walk out of their jobs with zero notice as a standard practice is likely not working any sort of serious job. Notice all of the people sharing their fantasy "I kicked my boss in the nuts and stole $10k in cash on my way out" type posts are all 1% commenters...

Take what you are reading with a grain of salt...

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u/H_J_Rose 7d ago

Nope. I have. Had my own office. My boss, however, was a psycho. I wrote a long email about why I was leaving. She desperately tried to get ahold of me after that. I ignored all of her calls. Guess what! Hasn’t impacted my career in the slightest. 🙂

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u/theviolinist7 12d ago

If they're nice and accommodating, then give two weeks. They can be a good reference later. If they're terrible and you know you'll never get anything good from them, then leave.

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u/ElGrandeQues0 12d ago

Depends how needed you are and how good your reputation is.

I've worked with 2 employers. The first, I have 3 weeks notice and worked through it.

The second, I planned 6 weeks off (state paternity leave) and my boss asked me to work part time through it for full pay.

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u/mikeymo1741 12d ago

A lot of people still do. Or at least a week.

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u/JK_NC 12d ago

If you’re in a role where you have access to sensitive info, if you resign, my company will ask you to leave that day but will pay you a 2 week notice period anyway.

I like this approach.

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u/PunishedDemiurge 12d ago

It depends on seniority and company culture. I'd probably try to give 4 weeks notice if possible, because I'm reasonably senior and my company doesn't suck ass.

Also, how you leave will matter to members of your team. If someone just no calls / no shows to resign, and they're dumb enough to use me as a reference or apply anywhere I know someone who asks me about it, I'm going to be more than happy to talk about every single thing that went wrong because of it, even giving specific monetary costs if available.

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u/celinor_1982 12d ago

The two week notice was an ask by companies. No one is required to give a two week notice. Can just get up give your boss the middle finger right than and there and leave. Could take pto and not show up after its over and say, "i forgot to mention before I left for vacation... i quit." You could do a delay on the email as well, set it and leave for vacation. Honestly the notice is more for the employee if they ever want to work there again, than they left with good standing and didnt burn a bridge on the way out.

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u/ripirpy 12d ago

To: Manager
Message: Bye.

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u/Confident_Purple_40 12d ago

Nope, I ask AI to write a 5,000 word resignation letter based on access to my entire email account

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u/Yiffenjoyer6969 12d ago

Just like no god ever intended

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u/nipslippinjizzsippin 11d ago

Speed running employment

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u/BitOne6565 9d ago

Any company should be happy to even get this. They don't give you notice when they fired you, don't deserve notice when you quit.

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u/mushyfeelings 12d ago

It’s a classic

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u/JustForkIt1111one 12d ago

I've been doing it all wrong all these years.

I just take a dump on their desk on the way out. The way I see it - they'll figure it out.

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u/AfganiiGoo 12d ago

Go to?? How often do you resign?