How to Renege on Two Weeks Notice

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It's not about "stealing company secrets" but that management just doesn't like you. So the faster they get you out the door the better (for them). While the ones that management DOES like can take their sweet time going out the door. It is a double standard towards employees and contractors that is paraded in front of others. I'm sorry for the bitterness but I have seen this first hand. The message to the employees is that you better keep in line! It also sends the message that it is ALL about serving management and not the customer. All the time management will talk "up" about the employees and the customer service I am unable to hear what they are saying due to their actions!

CL of FL 9:54AM January 23, 2009

CK--I've never understood that mentality. I've seen it before. They claim it is for security reasons, but frankly if anyone is going to start stealing company secrets, they will have completed the theft before they give notice.

Suzanne Lucas of PA 8:03AM January 23, 2009

You give two weeks notice where I work and you have tow reactions. If you are on the "bond" paper list they will keep you. If you're on the "two-ply" paper list they will pack your stuff up, while you're being escorted OUT the door that very moment!

CK of FL 6:16AM January 23, 2009

I've had employees who had already given notice come back and tell me they can work a few extra weeks if I want them to, and I am generally really grateful for it! There have been a couple of weeks where I've turned them down and decided to stick to the original last day -- if (a) they're relatively new or taking on a new project and there would be no point in continuing to train them since they're leaving anyway or (b) if their performance was shoddy (in which case I was grateful they resigned and I have no interest in prolonging their stay).
I'm pretty sure that once you resign, you've resigned for purposes of unemployment and most states will find you ineligible, but I might be wrong about that.

Ask a Manager of DC 7:23PM January 22, 2009