I am not saying they wouldn’t survive without the two week notice, that isn’t the same as saying it wouldn’t be difficult. Same with my death. I am sure that would be hard on my team.
I don’t understand your position. Any time a coworker leaves, it is hard to deal with. That doesn’t mean people shouldn’t leave or that anything is being done wrong; if someone leaving causes ZERO difficulties, then why were they employed in the first place? It shouldn’t be devastating, but it should matter when someone leaves.
I am just saying as a professional who cares about my coworkers, I want to do right by them when I leave. Just like a good company has a severance package for layoffs, a good professional will have a transition period when they leave a company. If you despise the companies you work for so much that you won’t do the smallest thing to help them when you leave, I feel very bad for you. That sounds like miserable working conditions.
I get paid good money to be a professional, and I take that responsibility seriously. I don’t think my company owns me, but the fair trade for my salary is to act like a professional, which includes giving two weeks notice when you leave.
This attitude has done me very well in my 20 year career, and I have a huge network of former coworkers and bosses who know they can trust me if they hire me, and that has lead to very good jobs for good pay and the ability to choose exactly where I work.
My position is that in the US at least we're an at-will employment country. Companies very rarely give notice of termination, it's usually on the spot. While yes if you want to give notice, go right ahead, but lets stop shaming people for treating companies the same way they treat us.
I don’t understand your position. Any time a coworker leaves, it is hard to deal with. That doesn’t mean people shouldn’t leave or that anything is being done wrong; if someone leaving causes ZERO difficulties, then why were they employed in the first place? It shouldn’t be devastating, but it should matter when someone leaves.
I am just saying as a professional who cares about my coworkers, I want to do right by them when I leave. Just like a good company has a severance package for layoffs, a good professional will have a transition period when they leave a company. If you despise the companies you work for so much that you won’t do the smallest thing to help them when you leave, I feel very bad for you. That sounds like miserable working conditions.
I get paid good money to be a professional, and I take that responsibility seriously. I don’t think my company owns me, but the fair trade for my salary is to act like a professional, which includes giving two weeks notice when you leave.
This attitude has done me very well in my 20 year career, and I have a huge network of former coworkers and bosses who know they can trust me if they hire me, and that has lead to very good jobs for good pay and the ability to choose exactly where I work.