* Have a proper emergency fund (6-12 weeks). You should not be counting on any pay after you give notice.
* Have references outside of your immediate current manager
* On Friday, "today is my last day"
* Still be honest why you're leaving
Two weeks notice is a courtesy you're not required to extend to an employer (EDIT: This is US-centric advice, please verify this is true in your non-US jurisdiction), and you should only do so if you're on good terms.
> Two weeks notice is a courtesy you're not required to extend to an employer, and you should only do so if you're on good terms.
This is an international site, you should be careful giving out US "at will" state advice like it applies to everywhere.
In the UK for example, you can in theory be sued for failure to give a "reasonable" period of notice[0] (although in reality this nearly never happens).
Why would you not give 2 weeks (or really any reasonable time) notice? What do you gain from not doing it? (especially compared to the hassle for your employer and the potential of it coming back to haunt you)
Over my 14 years of work experience, I have occasionally encountered work environments that have turned extremely hostile for my last two weeks, simply because I decided to leave (I was once told by my manager at a DOE energy lab when I was in my mid 20s that he should "slap the shit out of me" for leaving, but that is a tale for another post).
"Reasonable" is up to you. As I said, notice is not (EDIT: as asked by other posters, this is US-centric advice. Please verify this applies in your jurisdiction) required. An employer is not required to provide you with any notice to terminate you, and therefore I only provide notice if I believe the work relationship will be amiable for the duration after I give notice.
Sometimes, you gain nothing from giving notice, and I refuse to allow fear ("hassle for employer", "coming back to haunt you") to drive my decisions.
Interesting. Were these environments where you would have expected that bad of a reaction?
(Here in Germany these things are a bit different anyways, default period is a month and can be longer by individual contract. Sometimes it is matched to the notice times the employer has to give, which go up to 7 months(!) for people that have been employed for a long time)
* Have a proper emergency fund (6-12 weeks). You should not be counting on any pay after you give notice.
* Have references outside of your immediate current manager
* On Friday, "today is my last day"
* Still be honest why you're leaving
Two weeks notice is a courtesy you're not required to extend to an employer (EDIT: This is US-centric advice, please verify this is true in your non-US jurisdiction), and you should only do so if you're on good terms.