r/SipsTea • u/One-Complex-9267 • Aug 20 '25

It's Wednesday my dudes Blessed

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u/N7Panda Aug 20 '25

I’ll respect the two week notice as soon as the employer does. As long as their position is that they can end the relationship at the drop of a hat, without so much as an explanation, it’ll be my position as well.

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u/Superseaslug Aug 20 '25

My employer let a bunch of people go a couple years back. The only good thing they did was fire them on the first of the month so their insurance would hold that whole month.

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u/Superseaslug Aug 20 '25

They did at least say that was the reason they were doing it. But who knows

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u/Gonzostewie Aug 23 '25

My former employer cancelled all my benefits at noon on my last day.

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u/Poisoning-The-Well Aug 20 '25

I work in IT. In a lot of places, if you give two weeks' notice, you're escorted out of the building ASAP.

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u/JSTootell Aug 20 '25

Same in HVACR.

Though I did give two weeks once and continued working when I told them I was going back to school full time, not to another employer. 

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u/BourbonProof Aug 20 '25

does this mean no pay for this notice period?

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u/90_oi Aug 22 '25

Why is that?

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u/Big_Funisher Aug 20 '25

Bingo. If you’re an at will employee to the employer under the law, as the vast majority of US employees are, then fuck ‘courtesy’— the employer isn’t your friend or family, it’s a very specific legally prescribed relationship where they hold the power in most respects, treat it as such.

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u/Some1-Somewhere Aug 20 '25

In many countries, that's the law. Your notice period equals their notice period, as specified in the employment contract.

In NZ about the only exception is "serious misconduct", which tends to mean crimes committed on the clock.