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60 days notice to quit a job, is that normal?

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Casawi

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I was looking thru my work agreement contract and saw the 60 days notice thing... I am not planning on quitting or anything, but I am curious if that is normal?
I was assuming 2 weeks, just like all other jobs I had.
2 months is a long time.
 
Guess that depends on what type of position you hold in the company. If you scrub toilets then two weeks should be sufficient. However if you are the CEO, CFO, CIO, etc then two months doesn't sound unreasonable.
 
If they can fire you at any time, then you can quit at any time as well. They call it at-will employment. So unless your contract says otherwise... wow 60 days?
 
Originally posted by: mcvickj
Guess that depends on what type of position you hold in the company. If you scrub toilets then two weeks should be sufficient. However if you are the CEO, CFO, CIO, etc then two months doesn't sound unreasonable.
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I am no damn CEO...haha. Given I am the least educated person in the company, I wonder how long of a notice the others must give.
 
Originally posted by: ColdFusion718
If they can fire you at any time, then you can quit at any time as well. They call it at-will employment. So unless your contract says otherwise... wow 60 days?
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I am pretty sure they can terminate my employment anytime.
 
Originally posted by: Kelemvor
They can request 60 days but it's not like they can stop you from quitting...
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Not if I want to leave on good terms and get a good reference. I mean I don't have a problem with 60 days, but I am just curious if others have such thing in their contract.
 
Originally posted by: Casawi
I was looking thru my work agreement contract and saw the 60 days notice thing... I am not planning on quitting or anything, but I am curious if that is normal?
I was assuming 2 weeks, just like all other jobs I had.
2 months is a long time.
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if your coworkers say 60 days apply to everyone, then when u find a new job, quit w/o notice. your going to burn a bridge by not giving 60 days then why give 2 weeks? tell them at 5pm of your last day.

of course if it's only meant for the higher ups (6figure pay), then 2weeks is fine
 
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Originally posted by: Kelemvor
They can request 60 days but it's not like they can stop you from quitting...
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The other problem with this is the 401k plan shit, I might not be able to get their contributions if I pull crap like this... or that doesn't have anything to do with it ? I guess I don't know.
 
Originally posted by: Casawi
Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Originally posted by: Kelemvor
They can request 60 days but it's not like they can stop you from quitting...
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:thumbsup:
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The other problem with this is the 401k plan shit, I might not be able to get their contributions if I pull crap like this... or that doesn't have anything to do with it ? I guess I don't know.
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Has nothing to do with it.

You have to be vested so that may take 3 years, or 25% a year till you hit 100%, etc... Read the benifit rules.

Also do you think another compnay would wait 60days before you started? They say when can you start and you respond 60+ days. they hang up and go to the next person on the list. Sorry but 60days notice is a joke if they think anybody is doing that.
 
no it's not normal and they cannot give you a bad recommendation for it.

All they're legally able to say is "yes, Casawi worked here from x - y time"
 
Originally posted by: robphelan
no it's not normal and they cannot give you a bad recommendation for it.

All they're legally able to say is "yes, Casawi worked here from x - y time"
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Actually that's wrong,

Companies are allowed to give full references provided that the information is truthful and can be shown that there is no malicious intent from the reference giver. As a matter of fact, not giving out this information can lead to liability from the person, or company, giving the reference.

For example, if an employee was terminated to gross negligence, let's say slapping a co-worker, if you give new prespective employer only that "he worked from X - Y" and he later goes on and seriously harms someone at his new job...you can be held liable for not giving that information out.

Now, the first thing I do is always make sure to have a release signed authorizing me to give out reference information. W/O that I state that I can only verify information, and that's it.

Oh, in regards to the OP's question- It's not illegal to ASK for a 60 day notice, but you don't have to do it provided that you're not entering a contract.
 
Originally posted by: ColdFusion718
If they can fire you at any time, then you can quit at any time as well. They call it at-will employment. So unless your contract says otherwise... wow 60 days?
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If OP has a "work agreement contract", as he stated, then he is not at will - he has an employment contract. If the contract calls for 60 days notice, then giving anything less would be a breach of contract and could subject him to contract damages.

I am curious if the 60 days notice is mutual - if not, he could possibly get around it.

MotionMan
 
I wonder why they would even want to keep a quitter around for 2 months, most check out a week before they even give notice.
 
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