girl at work was "dismissed" after trying to put in her two weeks

[MustangSVT]

i think she can sue and maybe win a 8 days pay .

that was very unprofessional.

 

[Caminetto]

What is the situation here? How long was she employed. When she was hired did she indicate that she planned to be with the firm, long term? You might look at how much education and training the firm had to spend on her only to be lied to about her situation.
On the other hand, if the employer is really a dick, one could assume that they could very well be the subject of this jerk's next "disorder", and prepare to leave as soon as possible.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Shiva112
I work in Denver. This girl I work with just got a new job in New Mexico. Her husband just finished his masters degree and got a really good offer in New Mexico. So he went ahead and took it. He found her a position in that company as well so she flew down for an interview and took it. She put in her two weeks last week. On Friday the director found out she's resigning and basically "dismissed" her saying she can just clean out her desk and be out by the end of the day. This was without consulting her manager. We need her to wrap up a few things and transfer a few responsibilities. It was assumed she would have ample time to do this. The manager tried to explain this to the director and she conceded by saying the girl could come in for "a few hours" on tuesday. I found this to be utterly ridiculous and completely unprofessional. The director seems to take it personally anytime someone leaves the company and is now screwing the rest of the team in the process. Anyone dealt with this kind of situation before? I'm ready to start looking for a new job :Q

Wow assuming we have all of the details, that is extremely unprofessional, 2 weeks is standard courtesy for resigning, and it sounds like the director is on some kind of power trip.

 

[melly]

the employee has to give at least two weeks notice, however, the company can let you go right away. i know a few people who, upon giving their notice, were told that they could leave at the end of the work week or shedule, etc.

 

[Sundog]

Originally posted by: Rogue
Generally, I will permit the employee to work for the two weeks because usually they have planned out their paychecks and finances when they made that decision.

So you are saying that if an employee gives two weeks notice, and the company decides then to 'dismiss' the employee before the two weeks is over, that the company does not have to pay the employee for those 2 weeks. I do not think so.

If the employee gives notice first, then the employer must pay the two weeks salary (if the employer walks the person quitting out).

One exception to this: If the company has a legitimate cause for dismissal of the said employee, whereas the case for dismissal was documented prior to the employee giving notice.

 

[Ime]

I used to work for a company that often let I.T. programmers people go immediately when they turned in their two weeks notice. They would get the two weeks pay, but would simply be told that they did not have to work the two weeks and to pack up and go home (they were allowed in after hours to save the embarrassment if they wished, but security would go with them). Their accounts would be frozen and their assignments transfered to someone else.

Funny thing is, I was a SysAdmin there (like I am at my current job), and they let me work out my last two weeks unhindered. If anything they ignored me.

 

[habib89]

i don't think it was wrong what the director did to her.. i mean 2 weeks notice is for the employeer, not the employee... so, if someone did that to me, i woulda been outta there quick.. i'm not staying around at a job that i don't need to.. i was trying to help you guys out, but if you dont' want that, then F#@$ you... i'd be on the next plane to new mexico

 

[Citation]

if I am right in assuming you mean fired by dismissed, then i dont really see the problem from her side of it. I mean it is pretty stupid of the company to fire her because then doesn't she get to collect sevrence pay or something like that? *shrug*

-Cit

 

[idNut]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Look for the union label....

Colorado is a right to work state, she can be terminated for wearing the wrong color underwear on Tuesdays...

Yeah. I've heard about this at my mom's work. She says if they don't like you they'll find something to fire you on.

 

[Mallow]

What happened to your friend was actually the best possible thing that could have happened. A person who "quits" a job does so at their choice and they recieve no unemployment benefits, however, since she was fired she will get at least two months of workers comp. to support her while she finds that new job. That means she will get a two months paid vacation for her boss being a jerk wad!!! Sound like a great freakin' deal to me! Now she will get a little extra time to settle into her new environment.

Know your rights and know the law, it will come to your rescue someday!

 

[Ime]

Originally posted by: idNut

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Look for the union label....

Colorado is a right to work state, she can be terminated for wearing the wrong color underwear on Tuesdays...

Yeah. I've heard about this at my mom's work. She says if they don't like you they'll find something to fire you on.

Actually in the "Right to Work" States, neither the employer nor the employee is required to give a reason for job termination.

 

[FreshPrince]

1. people should show company loyalty, he probably looked at this as her not being loyal
2. She did the right thing, he's an idiot
3. hope you're not typing this on company pc

 

[Maverick]

The girl had been here 2 years. As I explained in the post, she got a job in another state because she wanted to be with her husband (he had just finished his masters degree and gotten an out of state offer). She was even afraid to let people know her husband got a job somewhere else because if word got to the higher-ups she might be fired just for THINKING about leaving to be with her husband.

And by the way this is a Quality Assurrance position in Software Engineering. Our department is understaffed so if someone resigns it leaves a huge gap in our deadlines. People trying to change positions within the company can find themselves having an open position to take somewhere else, but are tied down to QA for at least 2 months just to wrap up their existing responsibilities before they can switch.

I don't know if she was really "fired"...I think she still gets to actually resign without it showing up as a termination. They just asked her to leave without giving her any time to do the rest of her a team a favor by wrapping up her responsibilities.

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Depends on the company. The one place I worked for laid a lot off at once and we were done that morning. No two week notice. They didn't want disgruntled workers taking it out on the equipment. They paid us well after the layoff though. The last job I was at, depending on how trustworthy the worker was, would fire you on the spot if you gave your two week notice. If you were negligent on that job though you could cost the company millions in a matter of days and they didn't want people who didn't care about the job anymore hanging around.

 

[LaLaLand]

I've never given any notice, I've always just quit and started my new job the next day. I do factory work so I dont really need those glowing recommendations.......