If you were going to quit your job....

[cpals]

Say you don't really like your job and they don't really treat you well sometimes. Would you give them the decency of a two-week notice or just quit? Also, with a two-week notice things would most likely not be very fun due to your company not appreciating your choice to leave.

What do you do?

 

[yllus]

Decency. The biz world is too tiny a place to be pissing off people for no good reason.

Edit: Keep in mind if they get nasty with you during those 2 weeks, you can elect to simply stop coming in.

 

[suse920]

2 weeks of neffing.

 

[chrisms]

Depends on the job. I work at a pizza place so its perfectly acceptable to just quit, but for more important jobs you need to give 2 weeks notice if you ever intend on putting them on your resume.

 

[tami]

i've had that situation and didn't want to show up. but the boss asked me to stay and i was told i'd get full pay (in fact, they didn't take off taxes since they did it under the table) for those two weeks. so i worked the two weeks.

it sucked, but they treated me better for the rest of the time.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

two weeks, so I'd have a reference in the future.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Unless you are a high ranking executive when you give your notice, your employer will most likely terminate you immediately anyway.

Just quit. They can't harm you down the road.

 

[arcenite]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Unless you are a high ranking executive when you give your notice, your employer will most likely terminate you immediately anyway.

Just quit. They can't harm you down the road.

I disagree, it's unnecessary to burn any bridges. Unless of course, we're talking McDonalds or something...

 

[Balt]

As always it depends on the circumstances. It doesn't sound like they are likely to be a good reference for you anyway...

 

[bluewall21]

The two week notice prevents (much) anger towards you from the employer and co-workers. And less anger and more respect=good.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Be nice. It will come back to haunt you.

 

[DaWhim]

my coworker pissed me off when I was ready to quit, so I did. that was burger's king, so not a big deal. I will never work there AGAIN.

 

[DAGTA]

Depends on the situation. I think a two week notice and working to the end is the best thing to do in almost every case.

When I worked in Indiana and was planning to move to Arizona, I gave my boss a three week notice and then made a plan for those three weeks. I worked until 30 minutes after closing on the day before I left the state. I finished my list. My boss told me she had never seen anyone work that hard after giving notice and that she would give me a recommendation anytime.

My first job in Phoenix, I had big issues and problems with my boss, the owner. I walked off that job while onsite in Denver working on a contract. Packed my bags, knocked my boss's hotel room door and told him I was done. Only time in my life I've ever walked off a job. I don't regret it, though.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

If it's just a crap job you don't need, do it the old fashioned way.

No call, no show.

 

[HappyPuppy]

Very seldom will an employer give 2 weeks notice to an employee that he is being terminated. The employer will hand the employee his check and escort him off the property.

I believe in treating employers the same way they treat their employees.

I years past it was different, but nowdays it is every man for himself. There is no feeling of compassion on the part of employers and employees have no need to feel obligated in any way to their employers.

 

[FuZoR]

if this job is gonna remain in your resume.. then a two week notice is in order...

if not.. quit that crap

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Let's see:

When I worked at Target a while back I had some issues with a department manager (not my department manager, another one). It was the last straw. I gave a three week notice, and stayed the whole time. The managers didn't even know what to do with that much notice.

When I was working for Motel 6, I knew I would be moving. I kept my manager updated constantly so he knew what was going on. When I knew a date, I told him, giving him 3 months to find a replacement. He loved me.