Two Week Notice

[cbrunny]

What do you do during your two weeks between giving notice and last day?

Does this change if you're moving to a new position in a different department within the same company/org?

Anyone have any good stories about it? Gotta be some good "I'm outta here" stories among you degens.

 

[brianmanahan]

i worked 120 hours in 2 weeks to make sure everyone knew what to do when i left

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

What do you do during your two weeks between giving notice and last day?

Does this change if you're moving to a new position in a different department within the same company/org?

Anyone have any good stories about it? Gotta be some good "I'm outta here" stories among you degens.

When I worked at walmart, it was spent doing basic training (as I 2 week'd then burned my 2 weeks of vacation).

When I worked as a contractor for the Army, I busted my ass for two weeks documenting stuff and spooling people up on my work, because I liked those guys and didn't want shit to go south for them.

 

[vi edit]

Depends totally on the company. I had one job (online stock broker) that days before my official last day they started locking me out of systems. My boss just said "It's what they do, just show up and cruise the internet until your time is up. Don't matter to me".

Another company that treated me very, very well and I was really disappointed to leave (wife took a job out of state) I worked my butt off documenting and doing every bit of cross training I could to prepare a replacement to do my job.

 

[pete6032]

I worked very hard to finish projects. In retrospect I should have came in late, left early, and surfed the internet all day.

 

[BD231]

Use up all your sick hours

 

[cbrunny]

Use up all your sick hours

I have 735 sick hours in the bank. It stopped growing a while ago. When you only take sick days when you're actually sick they add up fast.

 

[purbeast0]

I've only quit 2 jobs. First one I just did my work. Second one I asked if it could be like a "8 days" notice, because the 2nd week, 4th of July fell on a Thursday and realistically there was absolutely no point to go back on Friday for the final day, just to say it's 2 weeks. There though, my first week I did my job as usual, then the last 3 days was kind of like talk to everyone and have fun. Myself and another guy who was key on our project was also leaving, so they threw a big happy hour for us as well. That was Tuesday then everyone came in hungover (not just us, but most other employees) and Wednesday was a big day of no productivity.

 

[RockinZ28]

Last one I gave a 3 week notice. Was right in the middle of a critical project. So ended up working 12 hour days as the lead to complete it on schedule, outdoors in the Indiana humidity during August. Things got pretty heated with a shit storm of politics etc. during that time. Heck, was told a couple times I'd be arrested if I was seen on the property by a power tripping manager from the contractee.

Shouldn't have even bothered.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Depends on what kind of job, some places walk you out the day you tell them.

 

[Stopsignhank]

I gave 6 weeks once because I was quitting without having another job, I was going to be a stay at home dad. They made a part time position for me to work around my schedule. A couple years later I got caught in a layoff. Everyone else packed up and left. I finished some drawings that were due and informed my former boss what was needed. I was then a stay at home dad. Years later when the kids were grown and it was time to get back in the workforce I contacted that company. They found a position for me and I have been promoted twice in the 7 years I have been back.

I have learned to never burn a bridge.

 

[Humpy]

Mostly spent the time hiding thousands of paper clips throughout my cubicle and taping strings of hair up under the desk.

Pretty much the same stuff I always did.

 

[SKORPI0]

Gave a 2 weeks notice 9 years 3 months ago, but didn't show up the next day. Everyone I cared for at work (above and below my position) already quit out of disillusion how the company was changing in a bad way.
So I didn't care, whatever workload was left to them to figure it out. Never looked back. Had a paycheck sent to me amounting to over a months pay due to unused vacation, sick and holiday hours.
More people I knew quit a few weeks after I left. Found a job (in a reduced responsibility) 2 weeks later, didn't want to go back to a management level, less stressful for me.

 

[Engineer]

Almost 7 years ago, I gave a 2 week notice and felt really bad about it. I felt bad because the guy there gave me a chance and I was leaving in just over 7 months. Less than 3 months later, they received a call from corporate offices telling them that they had 3 hours to get their stuff and vacate the building (closed it all down).

While I won't burn any bridges generally, I'm not going out of my way again for a company. Most don't give a shit about you and the feeling should be mostly mutual.

 

[cbrunny]

so... everyone just has really sad stories? damn this is way less fun than i was hoping it would be.

 

[Ackmed]

I have always given a two weeks notice, and always worked them through in a professional way. That's just how I am though. Funny how years down the road you run into people who you have a common friend or acquaintance though, from an old job. I have never left a job that I just hated or I felt I was mistreated at though. Sorry to disappoint.

I have heard many funny ones though, give it time and I am sure they will show up.

 

[Humpy]

so... everyone just has really sad stories? damn this is way less fun than i was hoping it would be.

My story wasn't sad!



Unless by sad you mean pathetic...

 

[Exterous]

Depends on the job. An early one where I was just another drone wasn't that spectacular as I didn't really do anything that special. I did most of my job but didn't pickup some of the less pleasant duties and left those to the other drones. Last job I left was much different as I had more specialized work so my last 2 weeks were spent finishing up projects, issues and training my boss on what I did since it was just the two of us.

No great "I'm outta here" stories from me although being able to look at a request\project\issue that I would normally have to deal with, seeing what a PITA it will be and then telling people "HAHA thats gonna suck for whoever has to do that" is fun in a dickish sort of way. Also fun: "Thats a whole lot of not my problem now"

 

[lxskllr]

Fun? One time everything went tits up at work, and I gave no notice. I was overworked going between a few different jobs in 100 mile radius. I get a call out to bridge cause there's a problem, but I also need to be at two other jobs, one of which I have no idea how I'm gonna do it.

I get out there and the two phases of deck pour aren't coming together by a couple inches. I get my shit out of the truck, and my hp48 takes a shit on me, eating my data in the process. Load my shit back in the truck to go back to office(getting farther behind the other jobs in the process). The longer I drive, the more pissed I get. Get back to the office, broke my laptop over the hood of my jeep, turned in my cell and truck keys, and went home.

I stayed there a couple days staring at the wall. The boss showed up at my door, asked me what I needed, gave me more money, and I went back. The fucked up bridge? No one figured it out, but steel is suspected. It didn't deflect as much as it was supposed to. The job I wasn't sure how to accomplish? The contractor got it themselves.

Otherwise, the other jobs I quit, I worked as long as I said I would, then left.

 

[zinfamous]

Take a 2 week-long hot air balloon ride across the continent?

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

What do you do during your two weeks between giving notice and last day?

Does this change if you're moving to a new position in a different department within the same company/org?

Anyone have any good stories about it? Gotta be some good "I'm outta here" stories among you degens.

Heh, I'll never forget for my last job I gave a 1-week notice. My manager was totally fucking pissed at me with the "wtf you have to give at least 2 weeks notice!"

Guess what I did during that 1-week? Sat around and did absolutely nothing. No one called. No one asked for anything. I just sat around surfing the interwebz.

The concept of a 2-week notice is bullshit and I really wish people would fuck off with that stuff as well as with the whole "showing the company cares for you" narrative. Or if a company doesn't give you a raise for the year because they didn't have as good results. News flash: A company gives 0 fucks about you. They will drop you in a heartbeat if it they were economically incentive to (able to outsource, able to replace skills for cheaper costs, have to reduce costs for downturn, etc...). You won't see them giving you a 2-week notice. Why the fuck are you? A company isn't a living breathing being with feelings.

I get the understanding of not burning bridges, which you should evaluate on your own whats best. If staying 2 weeks or not doesn't hurt your reputation (or if you don't care about the reputation with the particular person) then screw em.