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Two weeks notice after one month?

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  • Finish up the work week and move on, two weeks is overrated

  • Hold your horses, that bridge might need to be crossed one day

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oiprocs

oiprocs

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I started a job one month ago but I'll be receiving an offer in a few days for a position with more hours and more responsibility.

Should I bother with the two weeks notice? My previous employer already gives me two great references (I worked there for a year), and the upcoming employer informed me that they would want me to start as soon as possible, two weeks notice be damned.
 
zerocool84 said:
Would you ever have to or want to go back to the job you currently have?
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No. While I don't dislike the work, I'm not all that into the product that I'm selling. If it were something in tune with my interests then I would be less hesitant to leave.
 
You shouldn't break professional rules unless you've been given a very good reason to do so. They extended the courtesy of hiring you, therefore you should extend them the same level of courtesy and leave in a professional manner.
 
No need for 2 weeks notice. The company doesn't care since you've only been there a month, and you won't be putting it on your resume anyway since you were only there a month and bailed on them. I'd probably call HR and tell them the deal without even showing up at the office.
 
I'd give 2 weeks. Remember your new employer will know you left your current job without proper notice. Not really a good way to start a new job.
 
oiprocs said:
I started a job one month ago but I'll be receiving an offer in a few days for a position with more hours and more responsibility.

Should I bother with the two weeks notice? My previous employer already gives me two great references (I worked there for a year), and the upcoming employer informed me that they would want me to start as soon as possible, two weeks notice be damned.
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I had a decent job and was offered a new job making just a little more money but with much more promise. I had always given a two weeks notice but they wanted me to start right away or they did not need me. I quit my job instantly and moved on. This was a hard decision as I live in a place that it is hard to find good jobs let alone decent ones. That decision gave me a bridge to finding a new job where I make a lot more annually than I was making at the job I just up and left. Although it was a hard decision, it has been the best decision of my life. I love the job I have now and feel very blessed to have it.

The only person that can make this decision is you.
 
Slapstick said:
I'd give 2 weeks. Remember your new employer will know you left your current job without proper notice. Not really a good way to start a new job.
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His new employer doesn't care about how he leaves his employer at all. They want him immediately and know what that entails.
 
Well, you wait two weeks to start this new job and if that doesnt work, just make sure you save your game before you make your choice. If you dont like the choice just load the checkpoint or better yet, read the walkthrough!!

Or you could just enter the money cheat and spend more time exploring dungeons and caves.
 
Don't be a pussy and tell your current boss what's up? Just thinking out loud here. What's the worse case? He says you MUST work the 2 weeks, you can't and then they.... fire you?]

You boss will either understand and let you go w/o issue or he won't. Will their decision really affect your decision to take the job? Will you lose the job if you can't take it for 2 weeks?
 
I would, out of courtesy, give them the notice. Or compromise and give them only 1 week's notice. Your new company should be ok with that. Just explain you need the time to clear things up before you leave. Most companies, do not want you to just up and leave with a bunch of problems that they don't know what stage you are on.
 
screw your current company, leave them now. if the situation was turned around, i doubt they would give you 2 weeks for you to prep during a layoff or firing.
 
If you really have to start now then I'd do it, but I'd try to get your new employer to understand you need to give 2 weeks notice, and I'd then go ahead and do that. Not doing that could screw you over in the future.
 
Cattlegod said:
screw your current company, leave them now. if the situation was turned around, i doubt they would give you 2 weeks for you to prep during a layoff or firing.
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This. I know the "proper" thing is to give notice, but the bastards rarely give you notice when they're going to let you go...and too often, when you give notice, they fire you anyway.
 
they will probably ask you to not come back once you give 2 weeks anyways

thats the norm is seems these days, the employer wants professional courtesy and then doesnt reciprocate

generally you atleast get paid for not showing up if its a good employer though
 
You should always extend the courtesy of giving a 2 week notice. It doesn't matter that you've only been at your job for 1 month, and you don't particularly like the product you are selling there. Someone will have to pick up your workload if you just walk out one day. And it really sucks to be managing an employee that does that because it means that you need to pick up the slack, or you need to designate other people that work for you to do it (but they probably already have their hands full). It can generate a pretty nasty atmosphere.

What if you apply for a position at your dream job in 5 years, only to find out that you would be working for the same guy you screwed over by not giving a 2 week notice? Karma is a bitch.
 
Fuck em. Leave when it's most convenient for you. I left my last job by telling them I'd be leaving in a few hours. Finished up a job, walked around the shop bullshitting, then clocked out after being there a few hours. I left that job Friday and started my new job Saturday. Never even missed a paycheck. There is no going back to that place anyways. You've been there 1 month and you're quitting for a better job.
 
I'd say that it was quite telling that the new employer is not concerned about you giving notice. What goes around comes around and businesses like that are very like to shit on you with little or no provocation.
Just my two cents but I've seen it before.
 
It's not even so much burning the bridge as an ethical thing. When you worked there were they good to you? Did you like your boss? Did he/she cut you breaks when you work for them?

If yes, then you owe them the two weeks. If they were hardassed pricks then walk out and don't look back.
 
I believe in not burning bridges, HR people move onto other companies too.

Its probably a moot point anyway, after only a month, unless your working at McDonalds, they'll most likely just send you home.
 
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