Why do employers want you to give a 2 week notice but they don't give you 2 week notice to fire you?

Question

If employers can be at-will can't we be?

Answer 1

If you are going to leave a company it is considered polite to give notice but you are not required to give it. As an at-will employee/employer that means that either one of you may terminate employment at any time with or without notice. That is what at-will means. If you do not give notice to an employer and just walk out that shows that you are not responsible and just left a company in the lurch to fill your job and figure out what you were working on. For the next employer checking references it is generally a big red flag.

To be "fired" from a job means that there is cause for the termination of your employment. Generally you did not follow a company policy or procedure, broke a rule regarding safety or security or perhaps of a criminal nature. In these cases when the person does something wrong and employment is terminated you aren't going to have them continue working for you as an angry person who is leaving the company. You would terminate the employment and walk the person out of the office.

Answer 2

I agree!!! I actually quit my job today! Yipppeeee for me!
I gave a two week notice, but only because I may need a reference down the line.

At my last job I just emailed that morning and said I am not coming in ever again. I thought it was hilarious, as my previous boss fired people the same way a few months before so I thought what the heck what goes around comes around.

It sucks that people have good intentions and then the boss walks em out. Trust me people know they are going to quit and they could mess stuff up with or without a two week notice.

Answer 3

interesting question............but they should have explained that employment was at will and could be terminated at any time by either party. And I think they ask for 2 weeks notice prior to you leaving to kind of give them a chance to bring someone else in and have you help the new perosn with the transitioning.

Answer 4

2 week notice is a suggestion just to leave on good terms. Just like they give you 30 day notice if they terminate your position. If they fire you or if you quit on your boss, then the bridge is pretty much burned.

Answer 5

fired means you did something wrong. layoff, you generally know ahead of time. employers like you to give a 2-wk notice so that they can find someone else for your position. it is usually nice to give a 2-wk notice because you don't want to burn your bridges- you may have to come back if what you left for didn't turn out like you thought/hoped.

Answer 6

the excellent subject you're able to do is seem out for your self and study as much as you could, safeguard a solid artwork checklist and don't fall into being dependable on your organization or enterprise as they do no longer seem to be dependable to you. And as I know it, they could basically be certain your employment and how long you labored there. something is establishing themselves up for courtroom situations in the event that they say undesirable issues approximately you to a means company.

Answer 7

Generally fired means you did something wrong and you can be fired at any time.

Generally laid off they give you notice all the way up to months before it happens

Answer 8

Sure you can, you dont need to give 2 weeks notice its not a law. If they have been good to you I say give them 2 weeks to replace you. If they havent been good to you I say f them, walk on them and leave them short handed.

Answer 9

Nothing is stopping you from walking out. Ethically, it might be nice for them to give you longer notice.

Look at it this way. Would you give someone working for you, two weeks notice, and then let them work around your network and server for those two weeks?