I put in my 2 weeks notice at my job on 12/12/07, that would have made my last day the 26th. The office is closed on the 24th and the 25th, they are paid holidays, but I was just told today that instead I can make my last day the 21st so now I will not get paid for the holidays, can they do this?? Without actually firing me?
2007-12-14 02:06:51 · 9 answers · asked by ruth p 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Law & Legal
that really sucks, the reason they gave is that the day i would be coming in last (the 26th) would be a really slow week and everything would be practically empty, whatever. there's really nothing i can do?
2007-12-14 02:16:23 · update #1
i tried to do it right by giving the 2weeks, but this is really crappy in return, i'm going to address it evenm if i cant change it. i should have just quit after christmas. nice guys (gals)finish last, thats what they say.
2007-12-14 02:18:12 · update #2
chocolah... and anyone else with negative assumptions, i did not try to do anything sneaky, a job was offered to me with just enough time to resign so thats what i did i am not doing what the company is doing.
2007-12-14 02:25:49 · update #3
is this considered bad business? i cant imagine this leaves things on good terms
2007-12-14 03:41:49 · update #4
yeah, they can do that, it's sneaky but they feel that you are leaving them so they don't want to reward you for that. you should of waited till after christmas to put that 2 week notice in. sorry but it looks like you out of luck on this one.
2007-12-14 02:15:14 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're just doing to you what you are trying to do to them.
You thought you could get quit a job and still get an employee benefit by manipulating your exit date to match a holiday. You were asking them to pay you for work you never intended to do--or atleast asking them to treat you as a valued employee when you are really stabbing the company in the back.
It doesn't work that way. When you formally "resign" from a company, they can decide that you don't even need to work through a two-weeks' notice. If the company is afraid you'll badmouth them to other workers they will be likely to do this.
In addition, most all companies write a "good standing" clause into holiday pay benefits. If you resign, you are no longer in good standing, and holiday freeebies don't apply.
2007-12-14 02:20:39 · answer #2 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Legality depends on where you live; Texas is an at-will employment state, for example, so you can quit or be fired at any time (barring discriminatory reasons), so they can dictate when you quit or they can fire you on that day anyway. It's just generally more polite and a good idea not to burn bridges, by giving notice... but it does happen that the employer says, okay, fine, go ahead and head out now, we don't need notice.
Really, notice is to give them time to changeover to your not being there, not for you to wind up your own affairs; if they don't need that time for transition, they may ask you to leave early.
2007-12-14 02:16:11 · answer #3 · answered by Katie W 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. They could have accepted your resignation immediately on the 12th and been within their legal rights. They are not obligated to keep you past your resignation. You aren't fired, you resigned. They simply accepted the resignation before the two weeks were up.
2007-12-14 03:27:54 · answer #4 · answered by leysarob 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely yes! They really have the right's to do what ever they want and can just say it's because of a lack of performance at work..
2007-12-14 02:11:06 · answer #5 · answered by justindephilippo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They aren't firing you, they are just telling you, " your services are no longer required."
Just accept it, they can do what they are doing, and move on.
2007-12-14 04:21:00 · answer #6 · answered by Barry auh2o 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should said nothing until you left. you must of had the idea they wee crap-x.
2007-12-14 05:16:59 · answer #7 · answered by Ralph N 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yea, you tried to scam them and it didn't work.
2007-12-14 02:21:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, they can!
2007-12-14 02:14:03 · answer #9 · answered by cupnnas2002 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋