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Day 3, HR calls police to do a wellness check at address if record.
Day 4, terminated for job abandonment.
Concerned coworkers may reach out as well, but that would be personal choice, not company process.
The vast majority of the time it ends at day 1 or day 2. Occasionally goes to day 3.
We occasionally terminate people for job abandonment. Sometimes they try for rehire or list us as a reference, which tends not to go well.
An HR friend of mine tells a story about a guy who disappeared for a few weeks. He was in a hiking accident while on vacation and was in a coma for a few weeks. He was separated for job abandonment and his position was filled. The company was able to find him another job relatively quickly, as he was a great employee as long as he wasn’t suffering the after effects of being hit on the head by a falling rock.
Let's say you have a decent job where you are valued, known, and liked for the most part. What would happen if you just suddenly stopped showing up and never responded to any communication? What would they do? Would they check to make sure you didn't die or what? Would they call your emergency contact? Just curious.
Yeah, happened once. I didn't work for the company, friend of mine did. "Where's Nate? We had project for him Monday AM and he blew it off."
Called. Nada. We figured he was on a bender.
Tuesday. Same thing. Friend, who worked with him, had a key to his house or forced his way in. Nate was there, though.
On the couch.
Bullet hole in the temple.
Smoking gun in his hand or next-to (okay, it wasn't smoking).
Coroner figured he put a bullet in his own head Saturday evening. No, none of us saw it coming.
Need I say more? It was a pretty big ****-up and still is, in a manner of speaking, eight years later.
Well, if I win the lottery, I don't care how great the company is - they won't hear from me or my emergency contact. What would I say, "Sorry, I'm not coming back because I won the lottery and don't have to work again?" It cracks me up when co-workers say that they would still give a two week notice. Seriously?
Well, if I win the lottery, I don't care how great the company is - they won't hear from me or my emergency contact. What would I say, "Sorry, I'm not coming back because I won the lottery and don't have to work again?" It cracks me up when co-workers say that they would still give a two week notice. Seriously?
Why wouldn’t you at least text or email somebody? Tell them you won the lottery, you are rich, you always thought Bob was an idiot, and you aren’t coming in any more, people should leave you alone.
It saves having to dodge calls and only takes a few seconds.
I'm planning on doing this when I retire. The business transaction that is "work" will no longer be needed, so I'll just stop showing up. There will be no indication ahead of time that I'm planning on retiring. It will just happen.
Sooooo, the division that is responsible for making your retirement official (filing your SS paperwork, setting up an annuity or any benefits you are entitled to) won't realize it either? Good luck with all that. IMHO I can't imagine a more insulting insufferable way to do it. Making others clean up your mess?
Sooooo, the division that is responsible for making your retirement official (filing your SS paperwork, setting up an annuity or any benefits you are entitled to) won't realize it either? Good luck with all that. IMHO I can't imagine a more insulting insufferable way to do it. Making others clean up your mess?
It will make me happy knowing that the others left behind are bothered by my abrupt departure.
As far as paperwork goes, what needs to be done? All of my 401k contributions belong to me, and I'll file for Social Security on my own.
Well, if I win the lottery, I don't care how great the company is - they won't hear from me or my emergency contact. What would I say, "Sorry, I'm not coming back because I won the lottery and don't have to work again?" It cracks me up when co-workers say that they would still give a two week notice. Seriously?
Well considering most lottery winners go bankrupt, I would reconsider.
Depends on the job. When I worked for peanuts at 7-11, I definitely gave a 2 week notice, but we had the best boss ever. When I worked for a bank the second time, earning much more money, I walked out and didn't go back. They were horrible to work for.
I did work for one company where an employee didn't come in. As far as I know, no one made any calls or tried to contact him and he was fired after three days.
On the other hand, when I had my appendix out, I was in Emergency when I was supposed to be at work in the morning. Not only was my boss concerned and called my house repeatedly, one of the employees actually drove the freeway from work to my house to make sure I hadn't been in an accident. No one knew what happened until I got one of the nurses to call my job at about 10am.
I've seen this happen at a couple companies I've worked for. First instance was a grad student we hired part time; we knew he had other demands on his time and his hours would be irregular. But, after a month or so, he stopped showing up entirely, and after a few weeks more we were told he was not coming back. Second instance was at a different company with a much more senior employee, although one who kept a relatively irregular schedule for a full-timer (sometimes he'd obviously be working really long hours, other times it was hard to find him). Once he disappeared for about a week without warning and was not responding to e-mail or phone messages. Then he was back as if nothing had happened! I never heard what the story on that was although I'm sure management got involved.
It will make me happy knowing that the others left behind are bothered by my abrupt departure.
Given your winning personality, I doubt many will be bothered by your departure, whether abrupt or not.
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