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Not smart IMHO! First, a new job will call your last employer not for a reference but to ask if you are rehireable. If they say NO then its not a good sign. If you don't give notice you're usually not able to be rehired by that company.
Second, do you like to take two weeks off with no pay? I Don't!
I've heard and also read here on CD that some employers make your resignation instantaneous when you give 2 weeks notice. They don't want you there if you are leaving. It's never happened to me. but I wonder how common it is and if it is common in certain fields. I suppose it could be the reason some don't give the 2 weeks notice.
Yes, of course. That's generally what adults in professional or semi-professional positions do.
I learned this lesson when I was in my teens. My story:
I worked at a nursing home as a nurses aide. Crappy job, for sure (no pun intended). I ended up giving just a week's notice and the supervisor said, "you know I can't give you a good reference if you don't give two weeks' notice." I didn't care; I just wanted to get the heck out of there!
Fast forward six months or so. I applied for a position at a daycare center. I had my interview and had a half day where I was supposed to come in and interact with the kids. It seemed like it was in the bag; the director said she just had to call references and I could come in the following week for my final interview/offer. Great! I hadn't put down that supervisor as a reference. As the director was walking me out, guess who walked in. YEP. The supervisor at the nursing home. Wouldn't you know that her kids went to daycare there! Guess who didn't get the job. Me.
That's when I was 17 years old. I've never burned a bridge like that again. And it's a good thing, because the world is small and people talk. Plus life is just much more pleasant when you're not a jerk.
Have I walked with no notice? Indeed!
That employer wasn't on the great reputation list...So my new employer didn't put much thought into the former employers response of no I wouldn't rehire her.
How do any of you specifically 'know' what your former HR said?
I tend to think few of us really are conveyed the real truth on that...but who knows! Maybe some tap the phone lines...
OP- I get your attitude and it makes equal sense. The challenge is to leave them thinking...there goes a good employee...some folks that walk out on a whim...did so with a style that even a supervisor has to say...wow! Didn't know they had that in them.we are human...and do have a break off point.
Not smart IMHO! First, a new job will call your last employer not for a reference but to ask if you are rehireable. If they say NO then its not a good sign. If you don't give notice you're usually not able to be rehired by that company.
Second, do you like to take two weeks off with no pay? I Don't!
this. We call all previous employers and ask just a few questions, but always end with, "Would you rehire them if they applied today?." That response, or lack of one, is very telling.
We tell people if they quit without a two week notice they will be illegible for for rehire for 5 yrs. Most give two weeks notice because you don't **** off one the three largest employers in the area.
I actually walked off a job once. I was treated so badly by a shift manager that the owners were angry at him. They asked me to stay, and I explained why I could not. They accepted that, and we retained a cordial relationship.
OP, what you are doing is not only treating your former employer badly, but lying to your new one. If that works for you, it's your decision, but my guess is, someday you will be found out, and it won't be pretty.
You seem quite determined to burn every bridge you have ever encountered.
This was my first take as well. The OP seems Hell bent on screwing his employers and as the stories in this thread indicate it will eventually come back to haunt him/her. OP does not seem to care so why should we?
My college-age daughter is about to leave her first job as a restaurant hostess at a busy restaurant. Time for her to move on to some internships in her field of study. She's been there going on two years; they've been good employers allowing her time off for other activities, travel.
This is not an ideal time for the restaurant to easily replace her so I'm counseling her to first let them know of her intentions then continue working as long as she can until they have a trained new hire in place.
This isn't even so much about getting a good future reference - although that is an important consideration - but part of a parent passing on a set of values. Both institutions and individuals should be treated with fairness, consideration.
That's NOT to say that holding your own in situations is not important or not to recognize that employers (or people) may well try to take advantage. One reason for leaving is that she's being given too many extra shifts since a couple of hostesses were fired (not showing up for work).
All the times I quit my job, I simply asked if they needed me to stay on and if so, for how long. They let me finish the day then cut me loose and I was in the cold again. Since then, I just ride it out. Layoffs, restructurings and the like happen so routinely, that I haven't had to put up with untenable situations for long. And they have always walked me out the same day when they lay me off, but because I toughed it out, I got severance pay.
Also, because I stayed it through till the bitter end, I've been able to show a more stable resume on the back end and employers have seen that as a plus. Compared to the garbage they see all day from job hoppers looking for $1 more per hour, 4 year and 5 year stints in the same position are valued. The loyal people don't come on the market as often and are hard to get.
It's more of a shock to the system to be kicked out than it is to quit, of course, but it's just business. Of course I get mad about it, but the fact is, their minds were made up for them by someone who had no contact with me, didn't see what I did, and was just taking care of a cost center. Not a personal thing. Not that it makes it easier to swallow, but it doesn't reflect badly on me.
I don't. I was laid off once and they didn't give me any notice.
What I normally do is tell my new employer that I would like to provide two weeks' notice for my present job, then I quit my present job immediately and take a two week vacation.
The last time I did it, my supervisor became very angry because no one was readily available to fill my position. I just started laughing at him, then walked out the door, and headed off on a nice road trip to Vegas.
It hasn't hurt me. I never use supervisors as references anyway.
Burning bridges.
It will eventually catch up with you. Best to be an adult, even if you bail.....the laughing was ridiculous.
This really is a small world.
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