How to quit publicly

On a related note (almost bright this up in the other thread) I heard a news piece the other day that "employer ghosting" is becoming a common thing. Just like the term is used in dating/relationships (people just magically cutting off all contact and never talking again) apparently this is now happening in employment situations. People just deciding, "fuck it" and never showing up again, leaving for lunch and never coming back, etc.

Apparently the rate of this has gone up exponentially in the last few years.

IMO this is the ugly side of having a great economy and unreasonably low unemployment rate. Getting a new job is easy b/c everybody is hiring. Or at least that is the perception, and there's no sense of responsibility to keep people attached to the employer.
 
RatLabGuy said:
On a related note (almost bright this up in the other thread) I heard a news piece the other day that "employer ghosting" is becoming a common thing. Just like the term is used in dating/relationships (people just magically cutting off all contact and never talking again) apparently this is now happening in employment situations. People just deciding, "fuck it" and never showing up again, leaving for lunch and never coming back, etc.

Apparently the rate of this has gone up exponentially in the last few years.

IMO this is the ugly side of having a great economy and unreasonably low unemployment rate. Getting a new job is easy b/c everybody is hiring. Or at least that is the perception, and there's no sense of responsibility to keep people attached to the employer.
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Yeah...that’s all the rage on LinkedIn (depending on what topics you follow). Personally, I feel the 2 weeks notice is an outdated practice. Operating from the company’s side, if you fire someone or perform a lay-off...most companies call you in to HR, and while you’re there, you’ve been locked out of your computer, your access badge has been turned off, and youre escorted off the premises with a box of your things...the company isn’t giving 2 weeks+ notice that you won’t be employed anymore. Why should the company then expect the employee to give notice the employee won’t be working there any more. What comes around, goes around. And that’s why I’m a huge advocate for the business operating with contingencies in place in the instance of any and all employees being hit by a bus.
 
At a year and a half, he made it a lot longer at Walmart than I did.

RatLabGuy said:
On a related note (almost bright this up in the other thread) I heard a news piece the other day that "employer ghosting" is becoming a common thing. Just like the term is used in dating/relationships (people just magically cutting off all contact and never talking again) apparently this is now happening in employment situations. People just deciding, "fuck it" and never showing up again, leaving for lunch and never coming back, etc.

Apparently the rate of this has gone up exponentially in the last few years.

IMO this is the ugly side of having a great economy and unreasonably low unemployment rate. Getting a new job is easy b/c everybody is hiring. Or at least that is the perception, and there's no sense of responsibility to keep people attached to the employer.
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The ol' three day notice. When I don't come back for three days, they'll notice I quit.
 
Had someone quit showig up for work several months ago. They didn't even show up for their last check. Got a paper in the mail recently notifying us that they have filed for unemployment on us. :lol: Denied!
 
UTfball68 said:
Yeah...that’s all the rage on LinkedIn (depending on what topics you follow). Personally, I feel the 2 weeks notice is an outdated practice. Operating from the company’s side, if you fire someone or perform a lay-off...most companies call you in to HR, and while you’re there, you’ve been locked out of your computer, your access badge has been turned off, and youre escorted off the premises with a box of your things...the company isn’t giving 2 weeks+ notice that you won’t be employed anymore. Why should the company then expect the employee to give notice the employee won’t be working there any more. What comes around, goes around. And that’s why I’m a huge advocate for the business operating with contingencies in place in the instance of any and all employees being hit by a bus.
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And in many cases, when you give our notice, they just go ahead and send you home immediately, lock you out etc anyway and just pay out for the last two weeks or whatever. So the "two weeks notice" is pointless from the employee viewpoint too.
But - that really depends on the field. That is the cases in places where protecting IP is an issue, or there is potential for theft, leaks, trade secrets etc. Certainly see why in would be in your world.
But a lot of places that's not really a concern, and having some level of continuity and just having somebody to do the job is more important than the above concerns of IP etc. If you were a shift manager at Target, balancing cashiers up at the front, or managing a warehouse crew, I'm sure you'd rather have advance notice before somebody splits so you can plan for the backfill.
 
I hate when people don't give me notice. I schedule based on available man hours.
 
13bullets said:
The ol' three day notice. When I don't come back for three days, they'll notice I quit.
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This made me laugh. Many years ago, when the Powerball was at a record high, I had a boss ask me if I won the lottery would I give my 2 weeks notice. I replied, "Yes sir. If I win the lottery I won't show up for 2 weeks then I'll call you and say, notice Tom hasn't been in?". He failed to see the humor in that response. Could be that he asked me that question in front of his contemporaries and his boss, who did see the humor.
 
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