TxsGal333, I didn't think about that. I forget not everyone is a good employee and could cause problems or slack off the last two weeks. It will give me time to work on my own things I've been neglecting. There are 4 people that work here and I've been here 2yrs. I thought it would be in everyone's best interest for me to put in my notice and finish things out but obviously my relationship with the owner was more toxic than I thought. I'm just happy to know its over.

Ticker, I agree, we are losing our way. When the company loses its appreciation and respect for its workers the workers are going to lose respect and appreciation for the job and vice versa. I see it all the time in my age group. The older age group wonders why we don't care, since I've been working, no employer has ever shown they care about me. They work me to the bone until I quit and find something new and the process starts all over. I've never been fired from a job because I always do the best work I can. I just don't see anything from the employer but paying the least wage possible and working me as hard and long as possible, with little to no show of respect or appreciation. It's getting old and it doesn't make me want to put out my best effort but I continue trying because I have to have a job. They seem to know that there will always be someone looking for a job and willing to put up with it for a paycheck, good worker or bad, doesn't matter to them, they can always find someone new to replace you.

Where did it start? Did the employer stop caring, or did the employee stop caring, first?

Agreed. imperfections bring out the beauty in people in my mind

Yeah, it was, but they didn't have to take advantage of my courtesy either.

The main problem is that the employer is treating everyone like the worst case scenario (why it feels wrong). Its an example of the worst of us ruining it for the rest. I do not blame employers, they have a lot to loose. I always give two weeks and never expect to take it.

Lookin4home I do understand where you are coming from and wish things worked as they once did.

But due to so many causing problems when they turn in their notice it has created a downfall for those that are being honest and in the best interest for the compamy. Therefore in the long run giving a two weeks notice now only means you will be there till the company can replace your work load....Which is normally never the two weeks.

I can say where I work now they let their employees work till their last day and all for employees bettering themselves....

The girl I replaced gave a month's notice they brought me in two and half weeks early for her to train me within Quickbooks. Once I was trained she opt to leave a week early they even gave her two weeks vacation pay when she left.

It just all depends on which company you work for and how bad they have been burned in the past.

It does not always have to do with you but the past does have a large choice how the company's treat employees that have turned in a notice..

If you quit, then say you'll still work and they don't have a replacement, of course they're going to let you stay to do the work. Otherwise, they would have had to find someone much more quickly, or take on the work themselves. You let them take advantage of you. That was your choice to do so.

This seems way strange to me...

Where I live, the employee who gives 2 weeks notice is called.... the norm.
If an employer decides it best to let them go sooner, they're(the company) is still responsible for 2 full weeks pay.

The employer must give 2 weeks notice ALWAYS.... but can release them that day with 2 weeks full pay.

If the employee walks off the job, then it's tough crackers for him.... no pay

Depending on your job. Standard notice period in the UK is four weeks.

If you have leave (vacation time), you can either choose to incorporate this into your notice period or opt to be paid for the (leave/vacation) hours that are owed to you or you can opt to leave without working your notice (with permission)...it varies from employer to employer though.

If an employer wants to terminate a contract of employment, it is much difficult and you would have to provide a reason for termination i.e gross misconduct, incapability etc..it's a lot more complicated (as it should be) than you think.

That's how it should be. They are potentially leaving me in a finacial prediciment depending on if I can start my new job early. I guess I just expect the same level of respect, from my place of employment, that I show to them. I just want a job I can be happy with, feel like I am being a productive member, and be treated like an asset to the company and not a potential liability.

I guess like everything else, people are the problem. One bad apple and we are all treated like potentially bad apples. I'm just hoping this next job is at a better company.

I am glad that you have another job lined up.

An employer is under no oblagatoin to keep an employee after they have given a two week notice!It is totaly up to them.

Well said

That's a bit harsh, they shouldn't have done that to you!!

It's kinda sad really, in this economy we are all just a number at the end of the day we are all replaceable.

Agreed. I think there are also laws that vary by state. I also think that kicking someone out the door immediately may not always be the company policy, but the decision of a particular supervisor.

Once you have actually set a date for your last day, it can be hard to keep up a positive, productive attitude, depending on how much you actually like your job. But my experience has been much more along the lines of the company expecting me to work until the very last minute of the very last day.

Of course there are good and bad employees just as there are good and bad companies. Personally I think the vast majority of workers are honest and mean well. Companies do have to protect themselves from the stinkers, though.

I have always thought two weeks was very respectful and I Agree it 'should' work both ways. But this is an employers culture, not an employees,, and its gonna be about whats best for the EMPLOYER. So, its actually becoming expected to look for a job while you are already in a contract to work for someone else.

I dont quite understand it, if I were an employer looking at an applicant with that situation, it would be like a single woman looking at someone that was already married,,,,but thats modern culture for ya..lol

It's every man for them self now a days.

Depends on the company and the management. I work in an "at will" state and have seen both sides of the coin.

USA Venturecraft was doing it's employees dirty and I loudly said so at a weekly employee meeting when I handed in my notice....I was gone that day. (your services are no longer required)

3 months later, thier doors were closed.

My current job..AquaOne..if a man gives notice...they are asked to give 3 weeks notice and train a replacement. In return that employee recieves 4 weeks pay and glowing letters of recommendation from the Chief of Operations, the branch manager and the production manager (me). If they quit...we charge them for any uniforms not returned, cell phones and fight them tooth and nail on unemployment benefits.

The one guy we had to layoff due to injury...upper management gave him three weeks notice AND secured a job for him at Dr. Pepper.

Some companies suck....but, not all of them.