Does anyone know the rules around giving 2 weeks notice? Is it required, or just a courtesy? I am looking at leaving Target, but I also know my area is going to be re-orged in the very near future, and I really want to get the layoff and severance before I leave. I figure Target lays us off with out any notice, so all should be fair in... well, this isn't exactly love and war... but you get the picture. My thought is the longer I wait to give notice, the more likely my team will get the news we've been the latest victim of the Butcher. I would love any information people have on this. thanks!
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If you are going to work for a competitor you are escorted out immediately. I wouldn't worry about how much notice I give. I also don't honk you can save someone else's job by leaving before the layoff. I heard of one guy who gave notice March 8 and got laid off March 10 with a package. I also heard of another person who announced Hofmann retirement and still got laid off. You need to do what's best for you and your family. We all do.
Two weeks notice is a courtesy and helps your formal team. However, in some circumstances they will let you leave sooner (if there's not much to hand off, or if you're on bad terms with the manager already). I saw someone give two weeks notice but management let them leave the next day.
My personal opinion is that you should give a two week notice because it only hurts your manager the most if you don't. Why would you want to burn that bridge, even if you hate your boss? Minneapolis is a small town
If it helps any, I know someone that gave 2-week notice on March 5th and never came back into the office thereafter. Fast forward to March 10th, this same person was laid-off. So, severance was paid, despite notice already turned in! That said, do yourself a favor, and turn in your notice. You don't want to burn bridges if you can help it.
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Target gives you 60 days' pay it's pretty subjective and I assume most voluntary terms (quit) are re-hireable. If you skip your two-week notice, an angry manager might choose the non re-hireable option. But maybe you don't want to ever come back anyway. It's a gamble.
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Of all the people who have voluntarily left areas I've worked in over the past year, not one of them has worked out their notice anyway. They either take their vacation as their last week, or they just bag the last couple of days. Even the nicest, most dedicated people do this.
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Quitting MAY save another person's job, but if you wait until the last minute, it won't. The rosters are made up weeks in advance.
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I don't think any future employer would learn about you quitting without notice because Target can only verify the facts of your employment like title and tenure. They won't put themselves into a position of providing any subjective information, including whether or not you gave appropriate notice.
If you leave before the layoff, you may save someone on your team. That decision makes you a better person but it doesn't make you materially richer though.
Your employer is not your friend. You don't owe anything to Target. If you have a better offer leave and let them pick up the pieces. Look out for yourself, screw anyone else.
No legal requirement but most HR systems track it like a burned bridge if you just leave one day. If you don't want to leave that option open then just drop the badge at the security desk and leave.
The op is trying to wait and not give notice in case they can pickup severance. 2weeks is a best pratice not a legal requirement. On the flip side they hive severance to you so you may want to pay them the same courtesy
Required for what?? If you want to quit, quit. If you want to stay for a few years & see if you get laid off, then have at it. It's called "Employment at Will" for a reason. Layoff (severance, etc.) and "2 week notice" have nothing to do with each other . . . . .