4/25/2023 0 Comments Well you off. please dont quit.Will this come back to bite you? It might. A bad reputation can grow from leaving without notice. The HR manager at the company might mention to HR people in other organizations that you left them in the lurch. You might upset a co-worker who respects you. If word gets out, your action could tarnish your reputation more widely. But don’t skip giving notice thoughtlessly don’t hurt your employer unnecessarily. As you point out, leaving without notice could leave a bad taste in your employer’s mouth - assuming they care that you’re gone. If the law doesn’t prohibit it, you can do it, even if somebody else doesn’t like it. (Readers making job changes between commercial companies should read Gotcha: The Non-compete agreement.) Check your employee policy manual to make sure you’re not missing anything. If you work in sales, there might be a recoverable draw you’d have to pay back. I know employers that will withhold severance or other benefits, or attempt to recover educational investments they’ve made in the employee. The only other consideration here is whether your current employer imposes any sanctions or penalties for what you’re considering doing. See Protect yourself from exploding job offers. You’ve already experienced the ultimate termination: A job offer was rescinded, effectively firing you before you started. Bear in mind that in most jurisdictions employment is at will and an employer can fire you on the spot for no reason or any reason. I don’t know of any law that requires you to give your employer more notice than “I’m leaving today.” (You’d have to check with a lawyer if you want to be absolutely certain it will not bite you legally.) So I believe you can quit your job and leave without notice. Let’s distinguish between what’s allowed, what’s bad, and what’s advisable. You want to actually start a new job before you resign the old one - and this hedge against disaster makes giving notice virtually impossible. Having had one job offer rescinded, you don’t want to risk it again. I can’t give you that permission - you must decide whether to do it. You’re asking me for permission to do something that is bad form and bad business practice. I won’t let you off the hook - but not for the reason people might think. So let’s explore deeply the hard choices for your benefit. ![]() Life and business are full of choices, and the conventional wisdom is always wired to benefit employers and to make life easier for career coaches, who just love simplistic edicts and soft pablum. The conventional wisdom about quitting without giving notice is etched in stone: Don’t do it! Always give notice!īunk. What I love about Ask The Headhunter readers is that you ask the tough, in-your-face questions. The world has changed a lot and I’d really like to think this won’t come back to bite me. I know that even though I think I’ll never need them as a reference again, it’s a small world and blah blah blah, but honestly I don’t think I even care. So, finally, my question: Do I really have to give notice? I’m thinking of just saying I’m going on vacation, moving back to D.C., and then calling on my first day and saying I won’t be back. ![]() Three days later, the job was rescinded for no more than vague “funding issues.” So, now I’m terrified that if I get an offer, it will vanish after I’ve quit and I’ll be left destitute - a not-so-improbable situation since I lost my job in the Great Recession, was unemployed for two years, and lost my house to foreclosure. I had even created an account in their online HR system and chose my benefits. But here’s where it gets complicated and emotional.Ī few months ago, I was offered and accepted a position. I despise my job and everything it represents, and sometimes I wonder if they’d even notice I hadn’t come in for days on end. ![]() I’ve done a lot of googling about giving my current employer two weeks’ notice. The salary and perks will get me through my last 20 years before retirement, and a few years in, I can even move anywhere I like in the world and work remotely. If I get this job - and even with help it’s still a big IF, - it will be my last job. I finally have someone pulling for me on the inside and HR is waiting to pull my application as soon as they post the announcement and I apply. There is a good chance that this spring I will score the federal job I’ve wanted for years. In the FebruAsk The Headhunter Newsletter, a reader talks about breaking the “rules.” Good.
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