Re: Is it fair for an employer to expect 2 weeks notice of an employee?

On 12/21/06, Dave Rolsky <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 21 Dec 2006, Terrence Brannon wrote:
>
> > I am watching people get cut without notice right at Christmas time and
> can
> > only imagine the devestation this is causing them, emotionally and
> > financially. Not to mention occupationally.
>
> Is this at _your_ employer, or just in general?


My answer is: "no comment" :)


> And to protest being robbed we should rob others, and to protest murder we
> should murder others, right?


Ah, exactly. I fell into "Hammurabi's Code" mode  there. Good point.

So this all gets back to my question about whether this is _your_
> employer. If they're laying people off with no notice right and left, then
> I'd say it's fine for you to leave without notice. You have a very
> reasonable expectation that they won't uphold their responsibility to you,
> and so you have none to them.



Point taken. Thanks for your comments.