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I'm interested by the numbers of people who get scooted out the door immediately upon giving notice. That has not been anything at all like my experience.
I've left two professional positions, both voluntarily. The first time was when we moved halfway across the country (the commute would have been a bit much) and the second was when I landed my dream job with the company I had always wanted to work for, and where I am still working today. I had been with the first employer for 18 years, and with the second one for 5.
When I left my first employer, I gave my boss four MONTHS notice. I spent most of those four months helping him interview and assess candidates to replace me, training the person who was chosen, and writing a 70-page essay for the company president on where I saw strengths and weaknesses in the company structure. It's been nine years since I left that company, and I still correspond with my former boss and several colleagues. It was a great place to work, wonderful people, and I learned more than I can ever say in the time I spent there.
When I left my second employer, I didn't have as much time or interest invested in the company, but I still gave them four weeks notice, because I was leaving at a busy time and I wanted to create as little extra work as possible. They didn't bother to start the hunt for my replacement as long as I was still there, so I wasn't able to help out in training the person, but I left a comprehensive 27-page essay for my former boss and for my future replacement to help them get up to speed as quickly as possible. I haven't stayed in touch with the folks there, but then I never really made connections with any of them, either.
Of course, it is also true that I've never worked in either sales or R&D, and I can see how both of those fields would include a great deal of highly confidential data that a company would rather not share with someone who is a short-timer. But I still feel awfully fortunate to have worked for employers who reciprocated the same kind of respect that I paid them in giving such ample notice.
I'm interested by the numbers of people who get scooted out the door immediately upon giving notice. That has not been anything at all like my experience.
I've left two professional positions, both voluntarily. The first time was when we moved halfway across the country (the commute would have been a bit much) and the second was when I landed my dream job with the company I had always wanted to work for, and where I am still working today. I had been with the first employer for 18 years, and with the second one for 5.
When I left my first employer, I gave my boss four MONTHS notice. I spent most of those four months helping him interview and assess candidates to replace me, training the person who was chosen, and writing a 70-page essay for the company president on where I saw strengths and weaknesses in the company structure. It's been nine years since I left that company, and I still correspond with my former boss and several colleagues. It was a great place to work, wonderful people, and I learned more than I can ever say in the time I spent there.
When I left my second employer, I didn't have as much time or interest invested in the company, but I still gave them four weeks notice, because I was leaving at a busy time and I wanted to create as little extra work as possible. They didn't bother to start the hunt for my replacement as long as I was still there, so I wasn't able to help out in training the person, but I left a comprehensive 27-page essay for my former boss and for my future replacement to help them get up to speed as quickly as possible. I haven't stayed in touch with the folks there, but then I never really made connections with any of them, either.
Of course, it is also true that I've never worked in either sales or R&D, and I can see how both of those fields would include a great deal of highly confidential data that a company would rather not share with someone who is a short-timer. But I still feel awfully fortunate to have worked for employers who reciprocated the same kind of respect that I paid them in giving such ample notice.
I guess it depends on the industry you work in. I'm in insurance and if someone is going to a competitor they escort them to their desk and watch them take only their personal belongings.
I'm curious, why do some companies escort you out the door if you quit or are fired?
This does not happen in my current field, but I worked a job once before where a lady was fired, and they escorted her out as well. Are they in a hurry to get you out or what?
In other professions, they do it out of fear. They are afraid when they fire someone unfairly, they might retailate.
I guess it depends on the industry you work in. I'm in insurance and if someone is going to a competitor they escort them to their desk and watch them take only their personal belongings.
Yeah, because they don't want you there anymore. Remember, most of them are so fearful and arrogant, they think everyone thinks like they do. Most people would like to leave on good terms. These jackmules make it impossible to.
I work in the accounting department and have seen this happen both in my department and our customer service department. The industry I work in is cut-throat and if management even suspects you are leaving for a job at a competitor....out the door you go right then. When I leave, I will present a copy of my offer letter and hope they let me stay through the notice. WHen I was laidoff in Atlanta, they were combining all operations into a national office in Texas. We all were blessed with 4-6 mos notice, but when it got close, the only work we were assigned was boxing up the paperwork for the departments. Of course, that could have been fun messing up the filing, but we were getting severance, a stay-bonus and insurance coverage for 6 mos. It wasn't worth jeapordizing that!!!
It's funny, I think those who would work hard to make sure they did a good job, didn't leave anything undone and had pride in their jobs are the same people who get blamed for everything wrong that happens for 6 mos after they're gone.
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