[davis449]

Originally Posted by NemesisX

It's unprofessional, but it's a somewhat arbitrary and nonsensical rule of social and professional etiquette.

What's more unprofessional:

1) Telling your boss via e-mail that you're resigning in 6 months
2) Telling your boss in person that you're resigning in 6 days

I'd say "2" is far more unprofessional than "1," even if you're technically within the bounds of your company's protocol. I think giving more than due notice is much more important and consequential for the company.

Whether you tell your boss via e-mail or via letter or in person shouldn't matter, but it does.

LOL! I gave three days notice to my last job (I FULLY intended to give two weeks)...but circumstances required it. Start date was the 14th and they were not able to provide me full status on my background check, drug screen, etc. (which my employment was contingent upon) until three business days before my start date. Therefore, my old company got screwed. I looked at it this way: they had 70% turnover company wide (including corporate). They let people go with NO notice all the time..."at will" and all. Well, guess what? I can quit "at will" too. "Professionalism" is a two way street INMHO.

[kevinbahnz]

Probably not, But back in 97 I was working 2nd shift at a company building network hubs and stacks. I told my supervisor that I was gonna quit at the end of the week and he was super cool about it but the manager didn't think so. He took me and my supervisor into one of the conference rooms and starts ripping into me. It was so long ago i can't remember exactly what he said but I remember he said something about I can forget about using him as a reference. Well after that meeting me and my supervisor walked back to our cell, I shook his hand gave him a hug and told him it's nothing personal and walked out. Cool company to work for though every Friday they have a keg open for lunch.

[davis449]

Originally Posted by kevinbahnz

Probably not, But back in 97 I was working 2nd shift at a company building network hubs and stacks. I told my supervisor that I was gonna quit at the end of the week and he was super cool about it but the manager didn't think so. He took me and my supervisor into one of the conference rooms and starts ripping into me. It was so long ago i can't remember exactly what he said but I remember he said something about I can forget about using him as a reference. Well after that meeting me and my supervisor walked back to our cell, I shook his hand gave him a hug and told him it's nothing personal and walked out. Cool company to work for though every Friday they have a keg open for lunch.

And this is why I say "Professionalism" is a two way street. Sometimes, it's perfectly ok to *politely* tell your employer to go fuck themselves...especially if you already have the references from that company you need going forward.

[hongsc]

She's doing it all wrong. Do it through text. But if it were me I would wait until the boss comes back from vacation and do it formally with a letter and all. Who knows you might need a recommendation from your boss later on. Best to keep things professional. Also if the boss is Korean, they hold a grudge against you until the day they die.

[Mr Tonka]

Originally Posted by 2011CrazE89

I had an employee do this to me a few years ago. Till this day I'm pissed off about it. Needless to say she was put on a "Do not hire" list.

Ditto, and they shouldn't expect a good reference either.

[Mr Tonka]

Originally Posted by NemesisX

It's unprofessional, but it's a somewhat arbitrary and nonsensical rule of social and professional etiquette.

What's more unprofessional:

1) Telling your boss via e-mail that you're resigning in 6 months
2) Telling your boss in person that you're resigning in 6 days

I'd say "2" is far more unprofessional than "1," even if you're technically within the bounds of your company's protocol. I think giving more than due notice is much more important and consequential for the company.

Whether you tell your boss via e-mail or via letter or in person shouldn't matter, but it does.

This instance it is ok and it should be pretty obvious to everyone that an employer would rather have more notice than face to face short notice.

As an employer, i would rather have email notice of 1 month than face to face notice of 2 weeks. We have very little turnover and training is a bitch. So i'd rather have longer to find a replacement that suits the company rather than professional courtesy. In fact, i would consider any type of long advanced notice more professional than anything.

i.e. i would be much more pissed getting a 2 week notice face to face when the employee knew they were leaving 5 weeks earlier.


Cliffs: More advanced notice > they way the notice is communicated. if the same amount of notice is given, better to do it in person.

[Nkc]

Post-it Note.

"I QUIT"

Name.