Two weeks notice

I have been saying this forever. This is the same reason that when I am looking for work, I just use one company's job offer to leverage a higher salary off of the next company. I also tell everyone yes I will work for them and sign all the offer letters only to rip them up and reneg when I finally find the company I want to work at.

Fuck them. You do what is best for you. Nobody else is going to watch your own back but you. Being honest and polite all the time doesn't pay (pun intended).

First of all, in the case of the 2 weeks notice it would be assumed in that case that the employee decides to “move on” to another company or opportunity elsewhere and that there is no job performance issue between employee and company and likely there would be no negative impacts to company operations or morale. In contrast, the case of being fired of laid off a worker may potentially carry out some kind of sabotage within the workplace or by simply being present in the workplace the employee could bring down company morale because naturally people talk and you would likely tell other coworkers about your leaving and that would put a chill into them in regards to their own job security.
Now here I’ve only covered two basic scenarios and I’m sure that you can imagine or have experienced some variation that isn’t what I described. The point is that the boss or HR person has a responsibility and an interest in the optimal running of the company and if an employee can profitably contribute in the workplace until a future agreed date then most empires would go that way after all if the employee does a good job there’s no point in ending their work sooner than later after all the employee is already trained and could perhaps train their replacement before they leave. This would not necessarily be the case if the employee was not a good worker and was being fired for cause or maybe is hopeless in learning the required skills

industrial feudalism

Because that's not how the world works. Companies literally have all the power. You can't go against a multi-million dollar company who literally could just replace you the next day like nothing happened. We are highly insignificant when you look at the bigger picture.

Back when I was a truck mechanic I remember one time some other guy quit before me and he gave a two weeks notice and he just got fired right away

I saw that and I just thought when it was my time to move on that "why should I give a two weeks notice after I saw what happened to the last guy who gave one?"

It was totally ridiculous to me that they were mad that I just quit on the spot too. They didn't get it.

well up until recently employers had all the power -not so much these days - they are taking what they get.

BUT if they find out you quit your job(s) without notice then they consider you a ticking time bomb and subject to leave any day.

fair? no. but it's the nature of things.

what's really funny to me is that I've been with a couple of governmental agencies that require 2 weeks - the "normal" rational for businesses used to be that it would take 2 weeks to advertise your job and get somebody hired.

in reality it takes 3 months or longer some times for the government to get off their butts.

I work in the Australian public service and we have to give two weeks notice. They can make us redundant in a restructure (this has happened to me twice in a 26 year career) though there is a couple of months notice required and a fairly generous payout, at least the first time while your entitlements are intact. The real risk is at a senior management level, where your performance assessment is highly subjective, and you can be effectively dismissed due to a personality conflict or perception.

Once I was going to work by bicycle, i was working in a coffee shop at that time, and fell off the bike. I went to the place, my knees were obviously hurt, so I told them I will take the day off. I went home and later that day the boss called, telling me to pass by to sign the paper about me being fired. What an arshole really. I believe he got afraid I'd ask for some healing related vacation. I did nothing, i just told myself how he's doing me a favour and moved on....

It's a small world out there, and you don't really wan to burn bridges. Employers call and ask for references, and generally speaking, they don't want to hire someone who will drop an employer on a moment's notice. Also, understand that an employer that pressures you to leave immediately and come join them, will not hesitate to show the door at a moment's notice.

Screw them. They're not giving you any notice or severance pay. Just have another job lined up. Quitting? Walk. Don't worry about your friends there. After a week or so you're forgotten.

If you showed up with that clown face to give your notice I’d be so busy screaming in fear that I wouldn’t think to negotiate anything!

🤔.....I live in a work at will state, so no one has to give notice..........

Cause we're serfs. 🤷‍♂️