Two weeks notice

Why do we give two weeks notice to jobs that would not give us two weeks notice if they decided to fire us?

Edited to add: One time, I got notice that I was going to be let go. They were really good employers in a small business who couldn't afford to keep all their employees so they gave me good references and about a month's notice. I wish more jobs went like that.

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UpForItNow · 22-25, F

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.