r/jobs • u/Whole_Relief8299 • 3d ago

Layoffs Just got laid off via text

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I’ve been crying so much over this. I genuinely can’t believe how heartless some people can be…

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u/RuskiesInTheWarRoom 3d ago

This is why a “two week notice” to quit a job should be considered a professional courtesy and nothing more.

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u/Eighteen64 3d ago

That’s exactly what it is

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u/goodrichard 3d ago

It's the right thing to do... When others do right by you

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u/suciothegreat 3d ago

They do right by you until they don’t

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u/w6750 3d ago

I only do it if I’m putting the job on my resume

If I’ve been at a job for like a month or two and it’s just not a match, lmao *poof* I’m gone

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u/BeeFor20 3d ago edited 3d ago

My company pays out vacation time when you quit, so they are definitely getting a two week notice.

If I have any vacation time at the time, anyway. This December I plan on taking off from December 19th through around January 19th or so.

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u/Cyhawk 3d ago

Check your state laws, you may get it regardless.

edit: and exact wording of your vacation time and how its classified.

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u/BeeFor20 3d ago

I live in Alabama...

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u/RuskiesInTheWarRoom 3d ago

Ooooof, I’m really sorry to see that. Yeah, you’re giving that 2 weeks…

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u/Mediocre-Instruction 3d ago

I didn’t give two weeks notice to a few jobs and I still got my vacation paid out

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u/Kozzy1986 3d ago

Some states by law have to pay out earned PTO

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u/573V317 1d ago

I think most states do for large corporations. I'm unsure about small businesses.

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u/skycatcutie 11h ago

And it is not a law to give 2 weeks notice

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u/lbcatlady 3d ago

Ca has a law about that.

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u/NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT 2d ago

Ok, that's the law, so good that they follow it

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u/BeeFor20 2d ago

No it isn't.

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u/JiaxusReddit 3d ago

Unless your employment contract states that if you resign without or short of two weeks notice, you would be required to make payment equivalent to your notice period. (Mine is one month)

It's insane that most companies are adding this rule to their contracts, but they can get away with terminating you instantly, job market is hell right now.

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u/NateNate60 3d ago

In many cases the thing they make you sign legally isn't an employment contract because it has some text to the effect of "this document cannot be enforced against us". In that case, it is gratuitous and legally void.

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u/NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT 2d ago

In that case, Don't quit just stop coming in. Start working at your new job until the old one fires you

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u/911ChickenMan 3d ago

Do you think they send the Job Police after you if you don't put in a 2 week notice? That's all it is, ya goober.

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u/Impossible_Agency992 3d ago

500+ upvotes though lol. This place is so fucking stupid sometimes.

Also, I’m pretty sure this is attempted murder.

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u/Consistent-Option827 1d ago

I’d assume they’d just keep your last check

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u/911ChickenMan 1d ago

Don't assume. There's only a few states where they can hold your check, and even then it's under very limited circumstances (such as not returning equipment). Not putting in notice doesn't count.

It's a good idea to put in notice, but all they can do is give you a bad reference.

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u/Helismoke666 3d ago

I've been in a career overseas doing contracts where you give a 2 week notice and they fire you. If I give a 2 week notice now I make sure I have 2 weeks vacation time saved up and simply resign.

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u/General-End4503 1d ago

Ill always give 2 weeks, never had a bad experience giving 2 weeks, dont work for shitty companies

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u/dankHippieDude 3d ago

After how i’ve been treated and seen peers treated, ill never give 2 weeks notice again.

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u/adm_swilliams 21h ago

Not giving a two week notice likely doesn’t hurt the company, it only hurts your coworkers who now have to pick up the extra work.

I work in IT and have had coworkers quit without notice. Their support tickets just get reassigned to the rest of the team and just take longer to complete. From what I could tell, it doesn’t affect the company or managers at all.

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u/its_aom 3d ago

Should be a legal requirement, in an official document with a signature that allows you to express disagreement

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u/blueorangan 2d ago

I thought it was.

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u/Consistent-Option827 1d ago

Exactly! Yet the one job that fired or laid me off gave and me thirty days to find a new job, when I asked if I had to put in a two week notice they said no😂