Two weeks notice rejected?

[Al B. Sure!]

I don't need a reference. I won't even put this job on my resume.

It's the altruist in me that is trying to not leave them hanging without a replacement.

Should I just screw them like I did Checkers?

[loinburger]

They can live without a butler

[Tuberski]

I don't need a reference. I won't even put this job on my resume.

It's the altruist in me that is trying to not leave them hanging without a replacement.

Should I just screw them like I did Checkers?

It's not your fault they don't have a replacement.

ACK!

[Elok]

Two weeks bloody well ought to be enough. They should have enough staffing to cover for reasonable rates of turnover. If they can't fill the positions quickly enough in the present economy--or if they couldn't be bothered to prepare for such problems--that's their fault and they'll learn quicker if you don't bail them out.

[Wezil]

Tough love.

[Elok]

Call it an intervention for their addiction to crappy management.

[Hauldren Collider]

I agree completely with Elok. If they can't find a replacement for a nonskilled job in this economy in two weeks they're doing something very wrong.

[Provost Harrison]

I put in my two weeks notice at my hotel two weeks ago tomorrow morning but I got a call from them telling me they don't have a replacement yet so I'm scheduled to work again next weekend. I managed to compromise to be off Friday night (when I work two jobs: Friday job then overnight til 7am) but still work Saturday night.

They really rejected my two weeks notice. Can they do that?

I mean I can just not show up but still... the audacity that they laid a lot of people off around when I started, terminating them effective immediately upon arrival to work. They even brought in security and gave people 15 minutes to leave the building. Yet when I quit they reject my two weeks notice?

Corporate America... how does it work?

Welcome to my current situation. Self employed working for a former consulting firm (moreorless) for an end user. End user are an absolute pain in the arse, I mean, more than any other I have ever encountered. Threatened to leave on many occasions unless they sorted their act out. The consulting firm asked me not to because they need my skills so much. So out of spite, the end user decided to terminate my contract. Well f**k them, found another job already. Anyway, we agree an early departure date is possible before the date, especially as I hate the *****. Sent them the information that I was leaving at the end of the week just gone. They never replied. They'd decided they want me to leave at the end of next week. I have just refused as I have finished everything, and I want next week off as I already sacrificed a week's holiday for their benefit to help them get things finished. Arseholes. I want this nightmare of a project to end as quickly as possible, so f**k 'em.

So Albert, tell them straight, like I have done, there is no negotiating, you leave at this point. They don't have a leg to stand on (and quite often notice periods are hard to enforce even *if* you left early, which you are not).

The most I have done is offered them some remote support over next week if they contact me on a need basis (and naturally I will bill them for at least two hours for any changes which, quite frankly, they should've tested last week whilst I was still there).

[rah]

Yeah, if you don't need the reference, you gave them proper notice, so don't worry about it.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Yeah, if you don't need the reference, you gave them proper notice, so don't worry about it.

Yep. Did what you reasonably should have done.

[snoopy369]

Unless you have an employment contract, just leave. Nearly all of the US is at-will, which works both ways. The only reason not to is if you want to come back, really - they're not giving you a reference anyway, usually (very few companies do for jobs like that, to avoid liability).

[The Mad Monk]

I am going to disagree with the common wisdom here. Going the extra mile here may keep the door open in case something happens with the other job, which, given your track record, is a reasonable concern.

[Boris Godunov]

Hi.

Two weeks notice is a custom, not a law or anything. While it's nice of employees to provide such, it's not required. So doing so was a courtesy you were not actually obligated to extend. You certainly have no obligation to work beyond the period for which you gave notice. Also, the notice expectation is really for jobs that require some difficulty in filling. A hotel job such as this should be easily backfilled in a matter of days, and they could easily have you train your replacement for a few days to boot.

You shouldn't just not show up, as that would leave more than just your employers in the lurch. They would also then have a legitmate reason to give you a bad reference in the future, and you should always try to avoid burning any bridges you don't have to burn. But you can absolutely tell them that you will not work beyond the period for which you gave notice. Of course, you then run the risk that they will end your employment immediately, but that would be their right. It would be petty, yes, but that's life.

This sounds like a poorly-managed operation that treats its employees like disposable machines, so were I you I would tell them to go **** themselves on the demand to work beyond the notice period. Er, but politely, keeping in mind the whole bridges thing...

[Hauldren Collider]

Boris is absolutely right.

[snoopy369]

I am going to disagree with the common wisdom here. Going the extra mile here may keep the door open in case something happens with the other job, which, given your track record, is a reasonable concern.

Not burning bridges is fine, but he gave the normal notice. There's no obligation beyond that in my mind. If they ask nicely, it's one thing - but ask and accept an answer of no. Asking and requiring a yes is not asking.