Life goals - Divisions by zero

At-will state fantasies

Exactly this. If you don’t want me to quit without notice, do you also vote against politicians who vote for “right-to-work” legislation?

Yeah, you don’t get to write a fucking law that says you can fire me on the spot for any reason at all and then insist that I give you two weeks.

Besides, these days it’s a different world - there’s a labor shortage. A serious one. Warm body? You’re hired. Nobody gives a fuck. They can’t afford to. Especially in minimum wage.

Unless you’re in IT, apparently? Idk.

Relatedly, my conspiracy theory is that the spate of recent layoffs are coordinated pushback against all the strikes and unionizing as well as pushback against RTO etc. Just a wild idea I had… May be total horseshit, idk.

On the other hand, we have seen collusion in the past within some sectors (e.g., price fixing, no poach agreements, wage fixing), and antitrust violations often go unpunished or weakly penalized, corporate leadership is strongly driven by profit often to the exclusion of ethics and at the expense of all else. And employee compensation is a significant part of most company budgets. So, I think my wild idea is at least somewhat plausible.

It’s my fault. I finally got so fed up with blue collar stuff that I decided to start getting into the tech field, then pretty much immediately it all collapsed. Sorry for trying lol
I can’t believe you’ve done this!

Unless you’re in IT, apparently? Idk

As someone from IT, there isn’t really a shortage. There are literal crowds of quite advanced developers searching for jobs. The only problem is that they don’t have commercial experience and all companies only want seniors/teamleads/cto’s with 10+ years of experience, to do at best middle-level developer’s jobs. The shortage is artificial, but, I’m not complaining, as it’s the only reason I get paid decent wage.

IT’s a lot bigger than dev
That’s not a wild conspiracy, that’s just how capitalism works? There is always collusion between capitalists to suppress labour power. Like we have repeated historical exemples of this. And yeah, through the same historical examples, get ready for the rise of fascism lol
I think the layoffs in IT are directly related to AI. I’m in IT and I have been for decades. With AI I can easily say my output has more than quadrupled. Maybe even more. But when everybody in your workforce can do the work of five people, you can wake up one day and realize your company is overwhelmed with redundancy. This isn’t going to remain limited to just IT and no, it’s not just like the Industrial Revolution.

quadrupled

That’s awesome. Would love to know as much as you’re comfortable revealing about your role/duties.

With AI I can easily say my output has quadrupled

With my current workload I’ve found extremely limited opportunities for AI to help at all, but I’m certain that’ll vary wildy by the individual job duties that fall onto a role

IT as a whole isn’t having a problem, just the developer segment of IT is getting canned because 7/10 people who went into “IT” in the past 20 years got pulled into development work and now there’s too many. IT is a huge sector, development is just a part of it, a part everyone went into because Silicon Valley was paying a ton of $ but not guaranteed stability
Then your next job calls this job to verify your employment, finds out you quit without notice, and withdraws the offer
…why would you quit before having the offer in-hand and signed by both parties, which typically occurs after such checks are done?
You really think they offered a position without already doing that, if they were going to verify employment at all?
Is this going to be their last job? Lots of employers verify the last 3 employers or last 5 years

Lots of employers don't verify at all, especially for low level stuff.

Companies are also unlikely to provide much more than the start and end date of employment. No point taking any risks, no benefit from warning another company.

To each their own I guess…I work in healthcare and this is a very real thing that has negatively impacted people I’ve known who have quit without notice
Have you never had a job that didn’t even go on your resume? I worked part time at a video store for some extra cash while I was waiting for a career position to start. I gave the heads up when I was leaving but if the manager had been a dickbag or something I would’ve fucked them over with no ragerts. We have zero context for this (probably fake) text.
I haven’t the slightest clue why people are mass downvoting your real experience here. Within many career paths, everything you’ve said is true.

I haven’t the slightest clue why people are mass downvoting your real experience here.

Because although the obsequious attitude he’s advocating for might be individually advantageous, it’s damaging to society and sure as fuck shouldn’t be encouraged!

Employment verification isn’t allowed to answer personal questions which would include the text above. HR contacts HR with the question, “Was this person employed on X through X dates.” The reply is yes or no. The manager doesn’t get involved.
That makes sense, although it would have been easier to understand (for me, at the very least) if someone commented that right away after downvoting

No, that’s ridiculous. It’s not damaging to anyone. It’s the reality of the serious career world, and if you want a good career in reality (vs a worker’s revolution or whatever in your fantasy) it would be wise to listen.

References are a real thing. Employment history is a real thing. These are checked by HR and hiring managers for serious career jobs, when an applicant is being considered. I have received direct confirmation of this from 2 jobs where I was hired, from my references and former employers who told me that the new employer called them to ask about me.

Original commenter who has been downvoted to hell here. I’vs spent half my life as a front-line worker and half my life in management, and in management I fight like hell for my people in the face of the greedy corporate bullshit we’re handed down from on high.

That said, if you’re going to be on my healthcare staff, I and all your colleagues need to be able to trust you. If you’ve demonstrated a pattern of quitting without notice, to me that demonstrates a lack of planning and/or frustration tolerance, and that makes me hesitant to trust you.

I get lots of people aren’t working in jobs that aren’t as high stakes as healthcare though

I live in Georgia USA my employment laws explicitly state I can be fired or quit for any reason or no reason. As much as that sucks, I could quit because I don’t like my boss’ new haircut and that’s ironically more legally protected than me being fired for being bisexual.
Whether or not it’s legal to quit or fire someone isn’t the topic though, this is about your previous employer communicating your termination status to a prospective employer

I assumed this connection was obvious

  • I quit cuz of a haircut
  • I get a new job
  • employer calls old job
  • they cannot ask why or how I left because the law is I can leave for any and no reason

they cannot ask why or how I left because the law is I can leave for any and no reason

Just because you can legally quit for any reason at any time does not mean your prospective employer can’t ask your previous employer why or how you left. These are 2 different things

If they misrepresent the method of your termination in any way you can potentially sue for defamation, so, yeah, they can say what they want as long as they want to get sued.
Sure, but all your previous employer has to do is be honest. If you tell your boss you quit effective immediately, that’s “resignation without notice” at most companies. You can try to due for defamation if this costs you a future job, but your previous employer has their documentation lined up and you will lose
You are getting downvoted because the lemmitard crowd associates your name with a downvote. Nothing to do with what you said.

It’s a very real thing in many real career paths. It’s also relevant to the Golden Rule; do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

If your job was decent and they treat you OK, treat them decently in return. That’s how you get good references and advance your career.

The alternative is to keep having shitty jobs that make you want to leave without giving notice I guess.

I’m a manager. No, I don’t care. Agencies will because they want to see you a service. But even they don’t go as far as more than 1. 2 references are rare.

I’ve dealt with plenty of applications and agencies. I don’t think it’s an insignificant sample size and experience.

I’m not talking about references though. I’m also a manager, I’ve done tons of references, and most are glowing. I’m talking about employment verification, which HR often handles totally separate from the hiring manager. Obviously this is going to vary based on organization and policy, and the entire concept seems deeply unpopular here lol
Employment verification isn’t allowed to answer personal questions which would include the text above. HR contacts HR with the question, “Was this person employed on X through X dates.” The reply is yes or no. The manager doesn’t get involved.
I believe they can also ask the question “is this employee eligible for rehire?”
Employment verification can absolutely include a description of the separation, eg “resignation with notice,” “resignation without notice,” or “terminated for cause.” Lots of people saying this can’t be said, but no one has cited any source because it’s false

no one has cited any source

What is your source?

Quora has verified CEO’s and Professors saying only dates and position are given out by HR.

Here’s the first hit I got on Bing™. My real source is a decade of experience hiring people.
Can an Employer Disclose That You Were Fired?

When a previous employer can disclose that you were fired, and what information they can share about your work history with prospective employers.

The Balance

From your link:

“Many organizations have policies that limit their staff to providing only dates of employment and job titles when inquiries are made about past employees. Others may be more willing to share information with prospective employers.”

So your statement only applies to your situation as your link confirms.

I hired people too. In only one situation where any ex employee was caught stealing from a client did I ever share anything negative. And that was only because the company who called was also a former customer.

I like how you end your post with an example of you doing the thing you’re saying companies don’t do lol

Of course this varies by organization and policy, but it’s a real thing that many companies do

I wasn’t HR. It wasn’t HR calling HR to verify employment. It was a former customer calling for a reference. So yes it can happen that if that OP used the company as a reference, the former manager could take the call and say, “He quit without 2 weeks notice.” It isn’t standard as your own link confirmed.

"Terminated with cause”

This wasn’t terminated with cause, fired or anything like that. The post is about an employee who quit. They are allowed to quit.

I don’t know what you’re arguing against here, my entire point is that there are some companies that communicate separation status by policy, whether that’s “terminated for cause,” “resigned without notice,” or “resigned with notice,” and that “resigned without notice” can negatively impact job opportunities at some companies.

So if someone calls your HR department asking for employment dates, you will volunteer information that wasn’t asked?

And how is the new employer going to know where you worked if you don’t share it.

If someone tries to verify employment at my previous job, they will be directed to theworknumber.com, which a metric fuckton of businesses use. When they access the information on that site, they will find my company’s HR department has uploaded the name, dates of employment, and reason for separation. I don’t understand why you think I’m somehow a proponent or advocate of this, I’m literally just communicating that it exists and is real
Digital Verification Solutions - Income & Employment | The Work Number

The Work Number database provides comprehensive verification services for commercial and government verifiers, employers and employees.

…the entire concept seems deeply unpopular here

You’re simping for the bourgeoisie in !leftymemes. WTF did you expect?

Guess I’ll retreat to my hole and let the proletariat continuing giving each other tips on worsening their spiral into destitution
That’s why you get a job before quitting the old one, lol

Except that’s not how this works if you were ever in a position to actually verify employment. Every company ever will specifically tell their employees to just confirm whether or not the person used to work there and that’s it.

Anything else opens the company up to a lawsuit for slander. The employee is already gone. No company is going to risk a lawsuit just to warn another company of a bad employee.

The large hospital system I used to work for absolutely communicates termination status to other employers, one of those is “resignation without notice,” and I knew 2 people who had job offers rescinded other places after verification

If someone quits because of unsafe working conditions, they would be grouped in the "resignation without notice"

I'm sure they have a lot of other bullshit reasons to not hire people too.

They gave notice.

Depending on the contract or location, this is more than enough.

Two weeks is often no more than a courtesy, and not a requirement. If the company fires you, they're unlikely to afford you that courtesy.

But with layoffs sometimes they do give you advance notice. It all depends I guess.
It seems like this greatly depends on your manager, rather than a company. Some will try to offer other positions in the company which will count as a layoff for the tops, it seems, but a worker will still be there, some will tell you in the last minute
Don’t list it in your previous jobs. Problem solved
“What can you tell us about this hole in your resume”
“I was fuckin’ bitches.” lol
Are you 12 years old lol

No fuck u, I’m 13 noob. Git rekt fam

…ahhh to be a kid again 🤣