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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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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 assumed this connection was obvious
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
…the entire concept seems deeply unpopular here
You’re simping for the bourgeoisie in !leftymemes. WTF did you expect?
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.
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.
No fuck u, I’m 13 noob. Git rekt fam
…ahhh to be a kid again 🤣