By Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter
In this video I quote from an article by Liz Ryan which outlines some very specific loopsA situation where you can leave without notice.
Tell your boss about your next job? (Confidential!)
Someone asked the question, “When can I quit without notice?” I remember Liz Ryan wrote an article in the past that discussed this topic. Liz is a tremendous resource. This article was published in Forbes on February 17, 2018. This is a great article and I want to give it full credit because it is a good article.
It starts with answering someone’s question, and the first lesson is don’t give notice unless you know you’ll get paid for it. So always make sure the company you work for has a payment history. Like I knew, I used to work for an executive search firm and I knew that if I walked out the door, I wasn’t going to see my money unless I went to the Department of Labor. This takes more than a year. So, I took a commission check, kept a little money (less than $1000), took a check for about $25,000, walked out the door with my stuff, and quit the following Monday. So, I’m just going to simply say, never give notice unless you know you’re going to get paid.
She then goes on to explain here why you can resign without notice. The first one is (and I covered this in a previous video) if you feel physically afraid to stay, get out. Never stay where you feel there is danger.
Second, if you’ve seen or heard of employees at your company being laid off because they couldn’t work in the past two weeks, don’t take the chance. Tell your boss you’re quitting on your last day of work rather than quitting earlier.
third. If you’re working for a competitor and you don’t see any evidence that your company will honor your two-week notice period, don’t give them the opportunity to cheat you. No notice is given. Just leave.
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fourth. If you’ve already had a conflict with your boss and don’t want to expose yourself to more abuse from them, don’t give notice. Ignore those who tell you that not giving notice is unprofessional. Not giving notice is unprofessional when you work for ethical people. You work for a slime ball like I do, and the professional thing to do is run away at the first opportunity!
If you can’t make it emotionally and you know that staying at work for another two weeks will result in a meltdown or saying something you shouldn’t say, don’t give notice. Great advice. I’ve seen people decompensate in my presence because they were under too much stress and needed an escape, and after the breakdown, they just left. You don’t have to do this. Just leave.
Don’t give notice if you need time to calm down and recover before starting your new job. As a recruiter, I’ve met people who are like, “I need two weeks off before I start my new job. So, I’m going to give two weeks’ notice and start two weeks later. I’m floored” because they work 90 hours a week. This will be the first time they see their family. They actually want to spend some time with them.
If you feel your boss will punish you for wanting to work for someone else, don’t give notice. Boys! That’s a big deal! “Unfortunately, this is not uncommon. Some managers will use your last two weeks to insult and belittle you,” she wrote.
When I was working in recruiting, one of the people I represented had been with a major oil company for 30 years. His salary was nowhere near that of a junior programmer, and he started as a clerk and worked his way up. He gave notice; it was an important day in his life. He gave notice and you know what they did? They took him to a small office with a desk and no phone and told him he would be reassigned to that position and would have no work to do for two weeks. Tell me how this would benefit him or the company.
If you don’t want to, please don’t give notice, the new job is ready for you to start immediately. This is a tricky question because sometimes, all you’re doing is chasing a shiny object, and the idea of a new job can be stronger than the reality of a new job. I’m not so sure about this. This is my personal opinion.
If your company is laying off employees anyway, skip the two-week notice. That’s a good thing because, frankly, in the last recession, the people you notified became one of the new layoffs and saved everyone else.
So if we were doing layoffs, you wouldn’t have to do that, instead of holding on to those two weeks and just walking out.
Number 10 is, if your gut tells you that you’d be stupid to give your boss another reason to mistreat you, don’t inform. Don’t do this. Just leave.
These are all great tips from her. I might take issue with one of them, but overall it’s good advice for specific situations where not giving notice makes sense.
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