OK Pal. Here’s the deal. I was just offered another job. It pays a little more. But that’s not it entirely. You can take your passive/aggressive “Don’t make any plans next Saturday” and shove it right up your ass.
Sitting in a car with you all damn day having to inhail your chain smoking is all that I can take. My eyes are bugging, my throat is sore. And then, you’ve got the balls to ask why I’m so quiet. I CAN’T BREATH YOU FUCK!!!
So, I will work the week out so as to get paid for the entire week without giving you any advance notice. I will collect my money and then tell you that you can get some other “boy” to do your shit while you sit at home and pick up your kids all day.
Oh, and by the way, don’t make any plans this weekend because, you’ve got to look for a replacement for me. Eat shit asshole!!!
I’d suggest that you make sure that there are no laws where you live requiring you to give two weeks notice, though. IANAL, but I have heard that some states do require this. Maybe a few of the lawyer dopers can confirm or deny this?
To the OP: you not that quick. Or did you mean “quit”?
To Lord Ashtar: laws requiring you to give two weeks’ notice? I don’t think so. Not in America, land of the free–oh, sure, there might be repercussions, but it isn’t like it’s not allowed. Particularly when the job involves unwanted exposure to second-hand smoke. And it sounds like the duration of the job has been about a week . . .
Thanks for your concern, but I think you should take some time off to prepare yourself for this new opportunity.
I’ll assign you a couple of my trusted associates to help you clear out your things.
Good luck to you. Drop us a card when you get settled!
Ah, the glorious freedom of quitting a pain in the ass job with pain in the ass bosses and/or co-workers. One of the best feelings in the world, in my opinion.
Well I am not Bricker, but I cannot imagine any state could have a law requiring that an employee must stay one day longer than he or she wishes. The US Constitution prohibits involuntary servitude (Technically the Bill of Rights prohibits it, and technically it was meant to address slavery) Which means that a State could neither pass nor enforce a law that required a person to work someplace that they do not wish to. Even where a contract is involved, courts would not require personal service, though they will probably award damages (money) if it finds that the contract was breached.
It doesn’t matter…if he works in an “At-will” state (which is the majority of the US–assuming that is where you are) either the employer OR employee can terminate the working relationship with NO notice at all. Or any reason for that matter. That’s what At-Will means. I can try to find TECHNICAL legal stuff, but I am far too lazy, and at work right now.
As far as I know, the “2 Week Rule” is really more of a general courtesy than a law. I can’t remember ANY legalities that REQUIRE 2 week notice.
And if I don’t give notice, what are they going to do? Sue me? Or force me to work for two weeks? Forget that. I’ve never heard of any laws like that, nor can I imagine any law like that being allowed to stand once challenged.
…and, yeah, I’d say I’d be inclined to quit, too, if I had to sit in a car with a chainsmoker all the time. I quit smoking for a REASON…
What, Yak razorgirls? They will freak you up but good! I’m calling my Mafia connections - they’ve got some cyber-muscle that’ll slag those Yak enforcers back to the Barrens!
