If you feel physically afraid to stay, then get out.Ģ. Here are ten good reasons to quit your job without giving notice:ġ. Now that we know there is a segment of the management population that does not see any need to pay employees for their two-week notice period even though their firms ask employees to give notice, here is my advice to anyone who's thinking about quitting their job:ĭon't give notice unless you know you will get paid for it! Now that you've announced your plans to leave do you suddenly become a criminal, and an enemy of the firm?Īny manager who says 'I decide on a case-by-case basis whether or not to pay the employees who give notice' is a fearful person who should not be leading a department. You've been job-hunting for weeks or months while you were working at your job. Let's consider the idea that if you are quitting your job to work for a competitor, you can't possibly be trusted to work two more weeks, but must thrown out the door, right now! Sign up here to get top career advice delivered straight to your inbox every week. Subscribe To The Forbes Careers Newsletter I held on because I like everything else about the job, but it really left a bad taste in my mouth for a manager to use his power to steal two weeks' pay from someone just because they found a better job.' One employee told me 'Last year one of my teammates quit, and our manager walked her out the door. We changed that policy and within two weeks, I heard from employees about it. It's not a good look for any company to punish an employee for giving notice! I was horrified when I heard that, to be honest. A manager could say 'I'm not going to accept your two weeks' notice - you can pack your stuff and leave now' and the employee would have to leave without collecting their last two weeks' pay. The manager also got to decide whether or not to pay the employee for their two-week notice period.

From what I understand, sometimes in the past a manager would tell a departing employee 'You can leave right now' out of spite, and not for any business reason.

I quit my job today without notice