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2 Weeks Notice means more work!!

So, I put in my 2 weeks at my current job. What I'm realizing is that most jobs fully expect you to do like 5 months of work in your last 2 weeks, train people, write a freakin manual, inform everyone, yadda yadda yadda. My thought is, “Why in the ever loving hell would I work HARDER now that I've quit?” And why would I all of sudden do something I've never been paid to do, just because I had the courtesy to give you notice? It's an insane expectation and it's a symptom of how employers really think you owe them some type of favor for them deigning to give you a job so THEY can make money. Imagine if you broke up with someone and they asked you to write down all their likes and dislikes and the way they like laundry folded for the next guy. It's…


So, I put in my 2 weeks at my current job. What I'm realizing is that most jobs fully expect you to do like 5 months of work in your last 2 weeks, train people, write a freakin manual, inform everyone, yadda yadda yadda. My thought is, “Why in the ever loving hell would I work HARDER now that I've quit?” And why would I all of sudden do something I've never been paid to do, just because I had the courtesy to give you notice? It's an insane expectation and it's a symptom of how employers really think you owe them some type of favor for them deigning to give you a job so THEY can make money. Imagine if you broke up with someone and they asked you to write down all their likes and dislikes and the way they like laundry folded for the next guy. It's a crazy amount of expectation for someone you're not going to be paying soon. Like literally abusive AF. Anywho, if you find yourself in the position of management and someone gives you their 2 weeks, don't do this to them and maybe we can get rid of this particular abuse in the future.

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