Years ago, I gave an employer one months notice, because we were relocating for my wife’s job, with a new baby, and I wanted to give them time to replace me, because I was in a critical position. My goal was to be a stay-at-home dad for a few months, in our new city, before reentering the workforce.
After two weeks, it became apparent that they weren’t going to find a replacement. They asked if I would be willing to work part time remotely, at an hourly rate. I agreed, and, of course the workload required that I work full-time anyway. At one point, I actually had to travel back to the office for a couple of days, so we had to fly my mother-in-law out to watch the baby. I ended up working for them three months after relocating. When they found inappropriate replacement candidate, they notified me, via work email, that my services would no longer be needed.
I am mediately filed for unemployment, received my first two payments, then the money dried up. I received a letter from the department of labor telling me that I was in eligible for unemployment, and would need to repay the money I had already been sent. My old employer submitted my original resignation letter, as proof that I had left the job voluntarily. I could have requested a hearing to fight for my claim, but that would have required traveling four states away, and they knew that would be difficult for me, because of my family situation.
I went above and beyond to show them “professional courtesy” and they shat all over me. They literally lied to deny me what I’d EARNED. That’s what I learn the professional courtesy is completely one-sided, and to never give a fuck about employer ever again.