I used to work for a large national company, but the company was close to going bankrupt and I found another opportunity with similar pay. SoI put in my resignation.
I called my boss (whose office was 100 miles away), and gave him a two weeks notice. He was cool with it, no problems.
About a month later I got a phone call from him that said that the Director (his boss) had scheduled a meeting, flew in and wanted to see everybody who reported to him and everybody who reported to his direct reports.
One of the items on the agenda was to present me with a certificate of achievement for five years of service.
Director: “OP is one of the hardest working people I have ever met, I’m here to present a five-year certificate of achievement, please stand up and be recognized.“
(Muffled laughter) “where is OP?“
My boss replied in front of everybody “OP put in his two weeks notice three weeks ago.“
As the boss was relating this conversation, he asked me if he could mail me the certificate. I said no problem, they actually had gone to the trouble of putting it in an acrylic magnetic frame so that it would stay on your cubicle desk.
About six months after I quit, the company got bought out by a larger company, and most of my department got fired.