Quiting Job

heres something to ponder... schools and school districts are probably a different ball of wax... but my question is, if she put her two weeks notice in and they let her go that day... shouldn't that be considered she just got fired? if so, she should be able to go claim unemployment right away and there maybe other benifits she entitled to.

 

That happened to me once. I figured it was coming and had already set up a "just in case" with my new employer. I wound up starting a week and a half early. I was making more money, sooner, so they really did me a favor.

Might be worth a call to her new job to see if she can start early.

 

Today would be it at my work. When you put in your 2 week notice here they walk you to the gate immediatly. The are scared of sabotage.

 

Yes, as stated before an at will employee has no legal obligation to the prior company. As long as you have no contracts with your work legally you can start your new job before you even quit your old one. The worst that can happen is your old job fires you before you have a chance to quit

Same here, too much sensitive information. Its not just to protect the company, but also all of our customers

 

It's a question of how likely you think your company is to tell you to go home that day (and you have a 2-week unpaid vacation until your new job starts) versus you being on good terms with them (and they let you finish your two weeks and you start seamlessly at your new job).

If you can afford to potentially have two weeks off or you'd like to leave on good terms (if there's a possible reference or future re-employment with the same company), then give your two weeks. If you can't afford it and you're leaving over a "eff this" situation, just tell your boss at the end of your last day.

Also I like to consider this: if I was being let go, what would my company do? My current company, unless I do something to deserve immediate termination, would likely give me some notice if they could. It's a good company and they don't make a habit of screwing people over. My last company was the opposite. It was an awful company that routinely went out of their way to screw over their employees (and customers, for that matter). I was so done with them by the time I quit that I quit with no notice via text message, and I don't feel bad about it. You get what you give.

 

This is y you do not give 2 weeks notice, I for one say you do not owe them anything. When you are ready to go just sit down somewhere, When the boss comes by and ask what are you doing. Smile and say just want to see how long it will take your dicksniffer ass to get my last check.. Mr. Jim

 

Situation update: They are letting my wife go at 3, so she will not even be working this entire day. She will not be getting paid past today at 3. I do not yet know what her final paycheck is going to be, but I have a feeling they are going to be difficult with her vacation and sick time that she deserves.

The school she works at is wierd, they are a privately owned school, where their teachers can take vacation/sick time, but it is unpaid. At the end of the school year, the school pays their teachers x amount for their vaction/sick time, whether they use it or not. The teachers are on 'contract', but the contract does not say one must work the entire school year or vacation/sick pay will not be paid out.

I usually try to not burn bridges, for a potential re-hiring back at that same company later in life. This is definately not going to happen for my wife.

Also, she has a new job lined up in about a month and a half. Not sure of implications of taking Unemployment, or even if we qualify because I make a decent coin, or how long it would take to get the first UI check, but we are thinking we may apply for it for the month and a half she will not be working.

 

This would be an epic way to quit a job!

 

Favorite I've ever seen personally was at a well-known national discount chain (name begins with K).

One of my co-workers picked up the intercom at the end of the day, and instead of the typical "Please bring your final purchases to the front checkouts" speech, proceeded to tell our boss exactly how he felt about his job.

And then, with a serene smile on his face, he put down the intercom and walked out the front door.

 

I still gotta hand it to that Jet Blue guy that said fu** ya all and jumped out of the plane. Crazy Bastard.

 

That guy is a folk hero.

 

No. She gave notice first. Unemployment is not an option when you willingly leave; giving notice defines that. And to answer the OP, the company typically does not have a requirement to keep you on during the notice period. As someone else said, sometimes it's best to leave the badge at the door. You just have to have a feel for the company.

 

UI does not matter how much the spouse makes, so she would have qualified, but only if she was laid off. You can not claim UI if you leave. The UI office calls (or may call) your HR to confirm that you were laid off.

Unfortunate situation. Send her to a spa for the week and let her enjoy the off time. It sounds like she deserves it after working for those asses.

 

I guess it depends on the employer?

I have only worked in "at will states", some jobs with an employment contract and some without. However, every place I've worked that released an employee prior to the actual effective resignation date has payed the resigning employee as if they had continued working through the end of the notice date plus any additional earned time. This includes employees with and without a contract, employment or union.

 

In California, she should have been handed her check when she was sent home.

If you quit without giving notice, the company has 72 hours to pay.
If you give more than 72 hours notice, the company must pay all money owed at the time you leave.
If you are fired/laid off, or otherwise discharged, then one of two situations applies:

1 - Company must pay all money owed at the time you walk out the door (excepting severance pay)
2 - Company may elect to keep you on the payroll until the date that you originally gave notice for. In that case, then pay would be due on that date.

When I was laid off from my last job, I was notified a couple of days after the start of the pay period. They kept me on payroll for the remainder of the 2 weeks and I got my final check and vacation time then. I also got a 6-week severance package so I continued to get 3 more checks every 2 weeks.


So if she didn't come home with a check today:

1 - She stopped at the mall on the way home.
2 - Her employer is paying her until next week.
3 - Her employer is in violation of state law.

If #3 is the case (and you won't know until she gets her check), contact the labor board. The company is liable for FULL PAY for every day that she had to wait (including weekends and holidays).

 

It's your life.
If your boss tells you not to come in, there's no reason you can't work at a new job.

When I left aerospace and got into traffic signals, I started my new job on December 28, 1992.
My last day at Douglas was Jan 4, 1993.
We got the week between Christmas and New Years off at Douglas, but with the union agreement (even though I was salaried non-union the same rules applied), we had to work both the day before and the day after a holiday to get the holiday pay. It was fucked because you could not combine vacation with a long weekend to get 9 days off and only charge 4 days to Vacation...
But anyways, so I worked December 23 at Douglas, started my new job Monday the 28th, took Monday the 4th off my new job (boss was aware of the situation and agreed when he hired me) and went back to Douglas. Picked up my coffee maker and photos from my desk, walked over to HR with the boss, collected my final check, and got an armed escort to the parking lot wearing my "new" visitor badge that I handed to the guard at the gate.

 

California has a 2 week waiting period before unemployment starts.

You can file the day you walk out the door, but you don't start collecting for 2 more weeks.
No other benefits other than COBRA... which is no cheaper than buying a private Kaiser policy, the point of COBRA is to ensure that the unemployed at least have insurance available so there's no issues with a new provider and pre-existing.

I've been VERY lucky. I picked up Kaiser with my job in '06. Got laid off and went on COBRA... same policy and medical record number. After 7 months looking for work (and down to 2 months savings left!) I got a job. They also offered Kaiser, so I still have the same medical record number I had in 2006.

 

The issue with UI is that the school will contest it.
That's an automatic "no pay pending investigation", which can take 6 months.
The school will have a pretty good case for denial since she gave notice.

It's always worth filing, especially if the school treats her like shit... MAKE them deny the claim, but best case I see is she might get one check for the week difference between her planned term date and actual release date... and I would not expect that.

 

Also now I can get U.I. If you quite or give them 2 weeks in Fla no U.I. Jim

 

Not totally true, my company offered to hold my position a couple of weeks while I trained for another job to see if I liked it. The training was 3.5 months so they couldn't hold it the entire time, but said they would hire me back anytime. Needless to say I would be finishing training in three weeks but decided to stick where I am at.