What happens when you quit/resign?

[s.gupta1487]

Hi Guys,

Read my husband's experience to what happened today with him:

http://shrutispointofview.blogspot.ca/2014/03/what-happens-when-you-quit.html

Hope this may shadow on the dark sides of Canadian Employers.

Shruti

 

[MR. SIDHU]

Hi Shruti,

Thanks for sharing this incident.
Well i would say what your husband's company did is wrong but Employers world over are like this. I mean whenever they get a chance they screw people. Sad
I would say try to be calm & try to let go off this bitter experience. Be positive & plan for future.

Good Luck

 

[scylla]

Hi Shruti,

Thanks for sharing this incident.
Well i would say what your husband's company did is wrong but Employers world over are like this. I mean whenever they get a chance they screw people. Sad
I would say try to be calm & try to let go off this bitter experience. Be positive & plan for future.

Good Luck

Assuming Shruti's husband worked for the company for less than two years, the company did nothing wrong and was well within the law.

 

[s.gupta1487]

Assuming Shruti's husband worked for the company for less than two years, the company did nothing wrong and was well within the law.

I agree to you and I am not asking why did they do this. I am happy that they actually did this. My only concern was that if by law you are required to give atleast 2 weeks notice to your current employer, then why do employers have to kick their employees the very next day. Are there no protection laws for employees? It's lesson learnt for good and I shared this not coz of a complaint..but to let other people know that give only a week's notice to your employer or else be ready to be kicked off...

 

[RocketCity]

Is it really the law in Canada? I think it's just professional courtesy in North America (I'm US based) and to avoid burning bridges for the future. There's a chance that you may need references in the future, and not turning in two weeks is poor form. When I changed jobs and turned in my two weeks notice, nothing out of the ordinary happened to me. I made sure to try to transfer my knowledge in those last two weeks. I did not move to a competitor though. However, when a co-worker resigned to move to a competitor, they told him to pack things up. He did, however, get his two weeks paycheck. I don't think there's anything wrong with that either due to competitive issues. I'd still give two weeks notice unless the company you are joining insists that you start earlier.

 

[RocketCity]

Oh, by the way, nice blog!!!

 

[s.gupta1487]

Oh, by the way, nice blog!!!

Thanks..Well, I don't know..North America is weird...

 

[Katayoon]

On the contrary, If he managed to find a qualified job in Canada despite having no canadian education and experience while so many skilled immigrants are flipping burgers, he must be really good. I really want to erect his monument with my own hands.
It is very common here to suggest work compensation to a departing worker instead of keeping him another 2 weeks. In Quebec the possibility of compensating worker instead of keeping him on job after his notification to quit is written in the Civil code, i.e. is perfectly legal. The most obvious reason is that managers do not want to reveal secrets about upcoming projects to workers who are likely to move to a competitor. Yes, sometimes companies are not fair to workers -welcome to capitalism!

Your husband might not good at his work. They gonna fire him anyway but felt happy when he resign. I never heard any company did that when somebody so important for the company.