There is no "probably" in them paying you for the two weeks. They cannot fire you for submitting your resignation. They must, under ALL circumstances, pay you for your final two weeks (unless you do something in the remaining two weeks that warrants being fired). Even if they walk you out the door, you're still entitled to your two weeks compensation (or however much notice you are giving).

Besides, think about it - if you were going to take something with you, you'd probably be smart enough to have done it BEFORE you submitted your notice of resignation. Them walking you out is usually like closing the barn door after the horse has left....

 

Thanks, guys. I will resign and use ten working days to determine my last day. I'm actually on vacation for one of those ten days (requested it a long time ago) so hopefully that doesn't impact anything.

In my case, I doubt I'll be sent packing immediately since I'm the only person who's been working on my area for the past 2+ years. The boss will probably want me to transfer some knowledge before I'm out of here. Of course, I certainly wouldn't mind being escorted out immediately and still getting paid for the remaining ten days.

 

Don't forget to put superglue on all the toilet seats before you go

 

With itching powder on the toilet paper rolls?

 

Don't train anyone, come back as a consultant at 5 times your wages now.

One of my jobs I had to train dept heads how to do something, showed them how, including the General Manager, within a month of my leaving they called and asked to do the stuff I taught them long before I left. Sorry I forgot how to do that....got a consulting fee to train again.

 

[QUOTE=JonBoy,Feb 6 2006, 08:46 AM] There is no "probably" in them paying you for the two weeks.

 

Texas is also a right-to-work state. That said, I can almost guarantee you that an employee has legal recourse when fired (fired without reason, that is).

The little I know about "right to work" is that it is heavily tied to unions (requirements of joining a union, etc, etc). It doesn't seem to affect a person's right to maintain employment or an employer's "right" to fire someone, especially in a non-union environment.

You say "fire", which is where I would disagree with your statement of being able to do it any time for any reason (or no reason at all). However, if you say "lay off" then that would change things, though a lay off would require (typically) financial hardship.

There is little in the USA that cannot be challenged and penalized through the courts.

 

You are right. Right to work has nothing to do with it. Our employees, however, sign a contract that states that their employment may be terminated at any time without cause. Of course, you can still sue over anything...

 

Use all your personal days up, if you havn't already, you're entitled to get paid for all vaccation days you didn't use, but not personal or sick days.

 

[QUOTE=VoIPA,Feb 6 2006, 01:37 PM] This isn't true everywhere.