In some cases the hiring manager is not allowed to add the replacement to the payroll until the employee who is leaving has terminated.
That's true; but at DH's level a period of transition is preferred if at all possible.
In some cases the hiring manager is not allowed to add the replacement to the payroll until the employee who is leaving has terminated.
How soon will your subordinate be retiring? Or are you leaving before him? Will he leave if he finds out you are leaving? Will they need to replace two people at once?
My subordinate/friend says he plans to cut back to part-time around the time I retire. He originally planned to retire in 5 years, but when I told him I was leaving in about 16 months, he moved his timetable up a little and said he plans to cut back to part-time around the same time. If he follows through on that, it would leave a bigger hole for the company to fill. He plans on retiring completely a couple years after that.
Which I hope he does! He jokes about having "no life" outside of work. He says it humorously, but it is also a sad truth. He's 70. He's got, what, maybe a decade or so left. He's worked hard for his family for many decades. He deserves to step out and enjoy himself.
Unfortunately, he gets a lot of his sense of importance/accomplishment from work, and he's "old school" in that he views retirement as being put out to pasture, a sign of the end. Also, he has a taste for expensive houses, new cars, supporting his wife's expensive tastes, and other things that keep retirement out of reach for him. Which is perhaps how he wants it. I think retirement sort of scares or saddens him, feels like a defeat in some way.
OK, I was being crude. In fact, I have similar feelings as you with respect to my present work situation, to the extent that I would have no difficulty giving 3 month's notice. Such relationships are not common, though. Most of us are more or less slaves.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ed_The_Gypsy
I vote for Friday morning of your last day. And spend the rest of Friday in HR making out the papers.
IMHO, you do have a strange view of your importance. A company is a machine to make money for somebody--and it is probably not you. It is not your family.
Working is like a poker game: if you haven't figured out who the sucker is in the first ten minutes, it is you. You owe them nothing.
I disagree. I have long-term friendships with some of these people. They have given me a lot of support and showed me a lot of kindness over the years. They have had my back; they have stood beside me when I needed them to; and they have helped me to grow as both a person and a professional. They have placed a lot of faith and confidence in me. I can't just say "F. you, I'm outta here." I owe them some notice, some advance warning, so they can make some adjustments to my leaving. I wouldn't want to end things in the abrupt way you're suggesting. It would leave a bad taste in my mouth. It wouldn't seem professional to me. I'd feel like I was being a d*ck to people I like and feel grateful toward.
OK, I was being crude. In fact, I have similar feelings as you with respect to my present work situation, to the extent that I would have no difficulty giving 3 month's notice. Such relationships are not common, though. Most of us are more or less slaves.
But 16 months?
A very good business acquaintance/friend of mine, hardworking, as-loyal-as-you-can-be to megaCorp just gave his 2 week notice. He and I started about the same time, approximately 9 years ago. We're peers, in different facilities, met through work and hit it off. We have similar work ethics and have always been excellent employees. We were bought about a year ago by a mega megaCorp and truly it's been downhill since. Overall, there's been a lot of change (not for the better) here and at his facility, new organization and new management. Since we're middle management, we've taken the brunt of the bad news and both of us have tried to "soften" the new corporate overlords message to our staffs, which as most of you know, is how can we make more money, even if it means stealing from the employees. So far, we're down about 12% in total compensation so far not including the bonus plan which have mysteriously not been discussed this year. Unfortunately, he'd finally reached his breaking point when they hired a real clown (from the takeover business) to run the facility and be his direct supervisor. He also works in a area of decent employment options and opportunities, so he found another job almost immediately. With a new company taking over and a new boss, moving to somewhere else across the street is pretty easy.
However, he kept his 2 week notification cordial, professional and was not going to a competitor. Well, he (and we) were shocked when the new boss "walked" him to the door the next morning. They even didn't let him pack up any personnel belongings (said they would send them to him) and they cut him loose immediately, cancelled benefits, pay, sent a e-mail to all saying he was not allowed in the facility except by HR, etc. He just laughed it off, good for him. Personally, I'd be pissed and though I had planned to give my boss some extra notice when I go (soon enough), no way in hell. I'll work right up to the day, then give my two week notice. Yep, it may cause me to work two weeks more or if they behave similarly, I'll already have my personnel effects packed and ready to go.
So, as a word of advice, quoting the Boy Scout motto, "Be Prepared". The timing of your final workdays and giving notice may be much different than you anticipate.
Well, jime444, you've got me thinking. Maybe it would be better for me to wait until I've already passed my "eligible for ER" date (Sept 2014), before I give notice. I was thinking about giving notice 6 months prior to that date, then leaving Sept 2014. And although I think the scenario you describe is highly unlikely to occur in my situation, I probably should protect myself against it anyhow. It will mean leaving later than I had planned, but it'll give me more peace of mind.
Passing that "eligible for ER" date doesn't mean a whole lot, in my case. It won't affect my small pension. What it does allow, though, is for me to maintain myself under their healthcare coverage, if I want to, until I'm 65 (although I have to pay the premium myself). If they got sadistic and decided to "walk me to the door" prior to my eligibility date, I could only extend that coverage for 18 months.
So thanks for mentioning that. I think I'll be better off if I wait until after I pass that eligibility line, before I give notice. I don't think they'd do anything nefarious, but you never know. I do have a tendency to underestimate how crappy people can be, sometimes.
They even didn't let him pack up any personnel belongings (said they would send them to him) and they cut him loose immediately, cancelled benefits, pay, sent a e-mail to all saying he was not allowed in the facility except by HR, etc.
Never put your trust in an employer to act in your interest.
This seems extreme. Curious what your company policies are/were. I suspect the individual you are talking about actually had some legal recourse that he choose not to pursue.
Where I work this action would mean the company was severing employment since they stopped paying the employee prior to the employees stated departure date. If this happened to me, I would receive 36 weeks of salary plus buyout of any accrued vacation that I had not yet taken. This is not executive level severance, this is just the high end of what regular employees at my company can reach.
At my company they may remove you from the site and pull your physical and systems access, but they don't stop pay until your stated departure date. This is because its cheaper to pay you for this than pay severance. I have only once in 26 years witnessed a case of an employee saying they were leaving in 2 weeks, but getting immediately shown the door. He still got paid. HR was worried that the departing person would influence more of us to go with him so they wanted him out of contact with us. Even 25 years ago this action was silly and had little impact since we all had contact outside of work. Today it would be even more useless.
I have seen this myself. Except that it was done the minute he gave notice.Well, he (and we) were shocked when the new boss "walked" him to the door the next morning. They even didn't let him pack up any personnel belongings (said they would send them to him) and they cut him loose immediately, cancelled benefits, pay, sent a e-mail to all saying he was not allowed in the facility except by HR, etc.
Welcome to our world.After reading these posts, I can't believe what hostile atmospheres some of you folks work in. I don't think I could do it unless the money was really, really good. And I guess it must be really good...for some of you to retire in the 40s or early 50s.
I am a Federal gumshoe. Our benefits package depends on length of service, high three, etc. with no bonuses and no package deals worked out for early terminations. I guess we have the tortoise and the hare. And you know who the tortoise is...
Likewise, I've seen people escorted back to their desks and supervised while they pack their things, as well as people be allowed to serve out their notice. In several cases of people suspected to be retiring or just looking for work elsewhere, the bonus/raise planning gave them zero or nearly so, on the theory that they were not likely to stay long - an unsurprisingly self fulfilling prophesy.I have seen this myself. Except that it was done the minute he gave notice.