It is a common practice for an employee in the US to give 2-weeks notice of
their departure. It's also a common practice for employers to give
absolutely NO notice. Sometimes an employer will fire you the moment you
give notice, and then you're stuck without a job for two weeks with no pay.
It's a jacked up double-standard and I really wish that the employees of the
world would wake up and realize what's going on here. Especially in
California - an "at-will" state where an employer can fire you with or
without cause and with or without notice. The same respect rarely finds its
way back to an employee that most employees give their employers.
BUT - your situation is different. You're a contractor. You have a set
time when the contract will expire. Your client knows this, and if he/she
hasn't prepared for that day well then they're just plain stupid. HOWEVER
if the client in the meantime approaches you and asks you whether you'll be
renewing and you flat out lie to them, well, Karma is definitely against
you.
If you were to simply work off your contract and then tell the client
thanks, it's been nice working with you but I've got other work, that should
be sufficient, and you should STILL get a good reference. It would be
unconscionable for any client to give you a bad reference just because you
decided not to renew the contract - even if you did't give notice, because
you're not contractually obligated to do so. A contract outlines all the
mutual understandings between two parties. So there shouldn't be any
suprises.
Let your conscious be your guide.
---mark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy McDowell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 8:00 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Career Advice
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I'm looking for some of that great wisdom that occasionally flies
> around here. Not muffins. Although muffins are always welcome.
> Blueberry, please.
>
> Anyway. I'm hunting for a new job. Here's the problem. I feel
> morally obligated to let my employer know that I am looking so
> that he can prepare as best possible. I don't want to leave him
> in a lurch since there are few (if any) with even my limited
> skill set that will work for the money and conditions that this
> non-profit provides. (Just so you know I'm not whining $14/hr CDN
> no benefits no holidays and I've provided them with work that
> would have cost about $75 K to have developed by even the
> cheapest development house around.)
>
> So, how do I say this to him? I'm on a contract that ends the end
> of this month and they are going to offer me a new contract (same
> terms though). I don't want to outright quit, because I cannot
> afford that. Would it be acceptable to say something like, "I
> just want you to know that I have found it necessary to look for
> work elsewhere and that I will do my best to make the transition
> easy, should I find a new job."
>
> FYI the contract has no clauses about giving notice from either
> the employer or myself. I may be getting a great job that would
> start next Monday.
>
> If you have some sage advice, please let me know off list as I'm
> in digest mode and there is some urgency here.
>
> Bit of a pickle. Pickle Muffin...ewwwwwww......
>
> Guy J. McDowell
> The man who invented the internet, Al Gore just stole the idea
> and sold it to that Tim guy with the double last name....
>
> "If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is out of the
> question."
>
>
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