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Check your contract to see where you stand legally on this one. You should be paid as usual during your notice period even if they tell you not to work (UK I know this to be true) and it would mean you’re on garden leave unless they say you can start a new job during this period of notice/not working. Of course, lots of businesses trying to retain money where they can but this is poor practice! Hope you get paid either way.
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A very common employment contract here in the states is that you must be employed the day the check is drafted/sent to be paid a bonus or commission. This is separate from the salary discussion ,but I felt worth calling out.
In short, do not give notice until any earned commission and/or bonus has hit your bNk account.
Good point - we receive our bonus check on the last pay cycle each month. I should definitely wait until that clears to say something.
If this is a standard practice with your employer, the way I see it you have three options. 1) You can give the standard two weeks notice and take your chances (something I would not encourage given what you appear to have learned). 2) Give my two weeks notice, but make sure I'm financially prepared for them to look out for their financial interests based on what you appear to have learned. 3) Give notice at 5PM (or whenever your shift ends) that you won't be back tomorrow (or ever).
A notice period for your employer is a courtesy. One that they would be unlikely to extend to you should roles be reversed and they needed to make some changes. That said, I'm not opposed to giving one when the relationship has been mutually beneficial and generally non-toxic during ones tenure. In those situations it's generally low risk and leaves everyone feeling the warm and fuzzies about one another. As my mom would say "leave people sorry to see you go and happy to have you come back". Notice in a healthy professional relationship generally helps to ensure that.
But when a company functions in the way that you've been led to believe it functions, they've sent a signal that they will only be looking out for their interests, and therefore I would only be looking out for my own in that situation. If you can't afford to potentially go multiple weeks without income because they're not going to let you work out your notice period, quit with zero notice and make sure you get paid.
I fully support option 2 or 3. But also out of spite/pettiness, I would give 2 weeks notice and if they say they accept your resignation immediately, counter with your resignation isn't for 2 more weeks so if they want you to leave before then they'll have to terminate your employment and get those unemployment benefits. Because f*** companies that behave like that.
If you are in the US there is usually no contract you are under, just an offer letter and most states are at-will. Unfortunately there is nothing stopping employees from accepting your resignation effective immediately. It sucks, I know and the perception of this can be detrimental to the company b/c if they get a sudden resignation from an employee which they have no one to fill in for, the company would be upset to receive a less than 2 week notice. Here is something you can think about:
If you have a comfortable enough relationship with your direct manager, maybe have that discussion with them. You can mention that you have been thinking about your career growth and the direction you would like to go. Tell them you've been considering exploring other options towards the end of the year. There is no ill will, just want to consider the next move for your future. Ask them what their thoughts are? What are some goals that you can focus on for the company to tackle or aim to start transferring? You can maybe mention the rumor you heard about not allowing ppl to work out their 2 weeks and how that makes you feel (the 2 weeks notice is meant to be courteous with transition for department and company, but almost comes off like a retaliation when the company accepts the resignation immediately).
The 2nd option may be to just quit with 1 day notice. Of course you are ultimately displaying the same action you assume the company would. This will leave them to feeling as though you didn't consider the relationship