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I am looking for more information and clarification on the following questions. The overall question is what is the unwritten rule for leaving a company for another opportunity?
Here in Brazil it is by law that the employee or employer should be given one month of prior notice, however, this is not always followed. What are the drawbacks to giving one day of notice? When could or should a short notice be given?
From this viewpoint of giving a short notice of quitting, or terminating an employee, how would a company justify hiring and training new employees? Essentially, does a leave any day mindset go together with a hands-off approach to employee management?
Also, since in my view companies seem to be able to hire and fire on a whim, sometimes with little or no prior notice, yet not all companies act so disrespectfully to their employees, when should you place trust in the managers, and how can you be sure?
Finally, does a last employee hired, first employee fired policy work effectively? If a great performer is the last one hired, assumed to not be fully trained, and thus they are the first one laid off, would this be overtly negative to the company?
Typically
Hi,
Typically both the employer and the employee have a contractual notice period to terminate the arrangement. 4 weeks is a very common notice period, but it can be shorter or longer and it can be different for the different sides of the agreement.
If you resign, you are obligated to work out your notice period and you should be prepared to do so. This is what you signed up for when you took the job. However, your employer may decide that during your notice period, you may be able to obtain materials and/or information that they would prefer you didn't have and didn't take with you. In such circumstances, the employer may ask you to leave immediately, or any time shorter than the notice period, but they are obligated to pay you for the full notice period even if they ask you to vacate early.
Alternatively, you and your employer may negotiate a shorter notice period, say 2 weeks. Your employer would then be obligated to only pay you for the 2 weeks, and not the full notice period. Note that employers are not obligated to reduce your notice period and it can get a little messy if you want a shorter period and they don't want to release you early.
Having said all that, specific employee/employer rules may operate in Brazil that I am not aware of. You can usually find specifics in your country with a little bit of online searching.
Good luck
Kevin
Preference
Quick opinion question. Which do most people prefer, 4 week or 2 week notice period?
Brazil - notice of leave response
In Brazil it is by law for all companies that there should be one month of notice. However, most companies ignore this, and most employees ignore this. Any repercussions would go to court which is notoriously slow, and generally favor the employee's side.
If there is a significantly better new opportunity for the employee, there doesn't seem to be too many consequences of just giving one day of notice and bailing ship.