When is it appropriate to give more than two weeks notice?

[Anonymous]

Consulting for a company but for a variety of reasons, moving to another assignment. They're not going to be crazy about me going so is it better to give three weeks or is that inviting them to show me the door earlier and losing income?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Consulting for a company but for a variety of reasons, moving to another assignment. They're not going to be crazy about me going so is it better to give three weeks or is that inviting them to show me the door earlier and losing income?

Did 4 weeks once and completely unappreciated and big mistake. 2 weeks if that

[Anonymous]

Don't give extra notice. Once you're gone they don't care about you. Two weeks, max, or maybe one week if you can get away with it. They'll not appreciate that you're being conscientious, and they'll be glad to move on.

[Anonymous]

You give extra notice when you are in a critical position that needs to be filled as early as possible and you have valuable knowledge that your replacement will need to know.

I have given extra notice twice and they were able to hire someone early enough so that we overlapped my last week with his first week and I was able to "train" my replacement to limit his ramp-up time during a time-critical place in the work schedule.

[Anonymous]

When you trust your employer not to send you packing the day you hand in your resignation - or if you can afford to be let go that day.

[Anonymous]

I’ve had contacts that required longer notice. One employer, a Big 4, enforced it. It was silly, I was able to transition things pretty quickly so was pretty underproductive most of that time.

[Anonymous]

I gave 6 weeks. At a minimum, it's a 4 week hiring process and we were already understaffed. Everyone was extremely appreciative and I was given a very nice bonus on my last day. They ended up finding a replacement about a month after I left

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When you trust your employer not to send you packing the day you hand in your resignation - or if you can afford to be let go that day.

This is the bottom line, people.
Do not trust employers who haven't earned it.

[Anonymous]

I gave extra once -- longtime employer, I was lead on their biggest client -- but it ended up being too much. The last week I really wasn't doing anything because I'd efficiently transitioned everything in 2-3 weeks. There were no negative impacts for me (got paid, left the co. on good terms) it just was a waste of my time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You give extra notice when you are in a critical position that needs to be filled as early as possible and you have valuable knowledge that your replacement will need to know.

I have given extra notice twice and they were able to hire someone early enough so that we overlapped my last week with his first week and I was able to "train" my replacement to limit his ramp-up time during a time-critical place in the work schedule.

+1

I've seen this happen often. If you trust that your company won't show you the door as soon as you give notice, it's a good way to leave on a positive note and make a good impression (in case you need the job as a reference down the line). If you are a cog in the machine and anyone else could train your replacement, then you give two weeks.