Anonymous
09/19/2023 21:19
Subject: quitting federal government -- two weeks' notice still standard?
Piggybacking, how to do transfer between agencies?
Anonymous
09/15/2023 09:12
Subject: Re:quitting federal government -- two weeks' notice still standard?
2 weeks is the standard. Honestly, I would not want an employee in the building for more than 2 weeks after s/he gave notice - bad for morale. And as a manager, I would want departing person around only long enough to transfer work knowledge, project status, and such like on to remaining employees. If a competitive situation, we might just terminate immediately to keep proprietary information away from departing employee.
Anonymous
09/15/2023 07:31
Subject: quitting federal government -- two weeks' notice still standard?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP here -- thanks to everybody for their responses. I think I will shoot for 3 weeks.
Just note that they may want to process it according to pay periods. It is much cleaner and neater so try to align actual departure with pay periods.
Yes. If OP gives notice today, they can leave at the end of the next pay period. Conveniently, that is when we can expect the government to shutdown though. So you can ride that out or give your notice now. Good luck!
Anonymous
09/15/2023 06:43
Subject: quitting federal government -- two weeks' notice still standard?
Anonymous wrote:OP here -- thanks to everybody for their responses. I think I will shoot for 3 weeks.
Just note that they may want to process it according to pay periods. It is much cleaner and neater so try to align actual departure with pay periods.
Anonymous
09/15/2023 06:39
Subject: Re:quitting federal government -- two weeks' notice still standard?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think two weeks is sufficient.
I agree. No need for more.
+1 especially because most external jobs you're being hired for will not give you a long window of free time before you start. Take time off in between if you can! And people understand that you have to start another job, it's not personal like you chose not to give more notice.
Don't let people scare you about how long the paperwork etc takes. It can get done. (I did this a year ago.)
Anonymous
09/15/2023 02:55
Subject: Re:quitting federal government -- two weeks' notice still standard?
Anonymous wrote:I think two weeks is sufficient.
I agree. No need for more.
Anonymous
09/14/2023 23:47
Subject: Re:quitting federal government -- two weeks' notice still standard?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Has anyone here who has worked in the federal government actually worked in a well-managed place that encouraged growth, with competent, non-abusive managers and coworkers, with reasonable workloads? Because both federal offices I've worked in were extremely dysfunctional, but in different ways.
Has anyone here ever actually liked working in the federal government? If so, would you mind giving some hints about where to look for a decent work experience?
Yes. The "best place to work" list for the government is fairly accurate. I moved from a miserable agency to an agency that consistently scores at the top of that list and my work life has improved dramatically, I like working, I've gotten promoted fairly, and my management actively mentors me.
Me, I would give my agency as much time as possible so they get the full benefit to be able to backfill. Why screw people over on your way out when you can just let them know the truth and everyone can move forward?
My goal is to work up to one of those agencies at the top of the list. I am currently at a miserable agency that is ranked in the bottom 1% of agencies its size. Morale is extremely low, the management incompetent, no HR support even to fix their own mistakes, very little training offered, no professional development supported, takes months to hire people--yet when they do managed to get people they don't appreciate them, uncomfortable work spaces. I want to work in a professional, positive, fair environment. I would absolutely give as much notice as possible if I had the kind of work experience that you just described.
The thing is that at my current office, if I gave more than 2 weeks they would abusively pile on a massive workload, the most undesirable tasks, and travel that nobody else wants to do. If I gave more than 2 weeks, I'd get screwed over. If I was confident I wouldn't get screwed over, I'd give more notice.
When you left that miserable agency, how much notice did you give?
Is this CSOSA?
I work here now and totally feel this comment.
Anonymous
07/17/2016 15:14
Subject: Re:quitting federal government -- two weeks' notice still standard?
I gave 3 weeks when I left the govt a few years ago but would have felt fine giving 2. I think I did time to leave at the end of a pay period so I'd get the accrued vacation time, but didn't actually check to see if they'd prorate half a pay period's vacation if I left midway through.
Anonymous
07/16/2016 11:10
Subject: Re:quitting federal government -- two weeks' notice still standard?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Has anyone here who has worked in the federal government actually worked in a well-managed place that encouraged growth, with competent, non-abusive managers and coworkers, with reasonable workloads? Because both federal offices I've worked in were extremely dysfunctional, but in different ways.
Has anyone here ever actually liked working in the federal government? If so, would you mind giving some hints about where to look for a decent work experience?
Yes. The "best place to work" list for the government is fairly accurate. I moved from a miserable agency to an agency that consistently scores at the top of that list and my work life has improved dramatically, I like working, I've gotten promoted fairly, and my management actively mentors me.
Me, I would give my agency as much time as possible so they get the full benefit to be able to backfill. Why screw people over on your way out when you can just let them know the truth and everyone can move forward?
My goal is to work up to one of those agencies at the top of the list. I am currently at a miserable agency that is ranked in the bottom 1% of agencies its size. Morale is extremely low, the management incompetent, no HR support even to fix their own mistakes, very little training offered, no professional development supported, takes months to hire people--yet when they do managed to get people they don't appreciate them, uncomfortable work spaces. I want to work in a professional, positive, fair environment. I would absolutely give as much notice as possible if I had the kind of work experience that you just described.
The thing is that at my current office, if I gave more than 2 weeks they would abusively pile on a massive workload, the most undesirable tasks, and travel that nobody else wants to do. If I gave more than 2 weeks, I'd get screwed over. If I was confident I wouldn't get screwed over, I'd give more notice.
When you left that miserable agency, how much notice did you give?
Is this CSOSA?
Anonymous
07/16/2016 11:08
Subject: Re:quitting federal government -- two weeks' notice still standard?
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone here who has worked in the federal government actually worked in a well-managed place that encouraged growth, with competent, non-abusive managers and coworkers, with reasonable workloads? Because both federal offices I've worked in were extremely dysfunctional, but in different ways.
Has anyone here ever actually liked working in the federal government? If so, would you mind giving some hints about where to look for a decent work experience?
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