I quit!! Gave my two weeks last Friday. Got a better job lined up making a lot more. I'm in day 2 of my last two weeks. Is it wrong that I've completely phoned it in? I'm not motivated to do anything here anymore.
thats how you gotta roll, send the message to your previous employer that they didnt properly reward your ability. If they are underpaying, its best you let them know.... in style.
I quit!! Gave my two weeks last Friday. Got a better job lined up making a lot more. I'm in day 2 of my last two weeks. Is it wrong that I've completely phoned it in? I'm not motivated to do anything here anymore.DJ_Magneto
In my industry the walkout is even more fun. When you give your two weeks, they basically say "don't come in" due to the nature of what code represents. If you have access to code, you have access to the company's well being. So they literally escort you off the premises the second you give your notice. You still get paid for those 2 weeks though.
[QUOTE="DJ_Magneto"]I quit!! Gave my two weeks last Friday. Got a better job lined up making a lot more. I'm in day 2 of my last two weeks. Is it wrong that I've completely phoned it in? I'm not motivated to do anything here anymore.UltimoIce
In my industry the walkout is even more fun. When you give your two weeks, they basically say "don't come in" due to the nature of what code represents. If you have access to code, you have access to the company's well being. So they literally escort you off the premises the second you give your notice. You still get paid for those 2 weeks though.
I was kind of hoping for this myself, but obviously they didn't feel that was necessary. I'm supposed to help with the transition as I leave. Whatever. That's why I'm on Gamespot's forums...
I quit!! Gave my two weeks last Friday. Got a better job lined up making a lot more. I'm in day 2 of my last two weeks. Is it wrong that I've completely phoned it in? I'm not motivated to do anything here anymore.DJ_Magneto
That depends if you like doing an honest day's work for an honest day's pay.
[QUOTE="DJ_Magneto"]I quit!! Gave my two weeks last Friday. Got a better job lined up making a lot more. I'm in day 2 of my last two weeks. Is it wrong that I've completely phoned it in? I'm not motivated to do anything here anymore.YellowOneKinobi
That depends if you like doing an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. who cares? if his current employer is looking to pay employees below their worth, its a risk they take. Capitalism baby.
[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"][QUOTE="DJ_Magneto"]I quit!! Gave my two weeks last Friday. Got a better job lined up making a lot more. I'm in day 2 of my last two weeks. Is it wrong that I've completely phoned it in? I'm not motivated to do anything here anymore.SoBaus
That depends if you like doing an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. who cares? if his current employer is looking to pay employees below their worth, its a risk they take. Capitalism baby. I would argue "then don't take the job in the first place." In reply to "who cares?"........... by way of making this thread, I'd say the TC cares (a little).
[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"][QUOTE="DJ_Magneto"]I quit!! Gave my two weeks last Friday. Got a better job lined up making a lot more. I'm in day 2 of my last two weeks. Is it wrong that I've completely phoned it in? I'm not motivated to do anything here anymore.SoBaus
That depends if you like doing an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. who cares? if his current employer is looking to pay employees below their worth, its a risk they take. Capitalism baby.
[QUOTE="SoBaus"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"] That depends if you like doing an honest day's work for an honest day's pay.YellowOneKinobi
who cares? if his current employer is looking to pay employees below their worth, its a risk they take. Capitalism baby. I would argue "then don't take the job in the first place." In reply to "who cares?"........... by way of making this thread, I'd say the TC cares (a little). It's a little late for that argument. I've been at this job for 5 years. I've given up enough of my time here. I wasn't making nearly what I could have been making. That's why I've taken a better offer elsewhere.
[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"][QUOTE="SoBaus"] who cares? if his current employer is looking to pay employees below their worth, its a risk they take. Capitalism baby.DJ_Magneto
I would argue "then don't take the job in the first place." In reply to "who cares?"........... by way of making this thread, I'd say the TC cares (a little). It's a little late for that argument. I've been at this job for 5 years. I've given up enough of my time here. I wasn't making nearly what I could have been making. That's why I've taken a better offer elsewhere. Sounds like a great move for you and congrats. Personally, I think that when we agree to do a job, we should do it well. Not the end of the world if you phone it in or anthing. I'd say just as long as you don't end up screwing over any coworker (who's fault that you feel underpaid it is not).
[QUOTE="DJ_Magneto"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"] I would argue "then don't take the job in the first place." In reply to "who cares?"........... by way of making this thread, I'd say the TC cares (a little).YellowOneKinobi
It's a little late for that argument. I've been at this job for 5 years. I've given up enough of my time here. I wasn't making nearly what I could have been making. That's why I've taken a better offer elsewhere. Sounds like a great move for you and congrats. Personally, I think that when we agree to do a job, we should do it well. Not the end of the world if you phone it in or anthing. I'd say just as long as you don't end up screwing over any coworker (who's fault that you feel underpaid it is not). I'm not trying to screw anyone here. I'm just not motivated to do anything. To their credit, they aren't giving me any more client issues. I'm an application developer.
The best way to do it is build up your vacation hours and use those. One girl I worked with had a month's worth of vacation, so used it and got paid for a month without working. Then, when there was only two weeks left, she put in her two weeks >:D
[QUOTE="DJ_Magneto"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"] I would argue "then don't take the job in the first place." In reply to "who cares?"........... by way of making this thread, I'd say the TC cares (a little).YellowOneKinobi
It's a little late for that argument. I've been at this job for 5 years. I've given up enough of my time here. I wasn't making nearly what I could have been making. That's why I've taken a better offer elsewhere. Sounds like a great move for you and congrats. Personally, I think that when we agree to do a job, we should do it well. Not the end of the world if you phone it in or anthing. I'd say just as long as you don't end up screwing over any coworker (who's fault that you feel underpaid it is not). If he had a legitimate problem in his life, you think his employer would be as motivated to "do the right thing"? Im guessing not.
[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"][QUOTE="DJ_Magneto"] It's a little late for that argument. I've been at this job for 5 years. I've given up enough of my time here. I wasn't making nearly what I could have been making. That's why I've taken a better offer elsewhere.SoBaus
Sounds like a great move for you and congrats. Personally, I think that when we agree to do a job, we should do it well. Not the end of the world if you phone it in or anthing. I'd say just as long as you don't end up screwing over any coworker (who's fault that you feel underpaid it is not). If he had a legitimate problem in his life, you think his employer would be as motivated to "do the right thing"? Im guessing not. And you think that, should he screw over his coworkers, his soon-to-be-ex-boss will be the one to suffer? I'm guessing not.
[QUOTE="SoBaus"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"] Sounds like a great move for you and congrats. Personally, I think that when we agree to do a job, we should do it well. Not the end of the world if you phone it in or anthing. I'd say just as long as you don't end up screwing over any coworker (who's fault that you feel underpaid it is not).YellowOneKinobi
If he had a legitimate problem in his life, you think his employer would be as motivated to "do the right thing"? Im guessing not. And you think that, should he screw over his coworkers, his soon-to-be-ex-boss will be the one to suffer? I'm guessing not. if hes not being properly rewarded for his efforts, i doubt his coworkers are getting the royal treatment. same probably goes for middle management and the rest of the joint.
[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"][QUOTE="SoBaus"] If he had a legitimate problem in his life, you think his employer would be as motivated to "do the right thing"? Im guessing not.SoBaus
And you think that, should he screw over his coworkers, his soon-to-be-ex-boss will be the one to suffer? I'm guessing not. if hes not being properly rewarded for his efforts, i doubt his coworkers are getting the royal treatment. same probably goes for middle management and the rest of the joint. That's kinda my point. If someone is ticked off at the boss, why take it out on guys/gals that are there in the trenches with ya?
[QUOTE="SoBaus"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"] And you think that, should he screw over his coworkers, his soon-to-be-ex-boss will be the one to suffer? I'm guessing not.YellowOneKinobi
if hes not being properly rewarded for his efforts, i doubt his coworkers are getting the royal treatment. same probably goes for middle management and the rest of the joint. That's kinda my point. If someone is ticked off at the boss, why take it out on guys/gals that are there in the trenches with ya? why do you assume it makes anyone's job more difficult... if anything they can slack off more... because with him quitting, they surely arent gonna fire someone else as they already got 1 guy to replace.
[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"][QUOTE="SoBaus"] if hes not being properly rewarded for his efforts, i doubt his coworkers are getting the royal treatment. same probably goes for middle management and the rest of the joint.SoBaus
That's kinda my point. If someone is ticked off at the boss, why take it out on guys/gals that are there in the trenches with ya? why do you assume it makes anyone's job more difficult... if anything they can slack off more... because with him quitting, they surely arent gonna wanna fire someone else as they already got 1 guy to replace. Based on the limited information we have, all either of us are doing is assuming.
good for you you found better job. its natural you are not motivated in last two weeks. but dont do anything stupid to make you derecommended for the next job
[QUOTE="SoBaus"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"] That's kinda my point. If someone is ticked off at the boss, why take it out on guys/gals that are there in the trenches with ya?YellowOneKinobi
why do you assume it makes anyone's job more difficult... if anything they can slack off more... because with him quitting, they surely arent gonna wanna fire someone else as they already got 1 guy to replace. Based on the limited information we have, all either of us are doing is assuming. i guess, but i know when i see people moving on up... thats when i walk into my boss's office and say "you know i dont think im being compensated well enough"
[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"][QUOTE="SoBaus"] why do you assume it makes anyone's job more difficult... if anything they can slack off more... because with him quitting, they surely arent gonna wanna fire someone else as they already got 1 guy to replace.SoBaus
Based on the limited information we have, all either of us are doing is assuming. i guess, but i know when i see people moving on up... thats when i walk into my boss's office and say "you know i dont think im being compensated well enough" Whenever I've negotiated for a raise, I've always stressed the value that I add to the company..........not use other peoples' actions to justify why I should be better compensated.
EDIT: I think that came out more smug than I intended it to.
[QUOTE="SoBaus"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"] Based on the limited information we have, all either of us are doing is assuming.YellowOneKinobi
i guess, but i know when i see people moving on up... thats when i walk into my boss's office and say "you know i dont think im being compensated well enough" Whenever I've negotiated for a raise, I've always stressed the value that I add to the company..........not use other peoples' actions to justify why I should be better compensated. far too classy, when you got em by the balls you gotta squeeze :D how many companies used the recession as a reason to make people work longer hours or cut salaries? its called taking advantage of the situation at hand ;)
[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"][QUOTE="SoBaus"] i guess, but i know when i see people moving on up... thats when i walk into my boss's office and say "you know i dont think im being compensated well enough"SoBaus
Whenever I've negotiated for a raise, I've always stressed the value that I add to the company..........not use other peoples' actions to justify why I should be better compensated. far too classy, when you got em by the balls you gotta squeeze :D how many companies used the recession as a reason to make people work longer hours or cut salaries? its called taking advantage of the situation at hand ;) That's what the last company I worked for did. I don't want to get into all the details, but it was part of my job to know that everyone working on the project was getting paid for by the project owner. So when they started talking about cutting salaries, I was SOOOOOOOO outta there. Good thing too, because I gave myself about a $20K per year raise by landing the job I'm at now.
[QUOTE="SoBaus"][QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"] Whenever I've negotiated for a raise, I've always stressed the value that I add to the company..........not use other peoples' actions to justify why I should be better compensated.YellowOneKinobi
far too classy, when you got em by the balls you gotta squeeze :D how many companies used the recession as a reason to make people work longer hours or cut salaries? its called taking advantage of the situation at hand ;) That's what the last company I worked for did. I don't want to get into all the details, but it was part of my job to know that everyone working on the project was getting paid for by the project owner. So when they started talking about cutting salaries, I was SOOOOOOOO outta there. Good thing too, because I gave myself about a $20K per year raise by landing the job I'm at now.
see and its perfect, i go in like "hey boss, yellowonekinobi gave his two weeks and he kinda slacking so i gotta pickup alot of the work and i was hoping i could maybe get a raise for all the extra effort im putting in"
the more your coworkers slack the better, just gives you a better bargaining chip. ;)
[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"][QUOTE="SoBaus"] far too ****, when you got em by the balls you gotta squeeze :D how many companies used the recession as a reason to make people work longer hours or cut salaries? its called taking advantage of the situation at hand ;)SoBaus
That's what the last company I worked for did. I don't want to get into all the details, but it was part of my job to know that everyone working on the project was getting paid for by the project owner. So when they started talking about cutting salaries, I was SOOOOOOOO outta there. Good thing too, because I gave myself about a $20K per year raise by landing the job I'm at now.
see and its perfect, i go in like "hey boss, yellowonekinobi gave his two weeks and he kinda slacking so i gotta pickup alot of the work and i was hoping i could maybe get a raise for all the extra effort im putting in"
the more your coworkers slack the better, just gives you a better bargaining chip. ;)
I hear ya. I thought you were describing something else. But now I see we're pretty much on the same page.
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