And some companies will deem you ineligible for rehire, i.e. have it in their handbooks/the paperwork you sign upon hiring, if you do not give that two weeks (standard positions), three weeks (managerial positions, more (executive level) positions.
It's not required, but depends on the circumstances. If I'm moving or found a better job, I'll let my employer know. If my checks are bouncing, I'm not getting paid for all my hours, they're playing games, etc, screw 'em. I'll figure out the most inopportune, inconvenient time that will cause the most problems and let them know what I think of them and their mother on the way out.
Generally they can’t kick you out unless you’ve breached a serious condition of your contract. They either have to let you stay the two weeks or still pay you the two week salary. If they breach serious conditions of the contract then you can legally leave without giving notice and they have to pay you the two week salary as well. Usually the main reason we give notice before leaving is to get our annual leave paid out - this is in Australia.
1. Because when you've been fired, you're probably mad, and wouldn't do your best at the job, so you have to leave right away.
2. They've probably already found a replacement.
3. When you quit, they did not anticipate it, so they need some time to find someone to fill the job after you've left.
4. For the people saying that you don't have to stay the two weeks, in Norway it's usually between 1 and 3 months, depending on how long you've stayed there (regulated by national law), and you'll get in pretty bad shit if you just leave.
I'm on a permanent contract, which in the Netherlands is compulsory after 24 months. My employer simply cannot fire me without going to court over it, unless his company is in legal trouble, and emplyees must be let off to save the company, or if I severely misbehave, like stealing or refusing work. He still has to prove that legally.
At my last job if u didnt give in 2 weeks notice they would just deduct 100$ from your pay;it was in the contract. One of my coworkers found a better job that required him to start working earlier than 2 weeks, so he just wrote a resignation letter saying "i understand that 100$ will be deducted from my last paycheck and i am okay with that."
2. They've probably already found a replacement.
3. When you quit, they did not anticipate it, so they need some time to find someone to fill the job after you've left.
4. For the people saying that you don't have to stay the two weeks, in Norway it's usually between 1 and 3 months, depending on how long you've stayed there (regulated by national law), and you'll get in pretty bad shit if you just leave.
But they evict employees with escort only if there is an Integrity breach.. so that balances out..