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At will employment? |
at will employment means that your boss or yourself can terminate your job at any time with or without notice right? so if i quit my job and dont give them notice can they give me a bad reference. my job has become so toxic thanks to my supervisor i dont think i can take another day of it. but i also have worked there for over 4 years and dont want to shoot myself in the foot. i cant really prove harrassment, my supervisor definately does it but the law isnt on my side and the burden of proving it falls on me which is harder than hell to do. so can i just quit and save my sanity without worrying about a bad reference? Everything else i have done there has been stellar they would have no merit reason to give me a bad reference, just this personality conflict. Yes, technically speaking, being "at will" means you can terminate employment at any time with or without notice. It doesn't mean it's the courteous thing to do. Leaving on bad terms with a company is always a sticky situation. Giving them 2 week notice doesn't guarantee you'd be "eligible for re-hire", some companies have a no re-hire policy. I would think if you've lasted 4 years at this company, you could last 2 more weeks. Make sure you lack any type of animosity when giving the notice and when working your last 2 weeks. Working with a poor attitude, regardless of what your supervisor is doing to provoke it, will poison your good reference faster than quitting without notice after 4 years of service. This may just be a CA thing, but employers aren't legally allowed to cause you not to get a job with their references. However, if you have been there this long, why not give the two weeks AND ask for a letter of reference from them. Sounds ballsy, but that way you can attach it to your resume, and they probably won't even call them with the written reference attachment. All a previous employer can "legally" give to a reference call is the dates you worked there, ending salary and whether or not you are eligible for re-hire. That's legally. As a former manager calling for references, there are ways employers can word things and tones of voices that will convey how they felt about someone. I agree with the previous poster who said to give 2 week notice and ask for letter of reference. Make sure you get it a few days BEFORE you leave so you can read it to make sure it doesn't have anything between the lines. I would start looking for a job now so that you don't need their reference. At will employment means that an employer can fire you unless you are in a union or unless they are doing it for illegal or discriminatory purposes (i.e. firing all the gay people or firing you b/c you are Black). Start looking NOW for another job then give them two weeks notice, tell them how nice it has been to work for them and don't burn the bridge. If this supervisor ever gets fired and you want to go back there you don't want them to remember you as the jerk that left them in a lurch. Good luck. (also, ask a co-worker quietly on the side if you can list them as a reference) check the below link its useful http://datentryworksworkathomeobs.blogsp... . |
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