When people give their two weeks notice to resign, why do they hide their next employer from their coworkers?
So in bay area, it seems a standard to change jobs every 3 years. When people change jobs, why do they hide their next company from their coworkers? What is the reasoning behind hiding it? I don't see anything negative with disclosing my next company. If anything, I could make more connections by telling my current coworkers.
I assume it's because that if it's a competitor, the company walks you out immediately instead of giving you the 2 weeks.
But if they walk you out immediately, you still get paid for 2 weeks. So it's still a win win situation
Nah I don’t think u will be paid. Your last day will be preponed to today
The contract you signed with your previous employer says you promise not to try to recruit people or something similar iiuc.
So that your current company does not fuck you over to the next one (see stories about steve jobs)
What story about Steve Jobs? I am curious to read... Can you provide link?
If you went to certain companies Steve Jobs would call up HR and tell them not to let you start your job there because they had an anti-poaching agreement. So now not only do you not work for Apple but you’ve now been fired before your first day of work. For all future employers you are required to disclose that firing otherwise if they find out afterwards they’ll likely fire you too.
If your next company is totally not a competitor, that may be fine. The fear is there could be something happening behind the scene (someone from your current company reach out to ur new company and commented about something, etc), then u lose ur old job and new job
Company is not entitled to pay u for the two weeks if u get walked out
Then they have to fire you and they need cause which just the legal paperwork would cost them more than your two weeks salary. I have seen one company that after your two weeks notice, ask you to leave but they pay your salary for the next two weeks.
Very rare not to get paid. You can even tell them you are going to a competitor when you're not and get 2 extra weeks of paid vacation.
WhT is the benefit of revealing where you're going? If there's none, then why reveal information unnecessarily?
To get to know mutual connections and make new friends at new company? Or to get some more insightful information? I personally have noticed they when I give my 2 week notice, my coworkers are very open about talking anything about current company, their true honest opinion about people etc.
You can do this after you leave and join the new job. What’s the hurry, there’s always LinkedIn or something else to connect. Talking about current company is great, but you don’t need to, about future employer. In most cases, it’s coz of the repercussions you wanna avoid by letting out too much info.
It’s a courtesy with your current leadership not to tell the rest of the team, even though your bosses definitely will want to know to “try to get a competing offer”. My org had several departures this last month. The only one who talked about the company he’s going to was this French dude that doesn’t understand how it goes here in the US.
This! Everything else is just dumb and childish. I didn't start telling until my manager told my internal clients.
At Amazon they make you sign an non-compete so you can’t work for a direct competitor for 18 months after you leave. Good reason not to disclose your next employer
Some sociopathic managers or coworkers may try to get your offer rescinded. It's a small and temporary inconvenience to pay for mitigate an unlikely, but disastrous event.
Curious to know how often this really happens... If anything, having your manager go through all the work to try to rescind your offer should show them just how valuable you are.
Naive! It is just simple retaliation. Old boss is unhappy with your leave and want to ruin your future to show his/her power. Such manager is everywhere and you don’t want to risk your future.
Because it’s none of your business sometimes.
Again, this post is not about determining whose business it is. The post is asking about reasoning.
That is the reasoning.