Am I being unprofessional during my quitting process?
Last month I told my company I want to quit, but then they asked me to stay another 2 months, 1 month to tie up any loose ends the team might need from and write documentation and another month to knowledge transfer when they bring in my replacement. However, they said I'm still full time so I should be still attending team meetings and do any assigned tasks. But like, I quit in the first place to regain my time to focus on other things, the last thing I wanna do is go to sprint meetings likes nothings happened and then spend more time doing work. It's been one month in so far and they're getting mad that I started dodging meetings and not doing assigned tickets . I just never dealt with a quitting process like this before, usually when I quit I just tell everyone I'm quitting including coworkers and then start wrapping up, knowledge transfer, then head out. I never been through a process so schizophrenic where none of my coworkers know I'm quitting and I just have to show up like everything's normal. I wanna help the company move on but it's annoying doing it on their terms so I guess I'm gonna have to burn some bridges unfortunately. Am I being entitled and unprofessional by not attending team meetings and doing any tasks? I still answer any slack messages asking for help or putting out fires when they happen. But I just don't wanna do anything new and I don't see the point of attending sprints where they just assign me new shit to do. I do work for an understaffed startup for context and I was the infrastructure guy so they were taking a big hit when losing me, they asked me multiple times to stay and maybe thought I'd change my mind as the weeks went on. TC: $120k base + $20k in 4 y vested equity🥜
No, a 2 week notice is enough and you are not obligated for even that. If you are quitting you have no obligation to give any fucks whatsoever. It is wrong of them to expect you to work like you are not about to quit. Work - or don't work - however you want.
^this…you are already being nice/professional by giving notice…
Share tc, yoe first. Then serve max notice period mentioned in ur contract then gtfo. U don't own anything to employer.
Do you have the arrangement for 2nd month in writing. If you do just tell them you won't start anything new. If you don't, discuss with your manager and remind them on what was agreed upon. If they don't want to listen, not your problem anymore. On a separate note: why are you leaving. From your post seems like they would even pay you whatever you want.
They were willing to pay me more and even hire people under me to lighten the load but working this intensely at a startup remotely is just not cool. If I were to do this I'd need to be in person and in the action, the miscommunications over slack could cause you to lose a weekend.
Whether you gave two weeks or two months notice, do the work while you’re there. That includes going to meetings. If you cannot stand being there another second, then leave immediately and be clear about your reasons. What you don’t do is stay and feel like you can do whatever you want.
What? Do the work on notice? Who does that?
If you’re not gonna work, don’t give notice. Just leave.
I dont know why would anyone work on notice…you are already doing a favor by staying 2 weeks for knowledge transfer or whatever…if its in US then remember its employment at will
Because you're still employed and on their payroll? It's just being professional to finish your work when you're being paid. Otherwise, don't serve out your notice
Employments are at will..I am serving notice out of professional courtesy..if they dont want need me for two more weeks thats ok..
India or US?
US
2 months notice in US? This is rich
Time for one or more parties to learn what “At will” means
Oh hell no. When I negotiated my exit from my current company, I laid out the terms. 1 month notice: 2 weeks of me doing hands on work, 2 weeks of availability in case anyone needs anything or gets locked out of something only I have credentials for. I made it clear I wasn't attending any meetings unless the meeting was specifically for knowledge transfer.
What is the notice period in your contract. Whilst you work your notice, you're still employed and expected to work. So, I'd agree your exit date first. There's nothing unprofessional about not extending your notice to accommodate business requirements. The fact they're understaffed or whatever is not your issue, its an issue for management and their lack of legacy planning. Once you have your exit date, sit with your manager and agree how your time should be spent. If they want you to sit in meetings, awesome, its time not wasted doing docs. Of course, you're expected to work fulltime but would hazard the norm is to work anywhere between 40% and 80% of your normal amount since you're already checked out.
I'm At-Will actually, no notice period required. Honestly I'm just kinda worried about getting another bad reference because an employer is mad I'm quitting, I never worked for big tech yet and those are companies I'm looking for next, do they care about references / do references ever follow you around?
Virtually no company will offer official "references" anymore, as it opens them up to legal issues. The most that HR will likely do is to provide a verification of employment confirmation; ABC worked for subsidiary XYZ from N to M dates and the last title held was Senior Staff Engineer.