As the labor market tightens, quitting workers aren't bothering to give two weeks' notice

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Once taken for granted as a professional courtesy, the standard two weeks’ notice is losing relevance in an economy in which practically everyone is hiring, analysts say. More jobs are open in the United States right now than there are people looking for work.

The nation’s unemployment rate has clung to a 49-year low since September, prompting many firms to raise wages and expand recruitment efforts. Workers have less incentive to respect the old norm, said David Lewis, chief executive of OperationsInc, a national human resources consulting firm. Over the last year, he has seen a 20% upswing in employees departing less than two weeks after they give notice.

Others are skipping even text resignations. The Chicago Federal Reserve noted in a December report that more employees are “ghosting” their jobs, quitting without telling anyone and becoming “impossible to contact.” Sudden exits can burn some professional bridges, especially when they can hurt business. Managers who scramble to pick up the slack at peak hours are not likely to deliver glowing reviews down the road.

Employers generally will not give bad references because they know people can sue them for defamation, Kaplan said. Neutral reviews — verification of employment dates, title and pay — is the more common outcome.

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-workers-quitting-no-notice-20181224-story.html

[Fullduplexxx]

1. Pay your employees better

[duforsure]

2. Now after people are leaving the White House after giving notice,

then trump is going out of his way to get back at them , like with Mattis forcing him out, will only make others leave at once without any notice to him. Employers will get the same when they show no loyalty to their workers too after screwing them over and over again.

[dlk]

3. Too Many Employers Have Treated Employees Poorly for Decades

Two weeks notice is a courtesy from a bygone era. The “Lean and Mean” 90s changed the American workplace, permanently, and not in a good way except for those at the very top. If only adjusted for inflation and not increased, the minimum wage would be around $22/hr. The current federal minimum wage is merely $7.25/hr. Even jobs that pay $9-12/hr. aren’t enough to live on. Meanwhile, those at the top are as rich as sultans. I’m surprised there aren’t riots in the streets.

[Farmer-Rick]

4. More jobs then people looking for work? Yeah, if you like working hard for pennies

Those jobs pay so little that you can work 80+ hours yet not make enough to pay for rent, transportation and food. They are the most crappy jobs with the worst pay. And yet employers think it's their right to get cheap, cheap labor. So, they keep posting these awful jobs in the hopes that someone will be dumb enough to take them.

And I've never found an employer who wouldn't give you a bad reference if he wanted. The worker would have to file suit and not too many unemployed workers have money to cover costs of a lawsuit.

One boss I know around here decided to lay off 50% of his workers....cause profits were down. He turns around and hires others to replace them at lower pay. When the laid off workers apply for unemployment, he claims he fired all of them for cause. This BS that employers are afraid of giving bad references is pure propaganda.