What do you do..

[lstratos]

When the employeer won't accept your resignation letter.. when you need to give your 2 weeks notice ?

Friend has no idea what to do, her employeer says think about it over the weekend.. basically she's treated like crap and has to work weekends to drive people around w/o overtime.. She's in HR, not a taxi driver..

I told her leave the letter, and dont show up in 2 weeks, go to your next job

 

[nageov3t]

I told her leave the letter, and dont show up in 2 weeks, go to your next job

pretty much that, unless she's under contract.

 

[bignateyk]

Who cares if they accept it or not? She told them she is leaving in 2 weeks. Why would they have a say in the matter?

 

[Platypus]

Tell her to go above her manager if she wont accept it.

I would definitely not just leave the letter and not show up, that's awful advice. Very easy for her boss to just say, I never got any such letter and you didn't come in for two weeks so you're fired.

 

[darkxshade]

Tell her to go above her manager if she wont accept it.

This and if that doesn't work... maybe go to compliance.

 

[MJinZ]

Most states are "At will employment" states, so you can leave whenever you want.

 

[CPA]

Just leave.

On another point, if she is in HR, then she's probably an exempt employee which means she doesn't need to be paid OT which means you and her need to quick whining.

 

[bobdole369]

I told her leave the letter, and dont show up in 2 weeks, go to your next job

This is the appropriate answer. The notice is a formality though. She could just stop showing up to work.

 

[lstratos]

Just leave.

On another point, if she is in HR, then she's probably an exempt employee which means she doesn't need to be paid OT which means you and her need to quick whining.

She's there for 2 yrs, I consider it entry HR.. so she was only making 32k.. They want her to stay because her manager will be out after the 2 week notice period and they want her to shuttle people around for the weekends after that.. that is just total bs..

the only thing is I would hate for her to run into them like say 5 year down the road in a different company... that would suck..

 

[BoomerD]

This job sucks, I found one better.
Here's my fucking resignation letter.

Accept it or not, I really don't care
In two weeks, I'll be working there.

 

[shortylickens]

If she has another job lined up, she should just start going to that. When the first company realizes whats happening they will take her out of the system.
The next company does not need to know how she left the old one if they already offered her a job.

And in years to come she can list that she worked there but she wont necessarily need to provide references. When asked how she left she just has to say "I quit".

 

[DrPizza]

This job sucks, I found one better.
Here's my fucking resignation letter.

Accept it or not, I really don't care
In two weeks, I'll be working there.

This. Except cut the letters out of magazines and paste them onto a big piece of posterboard.

 

[Kadarin]

basically she's treated like crap and has to work weekends to drive people around w/o overtime.. She's in HR, not a taxi driver..

They should just hire someone at close to minimum wage to drive people around on weekends.

And yeah, she should just leave.

 

[DesiPower]

Email the AH boss, that way she will have proof too.

 

[DrPizza]

Also, your friend should check out the department of labor's site. Job titles no longer determine exempt status - job duties do. So, while the company may consider her "exempt", it might be a very simple case for her to win back pay. http://www.dol.gov/compliance/topics/wages-overtime-pay.htm

The FLSA provides an exemption from both minimum wage and overtime pay for employees employed as bona fide executive, administrative, professional, and outside sales employees. It also exempts certain computer employees. To qualify for exemption, employees generally must meet certain tests regarding their job duties and be paid on a salary basis at not less than $455 per week. Job titles do not determine exempt status. In order for an exemption to apply, an employee's specific job duties and salary must meet all the requirements of the Department's regulations.

Driving people around certainly does not sound like the type of job duties that are exempt from overtime pay. If she's been putting in a lot of hours doing this, reports this to the DOL, and ends up with some back pay, remember, I get a dozen fresh baked chocolate chip cookies.

 

[Jeeebus]

If your friend's boss fired him, would your friend have the option of not accepting termination?

No?

Same thing goes with quitting (unless, as already said, friend is under contract).

 

[Gibson486]

Does she not get the concept of quitting a job?

 

[soulcougher73]

Tell her to tell her manager she is lucky to get a 2 week notice. Not like they dull out 2 week termination notices to us.

 

[pontifex]

Tell her to go above her manager if she wont accept it.

I would definitely not just leave the letter and not show up, that's awful advice. Very easy for her boss to just say, I never got any such letter and you didn't come in for two weeks so you're fired.

Send it to more than 1 person to CYA.

 

[rudeguy]

This. Except cut the letters out of magazines and paste them onto a big piece of posterboard.

I like your style.

 

[AndroidVageta]

A employee has to be paid overtime. If what you are saying is correct there is no way she can be working OT and NOT getting paid for it. If thats the case than the company is in some serious legal shit, no kidding!

As far as the resigning letter, she needs to hand it personally to her manager or the person in charge whilst video taping it and give her 2 weeks notice. Done deal.

 

[rudeguy]

A employee has to be paid overtime. If what you are saying is correct there is no way she can be working OT and NOT getting paid for it. If thats the case than the company is in some serious legal shit, no kidding!

As far as the resigning letter, she needs to hand it personally to her manager or the person in charge whilst video taping it and give her 2 weeks notice. Done deal.

LOL....I love it when idiots with no clue pipe in on a thread.

You sir are a complete and total idiot. You have won the award.

 

[CraigRT]

Who cares if they accept it or not? She told them she is leaving in 2 weeks. Why would they have a say in the matter?

Yup.
I got asked to think about it over the weekend once too.. I said "sure" and never went back.
That's just silly.

 

[SunnyD]

lol @ obvious thread.

Employer has no say in when employee decides to terminate relationship except when under contract. Vice versa is also reciprocally true. If she has no contract (employment agreement != contract), then she need not give a shit.

The irony of it all is you say she works in HR, and yet doesn't know this? Really?

 

[rudeguy]

lol @ obvious thread.

Employer has no say in when employee decides to terminate relationship except when under contract. Vice versa is also reciprocally true. If she has no contract (employment agreement != contract), then she need not give a shit.

The irony of it all is you say she works in HR, and yet doesn't know this? Really?

Something tells me if she is in HR and is driving people around...its not the average HR.

Unless all HR departments give happy endings.