[lbo-talk] Quitting job: etiquette???

[Steven L. Robinson]

I am surprized that a lot of people don't know about employment "at will" - that an individual can be fired for any or no reason.  Unless you are self employed, work in a union shop or work for the government, you can be fired at a moment's notice.  It is in virtually every employee handbook and on many employment applications, altho not usually emphasized at the outset of the employment relationship.  Once you know about it, though, it is scary. You can lose your means of sustenance at a moment's notice, on the whim of a boss.

The balance of power in the work place would surely change drastically if this legal doctrine were done away with.  SR

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From: "B." <docile_body at yahoo.com> 

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> But probably a bigger barrier to labor organizing was 
> the simple idea that the job folks worked right then 
> would not the job they'd be working down the road; 
> it's temporary, they'll advance, etc., so why go to 
> all the bother to start a union at this midway point 
> in their career? > 
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