Screwed after giving notice

Gotta love when this happens! So i've had some other posts about how i'm extremely underpaid (35k as a junior admin when average in my area is roughly 50k). I got an amazing job offer over tripling my current salary (with bonus), plus AMAZING benefits.. It's truly a once in a lifetime opportunity for me.. Yesterday i go in to talk to my boss and let him know i was giving my notice.. I was very polite and explained my reasoning and wrote a nice resignation letter. He said he understood and they enjoyed having me and blah blah. My last day was supposed to be next friday. Now this morning he tells me the new VP said he wants tomorrow to be my last day because tomorrow is the end of the pay period. Yeah sure it's only one week, and i'll practically make that up in my first day of work at my new job, but that's not the point! If i knew i was going to get Fked by them, i would have screwed them and not told them until this time next week! But i wanted to do the 'right thing' and give them a decent notice so i can leave on good terms and use them as a reference. The situation just pisses me off because if I would have just left i'd have a bad mark on my profile. But the company does it for "payroll reasons" and it's accetpable? BS! Sorry, I just really needed to vent because this got me pretty mad.

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RHDS2K

I appreciate everyone's input.. I guess I just have the personality where i don't like being screwed over. This wasn't my boss' idea, this was the new VP who has only been here for about 2 months. He determined my raise (if you can even call it that) after i finish my degree this month.. I told my boss i wasn't happy with the raise and they don't even pay me enough to make ends meet here. After the VP heard about my resignation he said to let me go tomorrow since it's the end of the pay period. I'm mostly frustrated because this was just a slap in the face from the VP. He doesn't NEED to let me go. It has nothing to do with security or access, because i'm still here right now. This was just a power play to screw me for leaving. I told them i was leaving due to financial constraints then they take a week of pay from me. It's the personal blow that frustrates me the most. I've done A LOT of good work here that was well beyond my role as a "Jr systems admin". I've seen plenty of other people here put in their notice and ride out the entire couple weeks. I almost feel like this was more of a personal attack for telling them their pay sucks (in nicer words).

RHDS2K

With that being said, you can bet your asses i'll be buying myself some corona and enjoying the next 2 weeks finishing up college and working on my play cars

dave330i

RHDS2K wrote: »

This was just a power play to screw me for leaving.

No. It IS to make the life of payroll folks easier. Next time you quit a job, schedule it to be at the end of a pay period.

aspiringsoul

I would not let that bother you. I worked for a bank previously. It was funny how when I gave my two weeks notice, I was suddenly worth about $12,000 more to them...to do the same things I had been doing.

If you are leaving your employer to work for a competitor, then most of the time, they will walk you straight out the door. It's a pretty standard practice. If you're not leaving for a competitor, the some employers will let you work your two weeks. Don't take it personal.

My employer really needed me when I gave my notice, and they allowed me to tie up a few loose ends before I left.

Heero

If they asked, I would say no assuming I needed the money. If I didn't need the money, I'd **** off right away and enjoy my week off.

If they fire you, file unemployment for the week

ITHokie

Wow, there are a lot of comments claiming that "it's just business" to let employees go right after they give notice. I can see that in some cases (security), but in many that would clearly be anti-business. When employees are not able to transition any responsibilities for projects they were working on (or leading) or they are unable to facilitate soft transition of customers, business hurts. I don't think it's always a rational business decision to immediately cut ties.

On the other hand, if this is becoming standard practice (without compensation), employees will stop giving advanced notice. I think that works in the employees' favor. Employers aren't expected to give employees 2 weeks notice for layoffs, terminations or RIFs. Current protocol favors one side over the other.