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How much notice do I have to give my employer when resigning?

I have been with my current employer for 4 months and the position is not working out. I have told my boss I am not happy. I am planning on moving interstate and want to go ASAP; however obviously need to give notice. How much notice do I have to give?

Public Comments

1. You don't HAVE to give any notice but its common courtesy to give a two weeks notice.
2. Usually probation is three months and after that you have to give four week's notice. However you can probably negotiate that with your boss if he/she is a reasonable person. Often if a company terminates you they'll just pay you out and ask you to leave straight away so you don't vandalize or steal anything!
3. Even though you are only there 4 months, the proper way would be to give the standard two weeks. The employer offered the permanent position to you, you accepted it and the fact it's not working out is unfortunate but they still deserve the 2 week notice.
4. Normally, you have to give 2 weeks notice. But if you don't plan on putting this job on your resume than I would just leave right away-of course make sure you get your full pay.
5. 2 weeks, but you should check the contract you signed when recieving the job on how much time you should give them before resigning.
6. 30 seconds if you're in a hurry. 2 weeks if you want to be decent and get a good reference.
7. It's always courteous to give 2 weeks notice. Even if you don't plan on having an association with this employer again, it's a small world, and you never know if you end up crossing paths with some of your current fellow employees. Always leave on positive terms.
8. If you were given any paperwork from HR, take a look at it. Usually you want to give two weeks notice. This way you leave on good terms and who knows, maybe 5 or 10 years down the road you might want to work for this company again. When I hired on with the department I am with, we were told we have to give 30 days notice, or we'll be considered "non hireable" if we ever decided to come back.
9. Review your contract. If you do not have a contract and employment is "at will," then typical notice is two weeks. If your employer is pleased with your work, make sure to ask him/her for a letter of recomendation before you leave. Good luck!
10. In Australia it depends on how long you have been in a position. Up to one year in a job you are legally obliged to give one week's notice. Two years = two weeks etc. Up to a maximum of four weeks notice for four years or longer. Many employers however are happy to shorten the required notice period as long as it does not cause them hardship.
11. Sometimes as soon as you hand in your resignation,they fire you.Then they block you from reciving unemployment benefits because you resigned.Are you an 'at will ' employee?it means they can fire you anytime.
12. It should be in your contract. Do you get paid weekly or fortnightly? Some companies follow that if you get paid weekly you need to provide 2 weeks notice and if you get paid fortnightly you need to provide 4 weeks notice.
13. If your located in Australia 2 weeks should be a suffcant amount of time between you handing in the resegnation papers and you being able to leave, as for other parts of the world I wouldn't have the faintest idea sorry. Mitch