RE: resignation notice?

From:"DeBrosse, Beatrice"

In Switzerland we had to give 1 month notice when we worked a year or less
there. Anything over that required 3 months notice. Here in the US it
usually seems to be 2 weeks. What is the standard in the UK?

Beatrice DeBrosse B.S., HT (ASCP)

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> From:
> Terry.Marshall@rgh-tr.trent.nhs.uk[SMTP:Terry.Marshall@rgh-tr.trent.nhs.uk
> ]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, January 08, 2002 8:37 AM
> To: 	CrochiereSteve@aol.com; histonet@pathology.swmed.edu
> Subject: 	RE: resignation notice?
> 
> My ethic would be to balance both his needs (to have you) and the
> detriment to him if you left at the proposed time, and your needs (to have
> more money).
> 
> Give both parties *equal* weight.
> 
> In short, is he going to be badly compromised by your leaving. If so ....
> 
> The purpose of notice is to allow time for a replacement to be found.
> 
> Terry L Marshall B.A.(Law), M.B.Ch.B., F.R.C.Path
> Consultant Histopathologist
> Rotherham General Hospital, Yorkshire
> terry.marshall@rgh-tr.trent.nhs.uk
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> INT;a=NHS;c=GB;dda:RFC-822=CrochiereSteve(a)aol.com; 
> Sent: 08 January 2002 17:28
> To: p=NHS NATIONAL
> INT;a=NHS;c=GB;dda:RFC-822=histonet(a)pathology.swmed.edu;
> Subject: resignation notice?
> 
> 
> Here's a non-histo question. I recently gave my employer a 3 week notice
> that 
> I have accepted a better job offer in a hospital. He then pitched a fit
> and 
> called me unprofessional for giving such a short notice. I've only worked
> at 
> this research lab for 3 years and have 2 wks vacation. I assumed that the 
> norm was to give notice equivalent to ones vacation time. Does this seem 
> "unprofessional" to anyone besides my employer?
> 
> s
> 




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