Barry,
As usual I agree with you, You are always so diplomatic. 

One needs to check the policy  manual for the company in which they are
resigning from and abide by that.

The norm as I understand  is two weeks for a bench tech, and 4 weeks for
a supervisor. I resigned as a supervisor and actually stayed on 2 months
longer prn until they found someone. But that is only because I was able
to. Others may not have that option.

Marsha

On Tue, 08 Jan 2002 13:59:53 -0600 Barry Rittman
 writes:
> Steve,
> there is no absolute answer to your question as we do not know all 
> the variable
> in your particular case, does your supervisor breathe fire, is 
> related to Atila
> the Hun etc.
> I think that there are some general points that may be relevant.
> 
> The major concern here is what is best for you and your career?
> 
> It is always best if you can give as much notice as possible as it 
> is a major
> effort to advertise and get someone in to take over the work.
> 
> It is always best if you can leave on good terms, although this may 
> not always
> be possible.
> 
> Vacation that is due to you is generally paid at the time of 
> termination of your
> employment. It is possible to discuss this with your employer and 
> come to an
> agreement. In most cases however, unless there is a great need for 
> you to use
> rocket propelled skates to exit the building,  you should work the 3 
> weeks and
> accept pay for any vacation due to you.
> 
> You should have been given an orientation when you started to 
> acquaint you with
> the general policies of your employer and have items such as sick 
> leave,
> vacation, termination of employment etc.  in writing. I would 
> suggest doing this
> at your next place of employment.
> 
> It is unprofessional for your supervisor to tell you that you are 
> unprofessional
> in giving 3 weeks notice although they may have been really ticked 
> off. A better
> approach (hindsight is always 100%) would have been to say that they 
> were
> disappointed that you were leaving and would it be possible for you 
> to give
> longer notice so that they might find a suitable replacement.
> My opinions.
> Barry
> 
> 
> "Coulter, Diane" wrote:
> 
> > The accepted norm for notice (at least here in N.E.) is equal to 
> vacation
> > time).
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CrochiereSteve@aol.com [mailto:CrochiereSteve@aol.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 9:12 AM
> > To: histonet@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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