I have been working for this company where its headquarters is In Miami. They opened a store in Abington to do money transfers and I am the only one working here as a store manager. There are no other co workers, just me. I live in Somerville and my fiance let me use his car to come to work everyday, since I started here on sept 12th 2011 BUT now he will need to use the car to visit clients and I do not have a car and the comute service is under construction and is operating on a very strict schedule, I would have to wake up very early and arrive very early into the office and leave very late bec. there are the only schedule options for me not to mention that there are no services on the weekends. I work from monday to saturday. So talking with my fiance he thinks that I should resign and find another job nearby. My question is....My fiance will start using the car next monday so do i have to give 2 weeks notice, since I have been working there for so little time (approx 3 months)? It will be very hard for me and how can this be done so they will not be mad at me? The reason that the headquarters is in FL will cause any problems for me? What should I do? I want to do this right. Should I call or should I just write an e-mail explaining everything. Let's say they accept, I have keys, documents etc, should i mail everything to them? How should i do it so I cannot have any problems in the future? Thank you very much.
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 16:42
two weeks notice for leaving job
If I understand your question, it is not really a legal question. You are under no legal obligation to give your employer two weeks' notice of your intent to quit the job. If you do not give notice, however, some employers may hold that against you if you ever require a reference. Also, even if you did give notice, an employer is free to fire an employee after receiving two weeks' notice of her intent to leave the job.
My non-legal advice to you is to call your employer ASAP and explain your problem. If you are willing to continue on the job, the employer may be willing to help you with your commuting problem, at least until they can find a replacement. Perhaps they would pay for a taxi. Then, you can end the relationship on good terms and, hopefully, can rely on the employer for a glowing reference.