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Following my reply to “Leaving in 2 Weeks” and their question regarding accrued vacation pay, Gia asked me a question pertaining to unused vacation days and resignations.
“Hypothetical scenario: I am a salaried employee of my company. If I were to leave my job (with several weeks of unused vacation time), am I losing out?? What’s [...]

From the mailbag…
Dear OfficeTricks,
I’m writing to hopefully obtain some advice. I have worked for this company for 2.5 years and I just gave my notice. Right now the plan is that I will work for 2 more weeks and then they are going to give me 1 week of severance pay after my two weeks. [...]

A friend and I were recently catching up when the conversation shifted to work situations. He was actively searching for a new job, and was curious how much notice he should give his manager when it came time to resign. Others have blogged about this topic before; here is my perspective.
The facts
This individual has been [...]

A fellow recruiter and I were talking a few days ago, when she told me that she had just left a meeting with her boss and had expressed her disenchantment with working at our company.
This particular person happens to be one of the bigger gossipers more open, expressive people in the office, so I had [...]