Don't let the door hit you on the way out!

[TZ]

Boy sometimes I really really despise corporate culture. Today is my best buddy coworker's last day here. She put in notice two weeks ago because she had finally gotten a job in law (she's in her last semester in law school and has been looking for ages). But it turns out that last week (her first at the new job, she was using leave from here to get extra salary) she found out the job was NOT at all what was advertised. So she quit it. When she asked if maybe she could stay here longer...nope. Already replaced. And her cube is to be reoccupied MONDAY. Five years of service and hard work...all gone. Oh well, at least she's not gonna starve (her hubby is a practicing lawyer). But still..that's so cold.:(

[GCP]

1. Why would she expect to just walk back into her old job?

The two week notice is so that the company can find another worker before she leaves.
And oh, BTW - working at the new place while on leave from the old place?
Crass if you ask me.

[DS1]

2. In other words asking the old company to renege on its job offer to her replacement

switching jobs is always a risk, grass greener on the other side and all that.

[NJmaverick]

3. I am not sure I would agree

After all she did say she was leaving. From a manager's perspective, I would feel we have already spent the time and resources to find her replacement. Why would I want to give all that up, to take back an employee that would probably be leaving, as soon as something else comes along. While it may seem cold, she made the decision to leave, not the management.

[madinmaryland]

4. I have to agree with the other posters, here.

She put her notice in, and the management went ahead and hired someone to replace her. What is the company supposed to do? Unfortunately she got screwn by the new company, but should have at least stayed there, if not working was going to be an issue.

:shrug:

[Burma Jones]

5. What???? a job in the legal profession was misrepresented???

I'm Shocked I tell you, Shocked!!!

[BarenakedLady]

6. Sounds like she is SOL

and rightly so, imo.

Sorry she is your friend and all, but it was her choice to leave. Your company had every right to replace her.

[flvegan]

7. Job in law. Is that, like, what you'd call your spouse's job?

[petronius]

11. LOL! Nice...

Now, if I could just figure out how to get my ex-job to pay me alimony...

[suninvited]

8. I have to agree with the others

How long should they have kept the position open in case she changed her mind? They have hired someone and it would not be right to back out on that. They know, too, that as soon as she finds another job, she is out of there anyway.

Hopefully, she will find something real soon.

[geardaddy]

9. Only sometimes?

:shrug:

[Deja Q]

10. Remember the Ropers.

Norman Fell and Audra Lindley had a contract with ABC, saying if their spinoff did not do well, they could return to "Three's Company". The contract stipulated 1 year.

Well, they had 6 episodes as a trial run, got the green light for a full season, made the full season, ratings were not good, the show was pulled.

Guess who didn't get their jobs back, having been told they were in their show for more than a year? :(

It's a sad situation, but not unprecedented.