| Sweden is also like that. You usually have to linger for two months before leaving after you've quit. > what are they going to do if you don't show up They will simply not pay you. What you do when you're deep into a project like the OP describes is to quit your job by telling your manager that he's the worst you have ever worked for. Then one of three things happen: 1. He/she asks me to stick around for two months. I do and get paid regular salary during.
2. He says "hey, if you want to leave today, that's fine with me". I do but I wont get any more pay checks.
3. They are offended by my critique and says "walk away from you computer right now and never come back". I get paid for two months without having to work. When #3 happens it's excellent because you will have two months of pay and enough time to find a new job if your resignation was in the spur of the moment. And no need to worry about bad references. When my up and coming boss calls my last horrible boss, someone who I happily divorced, things will work out fine. Even though (middle?) managers are usually full of prestige and are quite easily offended, #3 has happened to me only once. Although most don't, I try to utilize or take advantage of the system to the max in my quest to find a decent work place/project. I job hop a lot. |