[givemeethekeys]

"Don't hate the player, hate the game".

The game in California is "at will employment". I don't know about other industries, but most tech firms will lay you off with 0 days of notice if they no longer need your services, for example, to save money.

On the other hand, loyalty to people may or may not be worthwhile - this very much depends on the people and your experience may be drastically different from everyone else'.

[ui4jd73bdj]

Agreed. Even if you have a contract with x weeks notice period, breaching the contract is a legal move(penalty may vary).

I had a non-standard 1 month notice period in my contract(normal is 2 weeks). I let them know I'm leaving in two weeks. They mentioned the notice period but I held my ground. They folded and 2 weeks was plenty to handover my work.