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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9325358" data-attributes="member: 50987">Yeah, I guess that is the biggest disconnect for me.The concept of &quot;two weeks' notice&quot; is so ubiquitous that it's practically a cliche.&nbsp; I've never heard of anyone being expected (much less required) to give longer notice than that.&nbsp; Most job offers are only good for two weeks after signing--you're expected to show up for work within 2 weeks of accepting a new offer (you'll sometimes see it written as &quot;within 10 business days.&quot;)&nbsp; Board positions and partnerships are different, of course, but that's not what we're talking about here.When our CEO left our company a few years ago, he left for a better offer.&nbsp; He only gave 2 weeks' notice, just like the CEO before him.&nbsp; (I'm sure there were other discussions about it for weeks leading up to these announcements, but we don't know for sure because those discussions are never made public.&nbsp; It's just not done, anywhere, for any reason.&nbsp; Why would it be?)&nbsp; My company is larger than Wizards of the Coast (and Hasbro) by a considerable amount, too: 33 subsidiaries, &gt;$12B revenue, &gt;50K employees worldwide.Folks are hanging quite a bit on this &quot;two weeks' notice&quot; thing, but I think it's a tempest in a teapot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9325358, member: 50987"] Yeah, I guess that is the biggest disconnect for me. The concept of "two weeks' notice" is so ubiquitous that it's practically a cliche. I've never heard of anyone being expected (much less required) to give longer notice than that. Most job offers are only good for two weeks after signing--you're expected to show up for work within 2 weeks of accepting a new offer (you'll sometimes see it written as "within 10 business days.") Board positions and partnerships are different, of course, but that's not what we're talking about here. When our CEO left our company a few years ago, he left for a better offer. He only gave 2 weeks' notice, just like the CEO before him. (I'm sure there were other discussions about it for weeks leading up to these announcements, but we don't know for sure because those discussions are [I]never[/I] made public. It's just not done, anywhere, for any reason. Why would it be?) My company is larger than Wizards of the Coast (and Hasbro) by a considerable amount, too: 33 subsidiaries, >$12B revenue, >50K employees worldwide. Folks are hanging quite a bit on this "two weeks' notice" thing, but I think it's a tempest in a teapot. [/QUOTE]

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