Joe Fier argues two weeks' notice is outdated in at-will employment. He proposes treating jobs like sports contracts: fixed two to three year terms with explicit renegotiation at the end, rather than indefinite arrangements that feel like breakups when they end.
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It's not a real thing. Like you are an employment at will in the us you can leave at any time. The problem is I'm always fascinated by cognitive dissonance. You know, our ability to hold two different things in our head at the same time. We know that we're not in a market of lifetime employment on this side of our brain. We know there's no pensions. People aren't going to work for our company for 10 or 15 years. So we intuitively know that when people go to leave, we act more like it's a marriage breakup than it is like the end of a sports contract, which is really more what it should be like. And so you have this hiding and lying and doctor appointments because people don't know any other way to do it. It should be more like a sports contract. It's usually two to three year deals. Ish. And by the way, they should be evaluated, right? Like we'd all be better if you signed a two year deal and it's coming to the end. I'm like, Joe, do I want to re sign this? Are you getting a raise? Are you getting a pay cut?
