Re: FWD: Cutting a contract short

[Al Geist <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>]

   John Posada wrote:

I'm not refering to the company or the agency. My response was to the
person who said leaving a contract was unethical. I only said that if
YOU give two weeks notice, yer being ethical. I for one tend to give
three weeks, but that's just me.

I will admit, though, that I've never been given less than two weeks
notice by an agency or company when a contract was
terminated....except for the one employee gig I had about two years
ago where I was led me out the door. Always expect the worst when
your boss asks to see you and someone from HR is already in his
office.

  

   Hi John,
   Someone earlier in this thread said that this topic is actually two
   threads.  One addresses the question raised by the anonymous poster and
   another that addresses the question of ethics and how it applies to both the
   contractor and the contractee.  In every case where I either left a
   permanent position, or a contract position, I have given at least three
   weeks notice and offered to be available for questions for a period after my
   replacement is hired (often up to six months).
   Al

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