New Job

[gksmith]

I started a new job about two weeks ago. I am doing basically the same thing I was doing...but for $3k more.

I normally do not do this but I had to walk out on EDS. The new company wanted me ASAP. I had a lot of pre-employment stuff that had to clear (like drug test and background check). When someone puts in a letter of resignation at EDS, they tend to escourt that person out immediately. You get paid the last two weeks you would have worked, but they take your company stuff and walk you out the door. The last thing I wanted to do was put in notice at EDS, have something go wrong with getting employed at the new place, and being unemployed.

I finished my last day of work at EDS on a Wednesday morning. I started the new job on Thursday night.

When I was finished on Wednesday morning, I left the building and went down the street to a QT for coffee and a doughnut. After about 10-15 minutes, I returned to work, found an interoffice envelope, put my badge and other company owned material, and slid the envelope under the manager's door.

I started work at the new place the next day.

One of the drawbacks to the new job is access to internet sites...like this one. At EDS I could surf this site and others. This one is blocked at the new job.

But I'm making a lot more money then I was.

[UNT_92_Fan]

try searching gomeangreen.com on google then hit cached...

not that i have tried to go around firewalls before or anything.... but that works alot...

[Smitty]

I started a new job about two weeks ago. I am doing basically the same thing I was doing...but for $3k more.

I normally do not do this but I had to walk out on EDS. The new company wanted me ASAP. I had a lot of pre-employment stuff that had to clear (like drug test and background check). When someone puts in a letter of resignation at EDS, they tend to escourt that person out immediately. You get paid the last two weeks you would have worked, but they take your company stuff and walk you out the door. The last thing I wanted to do was put in notice at EDS, have something go wrong with getting employed at the new place, and being unemployed.

I finished my last day of work at EDS on a Wednesday morning. I started the new job on Thursday night.

When I was finished on Wednesday morning, I left the building and went down the street to a QT for coffee and a doughnut. After about 10-15 minutes, I returned to work, found an interoffice envelope, put my badge and other company owned material, and slid the envelope under the manager's door.

I started work at the new place the next day.

One of the drawbacks to the new job is access to internet sites...like this one. At EDS I could surf this site and others. This one is blocked at the new job.

But I'm making a lot more money then I was.

Hey, if EDS set up the rules, then they have no room to complain when people play by those rules. And if what you say is correct, then what would be the point of giving two-weeks notice?

[EagleChick03]

That is a very weird story of how to quit a job! I have never heard of anything like that! Did you really just slip the envelope under the door and not even talk to anyone?! Cause if so, you deserve your very own TV show cause that's hilarious.

[UNTFan23]

When someone puts in a letter of resignation at EDS, they tend to escourt that person out immediately. You get paid the last two weeks you would have worked, but they take your company stuff and walk you out the door.

Getting escorted out after turning in your notice when working for a company's Information Technology department is not uncommon. They do it where I work at now and they did it at the bank I used to work at.

If you think about, you could wipe out a company with just a few keystrokes. You know the company's strengths and weaknesses in its IT systems. So, if someone is leaving, why should the company leave itself open to malicious activity by a possible disgruntled employee? Considering that EDS maintains IT systems for other companies, they have tremendous exposure by keeping someone around that could damage the integrity of another company's data. They have to do it.

While getting escorted out (without notice) is often ego bruising, think about why you are leaving. Not happy with the work you're doing? Going to make more money? Hate your boss? Passed over for a promotion you think you deserved? There are lots of reasons for someone to strike back at their old employer on their way out the door.

I'm not saying you would ever do something like that, I'm saying someone else may, which is why companies do it.

[gksmith]

If you think about, you could wipe out a company with just a few keystrokes. You know the company's strengths and weaknesses in its IT systems. So, if someone is leaving, why should the company leave itself open to malicious activity by a possible disgruntled employee? Considering that EDS maintains IT systems for other companies, they have tremendous exposure by keeping someone around that could damage the integrity of another company's data. They have to do it.

That is true for the most part. However I have seen where two people with the same job and the same boss turn in resignation. One stays the last two weeks and the other gets walked out immediately. Go figure.

While getting escorted out (without notice) is often ego bruising, think about why you are leaving.

I equate the escort out equivalent to the Bataan Death March. (Apologies to any veterans out there. I am not making light of the sacrifice any of our military persons do, nor making light of a horrific event in military history. It is the closest thing I will ever experience as a civilian)

I'm not saying you would ever do something like that, I'm saying someone else may, which is why companies do it.

I wish I was smart enough to do something. Then again...probably not.

[untgirl04]

That is true for the most part. However I have seen where two people with the same job and the same boss turn in resignation. One stays the last two weeks and the other gets walked out immediately. Go figure.

I equate the escort out equivalent to the Bataan Death March. (Apologies to any veterans out there. I am not making light of the sacrifice any of our military persons do, nor making light of a horrific event in military history. It is the closest thing I will ever experience as a civilian)

I wish I was smart enough to do something. Then again...probably not.

Sometimes it has to do with where the person has a new position. For instance, where I work, if you're not moving to a direct competitor, you're often allowed to finish out your two/three weeks notice. However, if you're going to a competitor, you're escorted out of the building just as quickly as they can find you. If you think about it, it makes sense. The temptation is there for the new company to ask you to take along certain information, or to put something on hold. By getting escorted out immediately, the company is protecting itself from potential corporate espionage and you from a long time in jail.