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Anonymous
03/24/18 at 11:39PM UTC
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Broke contract but hear me out..

A month ago I came into the office to an email stating that one of my work functions will be centralized to head office in another state. It took the manager an hour to call me back to discuss and when we did he said unofficially they were looking to cut my role sometime within the next 12 months. I looked for a new job and found one just about right away, closer to home with a pay rise. The only catch being I needed to start within 2 weeks because the girl training me will be on annual leave in 3 weeks. My contract states I need to hand in 4 weeks notice but I handed in 2. My manager has not taken this well and almost personally. I'm concerned that the next few weeks of my life will be made miserable but mostly I do feel terrible about not handing in the right notice to accept a job that is a fantastic opportunity. I need a little reassurance that I'm doing the right thing before I lose too much sleep over it.

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Anonymous
03/26/18 at 7:17PM UTC
Personally I think you're feeling guilty about something that THEY chose to to you. I think once your employer tells you they're going to phase out your role sometime in the next year, you have no choice but to act in your best interest and not worry too much about following perfect protocol. I think its nice that you feel loyalty and guilt but 2 weeks is perfectly acceptable in this situation. Employment in the U.S. is at-will, meaning that they could have fired you at any time for any reason and the same goes for you quitting. The notice period may be written somewhere but is not going to be enforceable, I don't think...

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