Quiting my Job
 

As the title states, I'm thinking about quiting my job for another offer elsewhere. This is my first time quitting a job and giving two weeks notice. So my question is how does the two weeks notice factor into my acrued vacation time. Do you usually still get your vacation time if they have you work through your two weeks notice? Should I get paid for my vacation hours, or am I giving them up by leaving the company?

Thanks for the help.

I think it's going to depend on both the state you live in, and whatever the policy set by human resources in your company are. Generally the vacation time is paid out in a lump sum and it's whatever you would have earned... since it's almost november - if you were due 10 days of vacation, you might only get 8.5 days (I am too lazy to do the math)

some policies are written that if you don't give two weeks notice, you forfeit all vacation time.

My company has a use 'em or lose'em vacation policy, you don't get paid for what you didn't use if you quit so generally you resign your position then take the vacation time owed.

It also depends on the company. My state (until 5pm tonight!) is a "right to work" state, ie: right to screw you over state.

But since I work for a nice company (until 5pm tonight!), I am getting big money for almost 200 hours of accrued leave.

Did I mention today is my last day?

Sometimes, a company will let you go before the two-week period is up, and have you spend (some of) your vacation days to fill out the two week period; it often depends on how much clean-up time you have on your open projects.

In Maryland, and per my company's HR policies, the two weeks notive serves two very important purposes.

1. If you fail to provide it, you are labelled "ineligible for re-hire," which is one of the two exclusive answers my HR can provide to other potential employers seeking information about my past employment status. The other being "eligible for re-hire."

2. It let's you leave on respectable and classy terms, without putting your employer in any predictament. Something more important to me personally, I guess.

All unused leave time is paid with your final paycheck in Maryland. It is also possible for Red Lemon's scenario to unfold in Maryland. Two weeks though is 80 hours, and any additional leave balances are paid to the employee.

In my company this is common, and employees who give two weeks notice are escorted out of the building by security, and if leave is accrued to account for the remaining two weeks it is used...if not they give it to you. In essence at my company, you want to resign with two weeks notice, having already cleaned out your kit, taken your weight in office supplies and with a zero leave balance.

Obviously, your mileage may vary.

-bear

Take the vacation, then give two weeks notice. And make the notice really nice and kind, using words like "great experience" and "wonderful company" and "best bosses".

In California, you acrue vacation pay until you actually leave, even after you've given notice. Don't know if it's law or not, but that's the way it's always worked for myself and everybody I know. And any unused accrued vacation hours are paid to you in a lump sum, either with your final paycheck or in a separate check, but within a few days of your termination date at most.

But this is California, where COBRA insurance last for 36 months, overtime starts at 8+ hours a day (not 40+ hours a week), and waiters have the same minimum wage as everybody else. Your mileage, in less enlightened states, may vary.

It depends on how your company counts vacation time. If it is accrued based on h ours worked, they will owe you the time. If you give notice and do things right it will also go better in terms of things "happening" or mistakes by HR or your boss.