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When an employee resigns from a job, two weeksâ notice is a traditional, standard amount of time that the employee agrees to continue working for his or current employer. At the end of the two week work period, the employee is no longer an employee of the firm.
Giving Notice. Unless you entered a contract specifying otherwise upon getting hired, you are not required to give any notice before resigning. However, you should give at least two weeksâ notice to your employers, advises employment laywer Sean Becker in a 2010 âHouston Chronicleâ article. In this time, the employer will post a vacancy for your job and distribute your work to other employees. Beverly Langford, author of the book, âThe Etiquette Edge,â advises meeting face-to-face and a handing your employer a formal letter explaining your intentions.