Does anyone actually serve notice anymore? I've been managing a department for a charity for over 10 years now. We have admin staff and some people in hybrid type roles based in our office and from time to time they move on. A few years back they would always serve their notice and generally be keen to give the right amount of time. More recently I've noticed a swift departure because a new job "can't wait" or for the more cowardly the notice period is spent on sick leave with stress, which suddenly comes on the day after their reference goes out. Apart from declining to give a reference until a couple of days before they leave there isn't much I can do really is there? I feel if you have made a contractual obligation to give notice you should actually work it, it makes me very sad when people who have been good colleagues do this.
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