I recently put in my two weeks and was suprised to find I was not asked to leave that day. I have only worked in one bank prior to this position and their policy was to go ahead and cut the risk and have the employee leave. Is this a normal policy? I was hoping for the extra time off to be honest. Now I am stuck at my desk while everyone around me seems to think I am completely invisible....Jury is out on whether that is a good thing or a bad one.

Depends on the position. Loan officers, wealth management officers, branch managers - out to prevent them from taking additional information or customers.

Like you, I resigned one bank and hoping for some R&R. The Audit Committee chair thought otherwise and had me schedule an Audit Committee meeting for the afternoon 2 weeks later on my last day.

Ohh that sucks! I am the equivalent of a personal banker as well as a teller. I guess I take it as a compliment that they obviously trust and/or need me enough to keep me around. But I have SO MUCH packing to do!

So you're not only changing jobs - you're changing locations? Sounds exciting.

A lot depends on the bank where you work. Being in compliance I have never been asked to leave immediately; however others have. Since you're moving away that may have a lot to do with it - you won't be in direct competition.

That is true, and even better, my job change is to be a stay at home mom to our 3 year old. Hopefully after we get married in March we will try to add a baby to the mix (I apparently have an affinity for chaos with a 3yr old boy, 9 month old Belgian Malinois, and a 10 week old Mastiff) I won't be moving far and could commute, however I have been incredibly unhappy at work the last year and a half and decided I was done putting up with it. (drama drama horrible people blah blah blah)

Mixed bag. One bank asked me to leave the day I turned in notice. The other asked me if I could stay 3-4 weeks (I said no); that was crazy - I had full access to the entire system and they didn't even cut/reduce my access until after I left for the last time.

Congrats on the career change! Best decision my wife ever made was to give up the day job to stay home with our kids (and dogs!).

I left three different jobs, gave 2 weeks notice each time, was never asked to leave early.

Thanks milby! Honestly we won't be losing much money and everyone will be happier. I couldn't be more excited!!!

never been asked t leave early either...although there was this one time we both agreed that my 2-week notice would begin immediately and be taken using my 2 week remaining vacation...

one bank i gave my notice, when i was leaving that last night realized i was the last person and had to call someone back for me to give them my keys...

Never asked to leave early. I always try to promote a smooth transition. Never want to burn bridges.

We sometimes ask them to leave immediately and if we do, we don't pay them their two weeks notice.

I've always given 2 weeks notice and sometimes been asked to stay an extra week or two. Whether I did or not depends on my reason for leaving in the first place.

The last time I gave my two weeks notice it was while the examiners were there. I was asked by the CEO not to tell the examiners I was leaving. On my last day I emailed the examiners and let them know I was leaving.
It was also not announced to the other employees I was leaving until the last couple of days.
Made for a very strange last two weeks!

ouch...seems petty if the bank is asking them to leave.

Agree, this is petty. And this just happened to me. I was the first one asked not to stay the two weeks (everyone else they let stay except a loan officer, but he didn't give two weeks he just quit - they even gave severance to 2 people they fired!). I gave my two weeks, ticked off the CEO so bad he decided to let me go that day and didn't pay me the two weeks. It's a tacky practice, especially in a small town where they boast being the "best bank in town". Hmmm, if that's the case, wouldn't you want to treat someone who had been a long time loyal employee better than that? It certainly solidified that my decision to leave was the right one.

I was the first one asked not to stay the two weeks (everyone else they let stay except a loan officer, but he didn't give two weeks he just quit - they even gave severance to 2 people they fired!).

Sounds like a perfect opportunity to sue them for discrimination if you ask me, depending on whether or not you are in a protected class. Have an attorney draft a letter to the CEO and see if you can secure yourself a little bonus check

Every bank should have a written policy regarding what action the bank may or may not take upon termination notice by the employee.

Originally Posted By: MyKidsMom

We sometimes ask them to leave immediately and if we do, we don't pay them their two weeks notice.

I agree that it's petty. I don't like it. Not my rule.

Been at one bank, still here, over 22 years later. Yup, I am pretty boring.

Others have left, some they have asked to leave before the two weeks are up, others not.

This was my exact thought Randy! I've been trying to decide if I should make this request myself or go straight to an attorney and get them to draft a letter. Protected class, well, I'm a 42 year old woman, just ended cancer treatment this past year, worked almost every day through radiation, chemo and more chemo, received stellar performance appraisals and acknowledgement emails from BOD members and Pres/CEO, but because I decided to leave, they punish me.

Seems to me “being asked to leave” and not getting paid for the time you said you would work (2 weeks) is the equivalent to being fired….as you are leaving on their terms, not yours. If that ever happened to me I would definitely push back.

But its not because, well, you quit.

I'm curious, how would you push back??? What do you have that will get their attention?

I would point out two things (by letter to HR):
telling the employee to leave without pay after notice has been given, could turn a voluntary resignation into an involuntary termination and potentially make the employee eligible for state unemployment compensation for any period of interrupted employment.
Second, a termination action without pay sends a negative message to the rest of the workforce, i.e., if you give notice as requested, you may be penalized. As a result, morale will be hurt, and they likely will not receive many advance notices of future resignations.

I might also ask if they also required other employees, especially those under 40, to leave without working out the notice? What about those retiring? The minute they announce retirement are they required to leave?

Sometimes just asking if everyone is treated the same is all it takes to “wake up” an HR department. Sorry to HR professionals here but some of the things I have seen over the year would make your hair stand on end.

we accept your resignation, but we make the date today because of your access to critical information, thank you for your service



if they follow this pattern for all employees, then not receiving advanced notification doesn't really matter because whenever you resign it is your last day. additionally, I fail to see how this would hurt morale, you are leaving, and the employees staying likely don't care a hill of beans if you get paid 2 weeks or not. it does not have impact to them.



I don't think any competent HR person would provide a response to this other than it is not germane to the situation. Retirement versus quitting is apples/oranges comparison.

Isn't a standard practice to provide two weeks notice when resigning? Perhaps I'm stuck in the stone ages. I didn't think it was professional to resign as you walk out the door never to return.