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Noppe, not a US MNC but a European one but owned essentially by an individual who will know me personally, for what I will be doing in the group. Ie I won't be anonymous. There does sometimes seem to be argy-bargy beyond the usual inter-office relationships (not shouting-matches, but close ..) and my fear is that whatever I will sign will be enforced. While the Notice is unenforceable, withdrawal of payment for the final month and refusal of accrued-holiday-pay could be followed through upon by them.
Yes and yes though most people just waited out the 3 monthsWere there the payment clauses in that contract? Were those enforced?
Three months termination of employment notice is effectively unenforceable. Yours is probably an American company (just a guess) which has more laws and regulations than you would get in our constitution. You will see that the "three month rule" can actually be more i.e. the last day of the full third month following your letter of resignation. If I were you I would not panic (you are being well paid after all despite what your "co-workers" will be earning).
Another Guess:- Americans (It is likely you'll be calling them, The Yanks) like to do things big and fast. I reckon that once you've submitted your letter of resignation the following morning, (at latest) you'll be marched to your desk by Security and allowed to take away some personal items only, then almost frog-marched to the lift . . . sorry elevator and assisted in your last current working act through the Exit door (watched from above through closed window blinds). You, of course, will be paid for the three months.
In companies where there staff are high value they are treated very well. There are very few US multinationals left in Ireland where the employees are low value-add.Having worked for a number of American multinationals, and being in IT, knowing many more who work across the major players, I've no idea where you're getting most of this from. There are exceptions of course, but they generally treat staff well, hence the lack of desire for those workforces to unionise.
The moral of this story, or any issue around employer/employee relationships,is that if you want to be valued then make yourself valuable.
And you don’t have to take the job but from the employers perspective it is not unreasonable to look for long notice periods from key employees so that their business is not adversely effected by sudden departures. As a group you should be happy with this as it makes such a shock to the business less likely and so makes everyone’s job more secure. As long as there is similar notice periods from their side and you are well paid and well treated then it is fair and reasonable. As I said, you don’t have to take the job but if you do then you should have enough personal integrity to honour what you sign up to.That's my point, NOT. The CEO has a 6-months notice built in apparently, and the other higher-paids have similar clauses. I don't want this.
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