Dear all.
I am no HR person and, hence, I have followed the discussions with interest. I can only quote two examples from my experience, which are like two ends of a long stick.
The first experience is from India. I submitted my resignation to a Govt organisation years ago, as I had obtained an Employment Voucher that enabled me to migrate to the UK. My boss insisted that I served my notice period and was forced to forego even my earned leave. As I had worked for less than 5 years I lost my PF, etc.
The second in the UK. I joined a firm and I was employed only for 3 months and hardly was given any work to do, as the Production Manager who employed me had left the firm. To cut the story short, the company which had been taken over by an American one, asked me to wait till the new Manager came. The new manager was less qualified than me academically and did not see any role for me. The company had every right to terminate me with just a months notice. However, when I told them the hardship that they had put me through for no fault of my own, they agreed to pay me another months salary and gave me time off work to go for intervies whenever I wanted. Most American firms have a reputation of "Hire and Fire" organisations. But as the management was British they still had that human touch.
So, it all depends upon whether one wants to have that human touch or flex the muscles, even if they my be in the wrong.
I am no HR person and, hence, I have followed the discussions with interest. I can only quote two examples from my experience, which are like two ends of a long stick.
The first experience is from India. I submitted my resignation to a Govt organisation years ago, as I had obtained an Employment Voucher that enabled me to migrate to the UK. My boss insisted that I served my notice period and was forced to forego even my earned leave. As I had worked for less than 5 years I lost my PF, etc.
The second in the UK. I joined a firm and I was employed only for 3 months and hardly was given any work to do, as the Production Manager who employed me had left the firm. To cut the story short, the company which had been taken over by an American one, asked me to wait till the new Manager came. The new manager was less qualified than me academically and did not see any role for me. The company had every right to terminate me with just a months notice. However, when I told them the hardship that they had put me through for no fault of my own, they agreed to pay me another months salary and gave me time off work to go for intervies whenever I wanted. Most American firms have a reputation of "Hire and Fire" organisations. But as the management was British they still had that human touch.
So, it all depends upon whether one wants to have that human touch or flex the muscles, even if they my be in the wrong.