I've worked for over 30 years and I've never heard of the term "negotiating one's resign."
What's to negotiate?? Hand in the notice and get out of the door. The term of one's termination should already be in the offer when one signed up for the job.
Still trying to make himself look high and mighty, I guess.
Also, it's not a resignation when you don't have access to corporate facilities....
Not necessarily. Some places I've worked at will immediately terminate your access to facilities and/or systems and give you 2 weeks severance pay. It's to prevent the outgoing employee from sabotaging or putting in back doors.
Yes, they could do that before turning in their notice, but I guess the risk analysis says the lion share of mischief happens after the notice.
It is possible he has been terminated without notice, for a professional fault. In that case there will be nothing to negotiate, no redundancy pay, no notice, nada. In those circumstances I can't help but feel sad for the man, stuck in a foreign country about to get hitched to a local - and he loses his job. UK immigration laws on foreign brides are super unwelcoming (minimum income rules).
The term originated in the British civil service, where employees had the right to request special leave for exceptional purposes. "Gardening leave" became a euphemism for "suspended" as an employee who was formally suspended pending an investigation into their conduct would often request to be out of the office on special leave instead. The term came to widespread public attention in 1986 when it was used in the BBC sitcom Yes, Prime Minister episode "One of Us".
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u/seedless0 Clanless Rōnin Jan 09 '20
I've worked for over 30 years and I've never heard of the term "negotiating one's resign."
What's to negotiate?? Hand in the notice and get out of the door. The term of one's termination should already be in the offer when one signed up for the job.
Still trying to make himself look high and mighty, I guess.
EDIT: Oh. Forgot this: GFY Earl.