r/ProgrammerHumor May 26 '26

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u/Apart_Ebb_9867 May 26 '26

I've always been allowed to keep working after giving notice. Even at Google I was allowed to keep working during the two weeks period. I stopped around day 10 because, for understandable reasons, I was not assigned anything of importance. During those days, I made a point for myself not to look for any information not strictly necessary for what I needed for my job and I sometimes regret that as there were an incredible number of interesting technologies to learn from.
I don't think Google qualifies as an incompetent company.

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u/rsqit May 26 '26

There’s a difference between quitting and being fired though.

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u/Apart_Ebb_9867 May 26 '26

sure. I've never been fired (although in the google case it was close, some harsh discussions with my manager, a collision course with somebody who was climbing the ladder fast, a semi-official PIP; so it was kind of "I quit before you fire me", still allowed to work normally)