In this section, we describe our procedures regarding resignation and termination of our employees. We also refer to our progressive discipline process that may sometimes result in termination.
We remind you that in the U.S. employment is "at-will." This means that you or our company may terminate our employment relationship at any time and for any non-discriminatory reason.
Here we outline steps we will take to address employee misconduct. We want to give employees a chance to correct their behavior when possible and assist them in doing so. We also want to ensure that we thoroughly investigate and handle serious offenses.
Our progressive discipline process has three steps of increasing severity. These steps are:
Pointing out a performance issue is not necessarily a verbal warning and may be part of your regular feedback.
Managers may skip or repeat steps at their discretion. Our company may treat circumstances differently from that described in this policy. But, we are always obliged to act fairly and lawfully and document every stage of our progressive discipline process.
Keep in mind that our company isn't obliged to follow the steps of our progressive discipline process. As you are employed "at-will" in the U.S, we may terminate you directly without launching a progressive discipline process. For serious offenses, we may terminate you without warning.
You resign when you voluntarily inform your manager that you will stop working for our company. We also consider you resigned if you don't come to work for three consecutive days without notice.
You are not obliged to give us advance notice before resigning. But, for efficiency's sake, and to make sure our workplace runs smoothly, we ask that you give at least two weeks notice, if possible. If you hold a highly specialized or executive position, we ask that you give us at least a month's notice, when possible.
We accept verbal resignations, but we prefer that you submit a written and signed notice of resignation for our HR records. We will reply with an acceptance of resignation letter within two days. Management will announce resignations unless otherwise agreed upon.
You can resign anytime at your own free will and nobody should force you into resignation. Forcing someone into resigning (directly or indirectly) is constructive dismissal and we won't tolerate it. Specifically, we prohibit employees from: