I am not saying going back to the same job, I am saying working with the same people at a new job. All of my former bosses have tried to recruit me to any new company they move to, and that is partly because I am always professional if I leave a company.
I have zero loyalty to a company, but I have loyalty to my coworkers.
Not giving a 2 week notice is not unprofessional. And if you don't get recruited/"a good recommendation" from them for it, chances are that bridge burning was worthwhile.
So giving zero notice is not unprofessional? I have a ton of important things I am doing at work, if I left without doing any work to transition that work to new people, it is going to put all the people at my company in a tough position. They could figure it out eventually, but it would be a lot of extra work for my coworkers that could be avoided if I spent two weeks working with the team to transition the work.
I am not saying they wouldn’t survive without the two week notice, that isn’t the same as saying it wouldn’t be difficult. Same with my death. I am sure that would be hard on my team.
I don’t understand your position. Any time a coworker leaves, it is hard to deal with. That doesn’t mean people shouldn’t leave or that anything is being done wrong; if someone leaving causes ZERO difficulties, then why were they employed in the first place? It shouldn’t be devastating, but it should matter when someone leaves.
I am just saying as a professional who cares about my coworkers, I want to do right by them when I leave. Just like a good company has a severance package for layoffs, a good professional will have a transition period when they leave a company. If you despise the companies you work for so much that you won’t do the smallest thing to help them when you leave, I feel very bad for you. That sounds like miserable working conditions.
I get paid good money to be a professional, and I take that responsibility seriously. I don’t think my company owns me, but the fair trade for my salary is to act like a professional, which includes giving two weeks notice when you leave.
This attitude has done me very well in my 20 year career, and I have a huge network of former coworkers and bosses who know they can trust me if they hire me, and that has lead to very good jobs for good pay and the ability to choose exactly where I work.
My position is that in the US at least we're an at-will employment country. Companies very rarely give notice of termination, it's usually on the spot. While yes if you want to give notice, go right ahead, but lets stop shaming people for treating companies the same way they treat us.
I have zero loyalty to a company, but I have loyalty to my coworkers.