So far, 18 states have fully signed on. Those include Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. Twenty-two other states, including California, Illinois and Texas, have moved in this direction.
taking into account the handful of states that do not have sales taxes, if the proposal is implemented the number of states you'll have to charge tax on will probably be between 30 and 40. which is why i used the text '30 or more'.
Really, if the company decided to cancel the project, do you think that they would have paid you for the duration of the 6 months, or would they have given you 2 weeks' of pay and sent you out the door?
Probably not, since i was a full-time employee and frequently worked on projects that took months to complete and implement.
My point was that (to me) it's not professional to leave the company 'in the lurch' on a big project. it would seem to be more professional to say to them, "i'm planning on leaving, how long do you need me to train my replacement and bring everyone up to speed?" in a case like that 2 weeks is probably not sufficient.
about 2 years ago i resigned from my full-time job w/ 2-weeks notice. i thought 2 weeks was sufficient since i wasn't in the middle of a 6-month project or anything. i telecommuted, and had daily tasks to handle, so my access was not 'cut off' until after i left (i assume - i never tried to ssh back in after i was gone). their attitude was not very cordial, as no one spoke to or emailed me during the last 2 weeks and no exit interview was given.
now, if i had given 2 weeks in the middle of a 6-month project.......well, that seems like it would've been unprofessional.
of course, since i knew 2 months prior the exact date i was turning in my resignation, i had plenty of time to get what i needed - like the email where my project manager explained why i was an employee and not an independent contractor - which came in handy when they told the irs they didn't withhold my taxes because i was an independent contractor.
come to think of it, telling me 'c-ya' and giving 2 weeks pay would've been nice, since the last 2 weeks of working in isolation was kinda weird.
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So far, 18 states have fully signed on. Those include Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. Twenty-two other states, including California, Illinois and Texas, have moved in this direction.
taking into account the handful of states that do not have sales taxes, if the proposal is implemented the number of states you'll have to charge tax on will probably be between 30 and 40. which is why i used the text '30 or more'.
Really, if the company decided to cancel the project, do you think that they would have paid you for the duration of the 6 months, or would they have given you 2 weeks' of pay and sent you out the door?
Probably not, since i was a full-time employee and frequently worked on projects that took months to complete and implement.
My point was that (to me) it's not professional to leave the company 'in the lurch' on a big project. it would seem to be more professional to say to them, "i'm planning on leaving, how long do you need me to train my replacement and bring everyone up to speed?" in a case like that 2 weeks is probably not sufficient.
about 2 years ago i resigned from my full-time job w/ 2-weeks notice. i thought 2 weeks was sufficient since i wasn't in the middle of a 6-month project or anything. i telecommuted, and had daily tasks to handle, so my access was not 'cut off' until after i left (i assume - i never tried to ssh back in after i was gone). their attitude was not very cordial, as no one spoke to or emailed me during the last 2 weeks and no exit interview was given.
now, if i had given 2 weeks in the middle of a 6-month project.......well, that seems like it would've been unprofessional.
of course, since i knew 2 months prior the exact date i was turning in my resignation, i had plenty of time to get what i needed - like the email where my project manager explained why i was an employee and not an independent contractor - which came in handy when they told the irs they didn't withhold my taxes because i was an independent contractor.
come to think of it, telling me 'c-ya' and giving 2 weeks pay would've been nice, since the last 2 weeks of working in isolation was kinda weird.