Over the past past 30+ years, I've resigned, walked out (don't do this!), been 'laid-off', rifted, terminated... At least a couple of times. In the 60's and 70's depending on whether or not you worked for a "secure" facility, any termination (yours or theirs) would get you 5 Min's to gather your personals (under security supervision)and an escort off-site, or a discussion with your "boss", HR exit interview and send-off party. We (mainframe techs) tended to move around a lot - followed the money.
In the 80's companies started to realize the amount of agony a dissatisfied "techie" could cause. Most organizations started to class anyone who had "root" access as a "high-risk" employee. That meant that if you resigned, and gave 2 weeks notice - you would be taking that 2 weeks at home. You most likely would have a couple of exit interviews, but yes, you would immediately loose all access to any corporate system.
And it's not going to change. Distributed systems only expose more of the "corporate asset" to mal-treatment. Sure, you could do anything you wanted - and then resign, but that's neither professional or proper. When you go to work for a company, you enter into a contract - written or not. You agree to do some work, at a certain level, and the company agrees to pay a certain amount. As long as both parties conform, all is well.
When you resign, you are terminating the contract/agreement and should realize that you will be treated in a manner that will protect the other party. Just be thankful that you weren't subjected to the dreaded "escort service".
BTW, I've been "laid-off" on Monday, escorted off-site, and back with a raise on Wednesday. If you are truly professional, strive to excel, you will always be treated professionally.
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Over the past past 30+ years, I've resigned, walked out (don't do this!), been 'laid-off', rifted, terminated... At least a couple of times. In the 60's and 70's depending on whether or not you worked for a "secure" facility, any termination (yours or theirs) would get you 5 Min's to gather your personals (under security supervision)and an escort off-site, or a discussion with your "boss", HR exit interview and send-off party. We (mainframe techs) tended to move around a lot - followed the money. In the 80's companies started to realize the amount of agony a dissatisfied "techie" could cause. Most organizations started to class anyone who had "root" access as a "high-risk" employee. That meant that if you resigned, and gave 2 weeks notice - you would be taking that 2 weeks at home. You most likely would have a couple of exit interviews, but yes, you would immediately loose all access to any corporate system. And it's not going to change. Distributed systems only expose more of the "corporate asset" to mal-treatment. Sure, you could do anything you wanted - and then resign, but that's neither professional or proper. When you go to work for a company, you enter into a contract - written or not. You agree to do some work, at a certain level, and the company agrees to pay a certain amount. As long as both parties conform, all is well. When you resign, you are terminating the contract/agreement and should realize that you will be treated in a manner that will protect the other party. Just be thankful that you weren't subjected to the dreaded "escort service". BTW, I've been "laid-off" on Monday, escorted off-site, and back with a raise on Wednesday. If you are truly professional, strive to excel, you will always be treated professionally.