Hello once again. Hopefully this will be the last/one of the last few posts about the nightmare that is my company.
So I’ve been in japan since March on this year, started working here in May. It’s been been just shy of 6 months since I’ve started working. Today I handed in my resignation letter via email (boss is abroad) and I get a barrage of messages on LINE/WhatsApp saying they won’t accept my resignation. They’re smart enough to not respond to the email to make it seem like they weren’t made aware of it I guess.
As far as I’m aware, giving two weeks notice as a seishain is completely legal and they can’t do anything about me leaving like penalties and what not. I plan to go to the labor office on Monday next week for some advice, but any advice here from someone who’s experienced this would be great.
I’ve seen there are other posts on here regarding the same issue but I always find legal writing a bit harder to understand.
From what I Guage from Article 627 of the Civil code is that since I’m employed as a seishain (I’m hoping that’s the same as “parties have not specified the terms of employment”) I should be okay right?
Thanks for the help. Sorry for the repeated question. Have a good weekend everyone!
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Screenshot those messages asap. Next, reply-all the email and ask to discuss them.
First check your contract how much time does it say you need before you can resign. Usually it’s a month.
After a month just stop going, definitely have something lined up
What does your contract say about resigning?
In all practicality, nothing would happen if you metaphorically flipped them the bird and left just after 2 weeks.
By definition, breaking any rule in an employment contract at worst nullifies it, a.k.a. you break the minimum notice rule (or any other company rule), they have the right to cancel the employment contract and fire you. They cannot fine you and trying to sue you for lost business would be overwhelmingly difficult.
The only case where you might want to give the proper notice and not get fired is if they offered some kind of severance pay/bonus. But if that’s not on the table, then you have nothing to lose.
Can I just add that being connected to one’s *boss* on Line and WhatsApp is the blurring of a boundary that I would rather keep very clear?