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  Texan here, I’ve only ever put a two week notice in once in my entire 16 years of work. 
  First day into my two weeks notice (pest control) they scheduled me with 240 miles of driving with only 8 services, checking the route for the next day; more or less the same. 
  Like a true professional I finished all 8 of those services, drove home, washed all uniforms and neatly folded them inside of company truck, drove work truck to work shop, left the keys in the gas cap and never answered their phone calls again. 
  I’d wager most of us don’t bother with a two week notice, we give ‘em the two day notice, as in two day you’ll notice I don’t work here anymore.
context: In Iceland a company has to tell you 3 months in advance if they are going to fire you so you have time to find a new job.
  Edit: vice versa for the employee if quitting. >
  
  I swear every time there’s some US work topic I hear about a European country where the issue is non exist and completely reasonable >
  
  Wait until you hear about the maternity leave. I get 6 months, wife gets 6 months and we get another 3 months to share between us. On maternity leave you have 80% salary
  With kids I also now have 6 months of sick days per year and I've got 30 days of summer leave all on full pay.
  Government also gives us 8 thousand dollars, 4 thousand each, throughout the year until the kid turns 18.
  Work will also pay for any education that could benefit you in your field.
  All that plus the free Healthcare makes paying more taxes pretty okay, even though it kinda hurts to see your paycheck go from 10 thousand a month down to 5-6 thousand. >
  
  do people who don't want to have kids get anything? >
  
  They get the same, just minus the child payments and a few lesser sick days. >
  
  In German law, a notice period is always binding for both the employer and the employee, and cannot be different. >
  
  Same in Australia - if you are let go by your employer the employer will need to let you work out the “notice” period OR pay you out the equivalent if they want you gone. >
  
  Can employee pay employer also if they they want to cease employment abruptly? >
  
  My company tells you to hit the road when you put in two weeks >
  
  I have always said the same! >
  
  Ok but normally you get fired because you’ve done something bad. Why would they keep you around? 
  Being laid off yes notice should be given, but normally pay is given in lieu of that notice >
  
  This seems like a very popular opinion!
  But it's also worth understanding that most Americans receive two weeks of severance pay. It's not mandated by law and many retail or restaurant jobs won't do it. But most other jobs will give you a check worth two weeks of wages if they fire you, to be equivalent of a two weeks notice. They generally don't want you to be present in the workplace anymore because upset people can sometimes cause problems. Once when I put in a two weeks notice they asked me to leave immediately but continued to pay me as if I worked my last two weeks. It was like I got an extra holiday before my new job started. >
  
  No, that's incorrect. Most people don't get any kind of severance. Maybe a few, but that's usually reserved for upper level management. Most workers are paid hourly and just get fired. >
  
  In India, we have notice period of 2-3 months. Imagine that. >
  
  I just call in sick for the 2 weeks. >
  
  That probably wouldn't look good to your next potential employer >
  
  How would they even know? >
  
  Generally your new employer will call your old boss to ask about you >
  
  Whome legally arnt allowed to say anything bad about you (UK) also when you write your references you don't give them the contact details of somome who would talk shit about you. >
  
  You could leave the job off of your resume but then there would be an obvious gap in your employment history and they would get curious. So if a new employer calls your old boss there and asks if they left in good term they legally aren't allowed to say? >
  
  Or so I was told. The best thing is your boss is whoever you say it is on your CV.