I think loyalty needs to go both ways. I recently quit a job of 16 years for a better one. My old employer has a policy of keeping any vacation pay/time and any other bennys once notice is given. So why would someone give them notice? I kept my mouth shut took 3 weeks vaction and the pay while working my new job to see if I liked it before I actually quit my old job. Why burn a bridge prematurely? It was their own policies of screwing the employee that made my decision for me. They expect someone to throw thousands of dollars down the crapper just to give them 2 weeks? Right.
