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Surrrr

2 Dec 2022

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What’s the difference between “he gave his notice” and “he gave in his notice”?

Can “to give one’s notice” be used both by a boss and by a worker? Or “to give one’s notice” is for employers, and “to give in one’s’ notice” is for employees?

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newenglandgenie

2 Dec 2022

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Any employee can give notice

I gave notice last week to my boss
I gave my notice last week

We don’t generally say give IN notice but I have heard it

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newenglandgenie

2 Dec 2022

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Any employee can give notice

I gave notice last week to my boss
I gave my notice last week

We don’t generally say give IN notice but I have heard it

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Surrrr

2 Dec 2022

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@newenglandgenie Got it. Thank you very much!

So both employers and employees can give notice when they want fire someone or resign.

newenglandgenie

2 Dec 2022

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Everyone who has a boss can give notice. Giving notice is resigning. Being fired is not giving notice.

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Surrrr

2 Dec 2022

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@newenglandgenie Ohh, thank you very much for clearing it up. I feel tricked by the dictionary😅 And may I ask one more thing? Is it used the same way when it refers to “notice sb about sth”? For example,
1. I gave notice to my boss that I need to ask for leave next week.
2. I gave my notice to my boss that I need to ask for leave next week.

newenglandgenie

2 Dec 2022

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Giving notice means resigning. If you’re asking for vacation days off you just “ask for time off”.

If your boss gives you notice, he’s firing you or laying you off.

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What’s the difference between “he gave his notice” and “he gave in his notice”?

Can “to give one’s notice” be used both by a boss and by a worker? Or “to give one’s notice” is for employers, and “to give in one’s’ notice” is for employees?

What’s the difference between “he gave his notice” and “he gave in his notice”?Can “to give one’s notice” be used both by a boss and by a worker? Or “to give one’s notice” is for employers, and “to give in one’s’ notice” is for employees? See a translation

Any employee can give notice I gave notice last week to my bossI gave my notice last week We don’t generally say give IN notice but I have heard it

Any employee can give notice I gave notice last week to my bossI gave my notice last week We don’t generally say give IN notice but I have heard it

Everyone who has a boss can give notice. Giving notice is resigning. Being fired is not giving notice.

Giving notice means resigning. If you’re asking for vacation days off you just “ask for time off”. If your boss gives you notice, he’s firing you or laying you off.

What’s the difference between “he gave his notice” and “he gave in his notice”?

Can “to give one’s notice” be used both by a boss and by a worker? Or “to give one’s notice” is for employers, and “to give in one’s’ notice” is for employees?

Any employee can give notice

I gave notice last week to my boss
I gave my notice last week

We don’t generally say give IN notice but I have heard it

Any employee can give notice

I gave notice last week to my boss
I gave my notice last week

We don’t generally say give IN notice but I have heard it

Giving notice means resigning. If you’re asking for vacation days off you just “ask for time off”.

If your boss gives you notice, he’s firing you or laying you off.