Why is it that, as an employee, it's customary to give a two week notice, but the same doesn't apply to the employer?

I put in my two weeks notice today and was told I should just leave at the end of the week. I was showing respect to the company and my co-workers by giving them notice and not just walking out the door and not coming back. I'm glad I had already found a new job. It bothers me though that I told them I needed to put in my notice and couldn't start for two weeks and now I am going to be out of a job for those two weeks.

It seems wrong that companies can show such little respect to their workers and cut them off like they were never there. I can understand if you break a rule or something that would require immediate removal. If it's just not working out, shouldn't you get the same notice from your employer to find a new job that they expect from you to find a new employee?
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Ticker is right. The time of courtesy is a thing of the past. My advice to anywone would be to have a new job before you even hint that you might leave the old one.

Ever apologize in public?

It takes seven seconds for food to pass from mouth to stomach.

A human hair can hold 3 kg.

The length of the penis is three times the length of the thumb.

The femur is as hard as concrete.

A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.

Women blink twice as much as men.

We use 300 muscles just to keep our balance when we stand.

The woman has just finished reading this..
..the man is still staring at his thumb.


Knowledge.
It's.
Contagious.

M.

Anyone else have it happen to them on this site? Woman comes on strong, says everything you want to hear, somehow manages to get into your life, then turns out to be a liar cheatt and thief. I met a woman on this site who did this...and I know at least 3 other women she did it to as well...How do you protect yourself?