Staff resignations

[scott]

Some people have to resign as they don't get long enough to post away
at HxL you get 3 weeks like posting away, 4-6 months is abit extreme especially if they resign for that reason

It's not just HabboxLive it is Habbox staff policy that if you're going to be away for more than 3 weeks then you have to resign

[Gina]

It's not just HabboxLive it is Habbox staff policy that if you're going to be away for more than 3 weeks then you have to resign

Ive only read the hxl one so I was unsure but yeh

[Chippiewill]

It's not just HabboxLive it is Habbox staff policy that if you're going to be away for more than 3 weeks then you have to resign

I like how this means you can't just go on leave for exams which I'd have thought is the (or one of the) primary reason for most to go on leave.

[scott]

I like how this means you can't just go on leave for exams which I'd have thought is the (or one of the) primary reason for most to go on leave.

I'm sure most departments will be a bit more lenient during the exam period, I know I was with Moderators!

[Samantha]

What I hate mainly is when say three people resigned months ago and then applications are open. You then see '[department] staff changes' and 3 slots are filled with those who resigned the months before therefore filling those slots up again and making less applications worthy of getting in.

However, I feel that if you resign from a department for whatever reason, say it's an holiday or somethings cropped up and you are not sure how long you will be away then I feel posting away is more suitable. However, of course if you have lost interest for the department then by all means resign but I'm sure you can't lose interest then be fully motivated to be in the department again in one day, unless you are having an off day.

[-:Undertaker:-]

How ridiculous is this idea thats being floated, why do we need more rules on this forum when most complain about it being over-regulated? why do managers, who usually know how to run their department best/what staff changes need to be made, need to have a pointless rule added so that every couple of days they have to check if they can allow somebody back? I can't think of anything more annoying, time consuming and just pointless than this rule. I may urgently need staff, yet I wouldn't be able to hire a member who's ready to return 'because hes 7 days out of the limit' - can anbody else see what a total waste of time this along with being a waste of talent for the site?

Here's an idea and its an idea that usually gives the best results; let the managers decide how to run their own departments and what staff they can/don't want to hire. I think sometimes people on here forget that Habbox is not a business, its voluntary and that every minute of time that somebody spares for this website is doing it for the website. On complications that will most likely arise; what about school work? family problems? busy social life? it just opens a pandoras box that then results in pointless PMs between senior management and the management of individual departments.

Sometimes I think some people sit on their PC, open up the feedback forum and think of rules they can suggest for the hell of it.

[AgnesIO]

It's not just HabboxLive it is Habbox staff policy that if you're going to be away for more than 3 weeks then you have to resign

I don't agree with that though to be honest.

I mean, I know not many people do, but some people go away for more than three weeks?

[nvrspk4]

If they have other commitments like the exam period, can't they go on official leave rather than resign? Afterall, it seems a few just left for the exams and didn't want to actually leave their duties so maybe you could change their title or have them change their profile to reflect if they are absent or on extended leave. It's just odd that they leave and expect to come back immediately, it's not very respectful

Absolutely. They used to be allowed up to four (I guess now 3) weeks, and otherwise they had to resign. To address the above posts and others saying, why that time period? For most jobs the applications/recs/whatever will reopen by that time, and they can hire a new staff member for that month. In the period of a month, someone will probably resign. Therefore the department isn't understaffed for that long, but the staff member still will be taken back once they're back from exams.

Exceptions may be made for positions like Super Mod where you don't just "return" to Super Mod, but they may be deactivated for a month or however long if they say they need time off and plan to come back, and then return to their position. But when you're reaching 3 months+, you're out of touch with the dept as is and there's no reason for them to be reserving a SMOD spot for you.

These are a combination of what we did and suggestions of what I think might be good to do. They're not necessarily the current policy - I'm not up to date on that but I think Matt, Scott, and some of the other managers have given you an idea of what their policies are.

[Samantha]

I don't agree with that though to be honest.

I mean, I know not many people do, but some people go away for more than three weeks?

Yeah they do, I know one person on extended leave right now and I feel that it's ok, if you can cope without them for the duration of their away time then why can't they be away for longer. If they are dedicated to the department and do not wish to leave to say start at the bottom again then why should they?

I feel this only occurs though when it is an emergency whereby they need to be excused straight away etc but 3 weeks is usually enough as most holidays that people take are only two week anyway so in that case it isn't a problem same with some illnesses.

[Tom]

A few posts made on the first page is what I was going to put (not read the second page as I feel enough was outspoken on the first).

Personally, I actually believe when you resign - you should at least have a 30-40 day period before you can return, if you want. If left and caught at another fan site, maybe they should re-apply? As they can't just come and go as they choose.

It's been said about other commitments, I agree with this. If they need to do GCSEs, A Levels etc they should be able to have an 'Official Leave' which will last about a month/month and a half and probably would be just reduced activity? As if you're revising etc you wouldn't be revising for 10 hours after college or whatever.

On the other hand, it's also really up to the manager on how they run their department, if they want to let people resign then re-hire if they wish to, then they should be able too. It's their department, if they do/don't want a certain member they should be able to take action. Let them run it on their own then if their department becomes overflowed etc. it's then their problem to sort it.