The manager is almost always better off by letting the departing employee off immediately to hedge risk. You pay him for the two weeks, and let him sit at home.
What I find most puzzling is why announce the resignation via email? This is almost always best done face to face, or at least via phone. Doing this electronically strikes me as immature.
If someone's resigned rather than been fired or made redundant, they'll already have had plenty of time to do that, won't they?
"What I find most puzzling is why announce the resignation via email? This is almost always best done face to face, or at least via phone. Doing this electronically strikes me as immature."
I agree that handing in your resignation is best done in person, maybe it's an age thing.