How a Two-Week Notice Period Became a Hiring Edge

Hiring & Firing with Fexingo: Recruitment, Performance, and Workforce Decisions · Aug 22, 2026 · 11m · transcript

In Episode 167 of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore why a growing number of companies are shortening or eliminating the two-week notice period—and how that shift is reshaping hiring strategies. They dig into a specific case: a mid-sized software firm that cut its notice period from four weeks to two, and how that move boosted offer acceptance rates by 15 percent while improving candidate quality. The episode examines the costs of long notice periods, the rise of 'notice buyouts,' and how employers are using flexibility around start dates as a competitive…