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I have no insight on managerial type positions. But am just commenting on the white collar job statements.
I've worked in Federal government contracting for most of my career. I've done lab research work to IT positions. The "standard" for these positions have and always is 2 weeks. My last position I was in before my current job was at a large defense contracting company where I was a key person on the project I was working on. The government tried to talk me out of leaving along with my company. I decided to still leave. They asked if I could stay longer than the two weeks to help get things situated as I was responsible for and designed a critical IT infrastructure. I agreed. It was a month. At the end of the month, I still hadn't finished everything I needed, and the government asked if I could stay another week or two. I asked my new employer if they would be ok with this. My manager said in the interest of providing good will to the US Government, they agreed but said I need to make this the last extension. I worked till the end of the extension without any drama.
Now being in the government contracting world for about 20 years, I can say I've seen the whole range of notices. While 2 weeks was the standard, some people were disgruntled enough to give less than that. Companies would some times give their workers 2 weeks to about a month to find other work in the company or some where else if they're contract position was coming to an end. Some companies would just meet you the day of and pull you into the office, explain you're laid off and then escort you out the door. Some provided severance some didn't...no matter how long you were with the company.
Now I'm working for a large IT vendor. I've seen the same two weeks notice standard for my peers all of whom are very senior. Some were able to work till the end of the 2 weeks. Some were asked to leave immediately when the person divulged they were leaving for a competitor.
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