My contract has a 3 week clause in it, but my colleague with
the same contract left with a 1 week notice. I do not think these
contracts are really enforceable that much (BTW, I am in WA state which
is an 'at will' state).
ski
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 18:01:50 -0400 "Patrick Gallagher"
<email@hidden> wrote:
> On 9/29/07, Jaime Kikpole <email@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for the off-topic post, but I could really use some
> > advise.
> >
> > My job just asked me to sign an employment contract for the
> > first time. There is a clause that requires that I give 30 days
> > notice if I switch to another job. That was *after* talking them
> > down from 60 days. My superintendent claims that this is standard
> > practice, but I've never given more than 2 weeks notice at any
> > other job. (Usually even less.)
>
>
> As far as I know, every state is "at will employment" and we are all
> free to leave when we want (they can also fire you for no reason as
> long as it's not for race, religion....). I don't think they can
> "require" you to give any notice, but they can say that you will not
> be eligible for rehire which would hurt your chances for a good
> referral later. I don't think it is unreasonable for them to want 30
> days, especially if you're in a role that would be hard to replace
> and/or you would have to train your replacement.
>
> Are they threatening to withhold anything if you don't give 30 days
> notice? There are some cases if your employer puts you through
> training, they can require you stay for a certain amount of time or
> you have to pay back the training costs, but that's usually a
> contract before you attend training and for a longer period of time
> (commonly 1 year).
>
> Is anyone else under a contract like that? Any feedback is
> > appreciated.
>
>
> I've never had a "contract", just a mention of how much time they
> wanted in an employee handbook which also went hand in hand with the
> whole "at will employment" thing. I was even at one employer that
> would fire a sales person if they were going to a competitor (I
> worked for CDW at the time) and would be ineligible for rehire.
>
>
>
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connected to the entire universe" John Muir
Chris "Ski" Kacoroski, email@hidden, 206-501-9803
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