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Low point - the day I was let go from a job I was at for 8 years. The company made the promise (we signed papers) that if the company ever sold, we'd get a (sma

Low point - the day I was let go from a job I was at for 8 years. The company made the promise (we signed papers) that if the company ever sold, we'd get a (small) cut of it - which is the only reason i stayed so long. I reported directly to the owners (of a 750 employee company) and never once thought I'd get let go (this is a few years ago when the economy was doing worse then it is now and it was a financial company) Had I known I was so easily expendable - I'd have left years before to get some variety (I was a systems admin / programmer) High point - 6 months ago - got our first real corporate sponsor for my side project. Not enough to leave our day jobs, but enough to prove what we're doing isn't a waste of time and make life a bit nicer. responsibilities - anything and everything related to IT / Programming / DB Admin / Design / UI, etc... Side project started about a year before I got let go from that low point job - so about 4 years in the making.

rahimnathwani 11y ago
"The company made the promise (we signed papers) that if the company ever sold, we'd get a (small) cut of it - which is the only reason i stayed so long." Was this agreement only good for the time you were an employee? Was the company ever sold?
- lsiunsuex 11y ago
  Yes - only while employed - received documents i had to sign after termination saying it was voided. I drive by on occasion and still talk to a few people from there - never sold to my knowledge.
  - rahimnathwani 11y ago
    "received documents i had to sign after termination saying it was voided" Why did you have to sign any documents after termination? What did you stand to gain by signing those documents (or stand to lose, by not signing them)? It's usual to sign a contract only if both sides get something out of it (whether money, a promise to do (or not do) something, ...). In many jurisdictions, a contract is void if this isn't the case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consideration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consideration

rahimnathwani 11y ago

"The company made the promise (we signed papers) that if the company ever sold, we'd get a (small) cut of it - which is the only reason i stayed so long." Was this agreement only good for the time you were an employee? Was the company ever sold?

lsiunsuex 11y ago
Yes - only while employed - received documents i had to sign after termination saying it was voided. I drive by on occasion and still talk to a few people from there - never sold to my knowledge.
- rahimnathwani 11y ago
  "received documents i had to sign after termination saying it was voided" Why did you have to sign any documents after termination? What did you stand to gain by signing those documents (or stand to lose, by not signing them)? It's usual to sign a contract only if both sides get something out of it (whether money, a promise to do (or not do) something, ...). In many jurisdictions, a contract is void if this isn't the case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consideration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consideration