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>They offered only 2 weeks of severance. It sucks for him, but I hope he learns in future not to sign bad contracts. A day's notice and 2 weeks severance is su
by nextlevelwizard 9y ago
>They offered only 2 weeks of severance.
It sucks for him, but I hope he learns in future not to sign bad contracts. A day's notice and 2 weeks severance is super bad and I would not have signed it unless the pay was extremely good, as in so good I wouldn't have to worry about getting another job straight away.
EDIT: based on the downvotes many people here could use this advice: DO NOT SIGN BAD CONTRACTS!
- dmode 9y agoThe downvotes are probably due to the fact that there are no contracts in the states. It is at will employment
- nextlevelwizard 9y agoLOL no wonder things are so fucked up around there. In rest of the civilized world unions and contracts keep work force safe. Here it is literally illegal to do what happened for the OP's friend (unless he had been employed for less than 12 months).
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- tyingq 9y agoNot everyone is in a position to negotiate terms. Very few in the US would have that kind of leverage.
- nextlevelwizard 9y agoThat is pretty common, dare I say almost a human right. It is suddenly becoming clear to me why people in America hate capitalism. I just thought it was bunch of lazy fucks who didn't want to work, but if you are regularly allowing employers to get away with shit like this, then it's no wonder.
- sctb 9y agoCould you please post more civilly and thoughtfully? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- nextlevelwizard 9y agono