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I had something similar happen when I was working overseas. I originally agreed to work 3 months on, 1 month off. The 3 months on were 90 days straight, no wee
by reaperman 3y ago
I had something similar happen when I was working overseas. I originally agreed to work 3 months on, 1 month off. The 3 months on were 90 days straight, no weekends or holidays. Then I’d get a month of no work to go home, renew my visa, and spend as I please.
They changed it to 3 months on, 2 weeks off. Fully intending people would quit due to the untenable schedule and they could avoid paying severance / deferred benefits.
Domestically, we really should have some kind of consideration for this. At minimum allow people who quit to collect unemployment benefits or something, and trigger any contractual severance clauses (which are fairly rare, I’ve never been offered a contract with one outside of that overseas job).
Should also trigger things like California’s WARN act. I know they've changed it a bit to address things like this, but not quite sure what the details of that change is.
- tuatoru 3y agoHow is "they changed it" a thing? Is a contract not a contract, a legally enforced agreement binding both parties?
- reaperman 3y agoThe 3 months on, 1 months off part was not specified in the contract. I didn't have any leverage to ask for modifications to the contract.
- ThePowerOfFuet 3y agoYeah, so there was your mistake. Also, no days off is illegal in many countries, regardless of what the contract says.
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- reaperman 3y ago>Yeah, so there was your mistake. This is pretty dismissive. I had two job offers after college and I took the better one. Not sure how that was a mistake. > illegal in many countries This was in Saudi Arabia. That said, in the USA, where I'm from, there is no federal law that limits the number of days you can work in a row. Your views sound quite euro-centric, and I appreciate the work culture there, but it's not a work culture that I have ever had any access to.