> with the "very vague" promise So it wasn't in writing. Therefore it didn't exist. Writing has a memory that promises do not. Everything jasonkester said.

> with the "very vague" promise So it wasn't in writing. Therefore it didn't exist. Writing has a memory that promises do not. Everything jasonkester said. I would merely add that anyone who makes promises, vague or not, but won't commit them to writing has precisely no intention of keeping them. Full stop. They might decide to keep them at some point, because they're feeling magnanimous or something. At the intersection of "make promise" and "refuse to document", they're telling you "I want the flexibility to not keep my word without consequence and I'm betting you're gullible enough to believe me". And if they say something like "we're doing this on trust and trust is important to our success" or "there's no need to bring a lawyer into this", you are rapidly approaching a 100% guarantee of getting screwed.