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0 pointsfredkbloggs11y ago0 comments

No one is going to put that stuff in a contract unless it's a senior management position. The company cares much less about hiring you, no matter who you are, than about capping its liability. If you do manage to get such terms written in, you can bet that the company will still have no obligation to you as it can simply terminate the contract at any time without compensation. Even in a strong market, there are plenty of other candidates out there who will either value the gratuitous promises or simply ignore them, so there's no need to risk any real contractual liability just to hire you.

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slantyyz11y ago

> No one is going to put that stuff in a contract unless it's a senior management position.

Of course they won't.

In all fairness, I don't think anyone who has been around the block would be tricked by any of the items in the list, but I'm sure a lot of less experienced job hunters could be.

SO, if you are a person who weighs a decision on these gratuitous promises what is the best course of action to see if the prospective employer is lying?

Probably to ask for all that stuff spelled out in detail in the employment contract.

Sure, you may not get hired for the reasons you cited, but it'll become pretty clear that those promises were empty too, and you'll handle the next opportunity differently.

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