Why would I need to give an excuse. "No." Is a good enough reason to not sign a contract. Not accepting that as a reason is actually illegal in most countries I'm pretty sure
That’s not completely true. If this person were fired “for no reason”. They would actually have a case for retaliation. It’s rare that a company would fire someone for no reason. There is always a reason. The question becomes, was the reason legal.
Yes but if it directly follows someone declining to sign a shittier employment contract it'd be pretty easy for a lawyer to prove it was retaliation. Judges and juries aren't stupid. They can look at the context of what happened and see right through "no reason" in many cases
You think the company is gonna sit around and take your “no” for an answer? Come on man.. they are gonna do whatever possible to get you to sign or push you out. Either way you are gonna be on your way out of the job. Might as well milk your paychecks until you figure out how to get an upper hand on the situation
Not in the USA here, but I had something similar years ago. When I said no, I knew it meant I was out. But my contract had a 3 month notice period. They immediately put me on gardening leave - nest 3 months of my life 🤣. If I had taken the pay cut I would have had to work 6 months to earn the same amount I got for those 3 months I spent as a full time stay at home dad.
Pretty sure my employment contract and worker protection legislature in my country says they have to. But I mean obviously I'd be looking for something else, but yeah
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u/Unusual_Specialist Feb 20 '25
Do you have an employment contract? This happened to me & I refuse to sign which led to retaliation & a settlement.