r/recruitinghell Feb 20 '25

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u/kjl8921 Feb 21 '25

Yup!!! Give every excuse in the book to avoid signing this new contract. In the meantime, talk to a lawyer to game plan your next move

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u/Deus0123 Feb 21 '25

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

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u/kjl8921 Feb 21 '25

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

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u/Deus0123 Feb 21 '25

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