Amazingly bad employment experience [View all]

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Last edited Tue Aug 2, 2016, 03:56 PM - Edit history (1)

I've been out of work for a couple of months and last week I accepted a position which started today.

My first appointment was with the HR person. She brought in a lot of paperwork for me to sign, most of which was really irrelevant to my position. Then came the employment contract. This was supposed to be a regular W-2 employee job.

I started reading it and the 4th paragraph stated that if an employee left the job for any reason in less than 2 years they would owe the company money. There was a specific formula that had to do with minimum wage and the length of time before 2 years - I don't remember the details. I was appalled.

I told the HR person that this was ridiculous and probably wouldn't hold up in court and that I would not sign the contract because of this clause. I didn't read any further than the 4th paragraph. She said OK, don't worry about it.

Then I was supposed to be trained by the operations manager. He told me that the job involves supporting 5 other businesses owned by the company president. There was no mention of this at the interview. He said that the company president has lots of unethical business practices and that he will ask me to do things that are unethical.

Then the VP came in and said I had to sign the contract or leave. I left.

I am still feeling kind of stunned. Has anyone ever heard of something like this?

Edit: I just found this article on the company president: http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/michael-eisenga-s-business-no-stranger-to-state-investigations/article_b25d054f-aeb2-54ab-8c52-b1b569cf68b3.html