-
The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.
-
In this story, an employee joined a company to undertake a sponsored training program worth $5,000. The company policy did not state that this cost needed to be repaid if the trainee resigned within a certain time.
However, the employee then decided to quit the role less than a year after taking it. Following this, the company introduced a new interpretation of their policy and demanded that he repay the full $5,000. They claimed if he did not pay this voluntarily, it would be taken out of his last month's salary and his probation fund. He looked for advice in how to proceed.
-
Company threatened me for payment I don’t owe post-resigning
-
-
The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.
-
-
-
-
The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Company demands former employee pay back $5000 for training program after he resigns, docks salary if he refuses : 'This demand was never agreed upon'
Hiring is an investment that companies do not always get a return on.
The fact that not every employee is going to be worth the hire is simply one of the risks of running a business. Sometimes the best interview still hides the fact that they are not suited for the job, or they decide themselves that it is time for them to move on to something new. It is not always easy to predict who is going to be a good fit and who isn't.
Still, even if a new hire winds up not working out, it is highly unlikely that their former employer is likely to be within their rights to take back the money that they spent on them. To put it mildly, it is bad practice to treat somebody in that way. On an ethical and usually legal level, there is no reclaiming what has already been given.
As a result, no matter how they happen to leave their job, most people expect to be paid for as long as they have worked for the company. It can come as a nasty shock when this company seems to have other ideas about how things are going to end.
Trending Now
Mom, who has been unemployed since 2006, expects her son to drop out of college so he can work full-time and pay her mortgage: 'She insists it’s her house but will not contribute financially.'
01
New employee clocks in and out on time, faces judgment for not adding another hour to their workday: 'The rest of the team comes in around 8 AM and stays until 6:30 PM or later'
02
Job seeker flawlessly redesigns company's app for job interview, company uses their design but refuses to hire them: 'It was 85% my work. I got a generic rejection email.'
03
Hearing employee demands that office learns sign language, gets offended when coworker refuses: 'I don't have interest in learning another language for no reason'
04
Company only allows PTO on 'sick days,' forcing employees to lie about their time off: 'That’s basically no PTO with extra steps'
05