Employee leaves job after 5 years, company demands she immediately pays off company car: 'She doesn’t have that amount of money available'

Many employers believe that your obligation towards them doesn't end just because you leave.

Annoying that it is, sometimes they are right (in the legal sense, at least), and there are certain clauses in the contract that have to be fulfilled before you are allowed a taste of freedom. Other times, they are just seeing how long they can still exploit you before you put your foot down and tell them that this is not going to happen anymore.

However, when you have been beholden to some corporate overlord for lord knows how many years, it can be difficult to differentiate for yourself what is acceptable behavior when you leave and what isn't. Some workplaces get a kick out of making the resignation experience a total headache, adding complications where there really doesn't seem to be a need.

The most important thing an employee can do when they are planning to leave a company is to make sure that they go over their contract and check that there aren't any awkward clauses that may work against them further down the line. These tricks are more common than people like to think, and it goes without saying that they can be very stressful.

via Taneli Lahtinen

_{^{The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.}}
In this story, a woman had worked somewhere for five years when she decided to hand in her resignation because she was not given any opportunity to get ahead in the company. During her employment, they requested that she buy a car, which they would pay for in full, and she would pay back with monthly salary deductions.
When she announced that she was going to leave, the company demanded that she complete payment for the vehicle. She had already paid about half, but she was not in the financial position to pay for the rest of it all at once. She shared her predicament with her sister, who looked for advice on the issue.
Company made my sister buy a car, now wants full payment when she resigns. What should she do?

via its_not_soheila
via its_not_soheila
via its_not_soheila
via its_not_soheila
via its_not_soheila
via its_not_soheila
$So now we're confused: \-Is the company legally allowed to demand full payment right away? \-Since the car is under her name, does that change anything?$

via its_not_soheila
via its_not_soheila
via Getty Images (Unsplash+)

_{^{The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.}}
via Scenarioing
via its_not_soheila
via andrewse
via its_not_soheila
via Current-Factor-4044
via its_not_soheila
via JustMePatrick
via RadLabDad
via MrCanoe
via Disastrous_Garlic_36
via MagisD
via NoYeahNoYoureGood

Like what you see? Follow Us and Add Us as a Preferred Source on Google.

Also From Memebase

Dad gets daycare teacher fired after she lets her students watch Veggie Tales: 'Now there's a backlash against me. It's all my fault she got fired. They're just animated vegetables.'

Trending Now

Manager says 'there's nothing wrong with walking' to restaurant worker in a blizzard, claims that's no reason to miss work: 'She lives 3 miles away'

40-year-old refuses to give in to her 3-year-old cousin's temper tantrums while babysitting her, mom scolds her for not giving her daughter exactly what she wants: 'How dare you try to discipline my child?'

‘I live alone in a small one-bedroom apartment’: Woman refuses her sister’s demand to move in again after a breakup to protect her boundaries

Mother-in-law asks mom to reschedule her daughter's birthday party because there's snow on the ground: 'The roads are fine. It's not snowing this weekend.'

Parents scold 22-year-old son for wanting to move to the city for his job instead of continuing to live at home: 'I just don’t want to be 25 and still living in my childhood bedroom.'

Dance teacher refuses to let the only boy in class quit lessons after he claims he's too busy to keep going, his dad stands up to teacher on his behalf: ‘We're leaving’