Starting a new job usually means getting paid… not handing your employer $1000 before you’ve even made it through training.
By now, I’ve read multiple stories about a new position or a new job. Most of them talk about how a hiring manager leaves the candidate with no response for months, or how the initial salary expectation is not met once the person is employed… But this is the first time that I’m reading a story about a candidate who has to pay to be able to start working at the company that just hired him.
According to what they told him, this has to be paid on his first day, either in cash or by check, and the only way for him to get it back is by staying for a full year and being in a good position. Also, there’s a disclaimer that states that the company can keep the money if they decide to terminate his contract for any reason. Have you ever heard of something like this? Because this is my first time.
The employee thinks this job is a legitimate one, and he doesn’t feel they’re trying to scam him. Actually, he met the team, is a small one, but he feels they’re honest. He thinks this might be because the company wants to hire someone who’s going to stay for the long run and wants people to commit and to put their 100% into the job… but charging $1000 is not the way to go.
A lot of things can happen in a whole year, and that doesn’t mean that someone is going to be quitting. If I were in that position, I don’t think I’d pay that amount of money to start working… it doesn’t really make sense. Besides, I’d be very hesitant about the fact of not being fired, and that would make me anxious and not be able to concentrate properly.
The employee hasn’t made a decision yet, but many people are telling him that it is not a legitimate job because no company made their employees pay just to start working.
