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Stay Or Pay: How Employers Trap You When You Quit

Ask The Headhunter, Tuesday, November 21,2023

Can your employer trap you into paying thousands of dollars when you quit your job?

Stay or pay: quitting is gonna cost you

It's already happening. Employees sign agreements to reimburse their company for training expenses if they don't stick around for a year, two years, or even more. Employers say they need to use these 'stay or pay' clauses in employment contracts because jobs are difficult to fill when newly trained hires quit and take their training with them.

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