That’s deplorable! Did your contract have any early termination penalties?
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jaschen@lemm.ee 1 week ago
7 months ago I started a 6 month remote contract for chime.com.
At around 5 months, I asked my manager if she was going to extend me. She said no. Cool, whatever. Life of a contractor.
The product and engineer team rallied against ending my contract and my manager caved and extended my contract for another 6 months.
So a week into my new contract, they asked me to come into the office in San Francisco.
This is a difficult ask from me because I had to find a person to watch my son and my dogs. Drove my son an hour away to my sisters and paid a dog sitter 80/day to watch my dogs.
I land in San Francisco and my boss text me saying she has something important to tell me. I get into the office and a few hours later she cancels my contract because they want to have the person in my role local and to come into the SF office 4 days a week. This new position is also only paying 135k vs my 165k.
dancingdots@lemmy.world 1 week ago
jaschen@lemm.ee 1 week ago
No, not at all. I don’t understand why we even have contracts written if anyone can breach it at will.
racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Well, fuck them. Your product team and stuff sounds decent though. When they failed to find a local and asks you to come back, remember to demand a 10% raise.
jaschen@lemm.ee 1 week ago
My product team understands the needs. My engineers relies on me to make decisions.
At the end of the day, it’s all money. I’m here to make it. You’re there to exploit me. We have a mutual understanding.
WhatsTheHoldup@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Did you talk to a lawyer about this? Why are you so sure they can breach it?
jaschen@lemm.ee 1 week ago
No, I didn’t. I’m just going to learn from this. Never go out of my way for any corporate company.
kamen@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The irony of yet another fintech that enables you to do everything from your phone and yet wants the staff in the office. Screw them. You’ll find something better (if you haven’t already).