Texas employee receives $2,800 bill from former boss for quitting within 12 months of completing the training program – FAIL Blog

So what can this former employee do now?

The way we see it, there are a few options. First, he could swallow his pride and pay the $2,800 in order to stay on good terms with his ex-boss. But let’s be honest: caving in this way would be more than just swallowing pride. It would mean accepting a policy that was not made apparent to him either verbally or in writing prior to his decision to quit. If he had known that this was a real policy, he likely would have considered the possibility of having to pay that amount or waiting until after 12 months had passed to officially leave. 

We suggest that he hold strong. If his former employer wants to dangle a fake rule in order to assert some false sense of authority, then there is no need to stay on good terms with businesspeople like that. If the Texas-based employee is confident that this rule was, in fact, never expressed in his contract at any point, then the law should be on his side.

For more stories about employment drama, take a look at this piece about a LinkedIn post gone wrong and this article about a passive-aggressive coworker.