Can i quit my job?

[kenty]

Hey psb armchair lawyers i need your help,

I hate my job, so I want to quit, without paying any money

However in last February, after the discussions between me and my boss to go work in the United Arab Emirates, I did a airframe course to which i was bonded to my company for 2 years (finishing in Feb next year).

It was an informal agreement that i made with my boss and myself that i would be going to the UAE which is why i did the course, and i have emails to prove this. However due to piss poor execution by my company they lost the positions to another company so i lost my chance

now please see below this isnt mine but the exact same contract I signed, they expect me to pay 5k to quit, is there anyway out of this?, also if it makes any difference i haven't signed the AWA to which it refers too, i have HR getting me a copy of it now but for the moment i want to see if anyone has had any experiances like mine --> update the contract is an old contract which hasnt been updated, so now the clause 34 refers to some BS about pre emplyment medicals, so i dont know

Cheers for the help

Kenty

[emrys74]

can you get medical certification to say that your unfit for work
or go on stress leave.

[Cam]

Paging Dubs?

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[quadeyquade]

When you say lost your chance, do you mean that you never completed the training?

[Desmo]

can you get medical certification to say that your unfit for work
or go on stress leave.

Why would you do this?

[Stoneville]

mm Can you use the agrument that you didn't get what you thought you were going to get i.e. the job overseas from doing the training.

or you could just bite the bullet and pack it in anyway, or try and wait a couple more months and pay out less and just get out, how much is your happiness worth??

[mekon]

Would the training ever be classed as a job requirement for current job description or was it all purely related to the job prospect in UAE? I'd say unless it was part of a staff training assistance program they'd have no right to claim back the costs. If it is, I'm assuming you will have to pay whatever the residual is. You'll obviously keep the qualification, is that worth anything industry wise in the foreseable future? Also if you were to leave and rightfully owed the money and made it a difficult process would there be any hope of a good reference from he employer in the future? Sounds shitty dude, hope you get some kind of resolution you're after.

[scotch]

If you signed the contract then it's binding isn't it?

No matter what the circumstances are around it, you signed a contract.

Are you able to talk to your boss about waiving the fee seeing as you were only doing it for the job in UAE or is your boss a cunt?

[shan]

Tell them you want out or your gona smack some cunt- guess who cunty ?
Has always worked for me

[Desmo]

Looks like you owe them $5K.

[darkfibre]

These sorts of contracts came about to solve the problem of investing money in employees only to loose those staff and waste the investment in those employees.

Hopefully the skills you learned on the course are worth something in your earning capacity in the future.

[kenty]

When you say lost your chance, do you mean that you never completed the training?

The OEM was chosen over us to supply staff for the mechanical side

[kenty]

These sorts of contracts came about to solve the problem of investing money in employees only to loose those staff and waste the investment in those employees.

Hopefully the skills you learned on the course are worth something in your earning capacity in the future.

....dang, i was hoping there was some loophole there, the course is essentially useless unless i can find some pc-21's to work on

[shmoo]

If you signed the contract then it's binding isn't it?

not that simple. the terms of a contract still have to be reasonable.

[Crobbo]

OT but did you get any new coverage with the course like turbine? In the long run it might be worth the money.

[D'Artagnan]

Why not just be honest with them? You'll be amazed at what having a good old honest chat with you boss can do.

[kenty]

If you signed the contract then it's binding isn't it?

No matter what the circumstances are around it, you signed a contract.

Are you able to talk to your boss about waiving the fee seeing as you were only doing it for the job in UAE or is your boss a cunt?

and its not the boss that will uphold this, its the company

[Shady7/8]

So let me get this right...

They decided to give you training for an opportunity they were chasing.
(training which you would not have opted for were this opportunity not offered to you)

They lost out on this opportunity, yet you are still responsible for their expenditure on a lost project?

Cost of losing the project.


As per Schmoo - must be reasonable - this isn't.

[kenty]

For what its worth, the course i did was a Pilatus PC-21 B tech course, so with that course AND exposure (working) on the aircraft id be able to work on the aircraft and sign jobs off, its only applicable to that aircraft and is in no way a PT6 engine course :/

[kenty]

So let me get this right...

They decided to give you training for an opportunity they were chasing.
(training which you would not have opted for were this opportunity not offered to you)

They lost out on this opportunity, yet you are still responsible for their expenditure on a lost project?

Cost of losing the project.


As per Schmoo - must be reasonable - this isn't.

also not just that, they would claim this back on tax as its training, its what happens when you work for a faceless organisation