Re: Agony of the 3-week guarantee

[email protected] ((Randal L. Schwartz)) Wed, 09 May 2007 12:59:17 -0700
Newsgroups perl.jobs.discuss
Organization Stonehenge Consulting Services; Portland, Oregon, USA
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>>>>> ""Terrence" == "Terrence Brannon" <[email protected]> writes:

"Terrence> I have just been introduced to the darkside of something I never ever
"Terrence> encountered before. It's called a 3-week guarantee. Under this
"Terrence> program, you are an hourly contractor, but for 3 weeks the company has
"Terrence> no obligation to pay the agent anything.

I'm no lawyer, but I'm not sure that can even be legal.  At a minimum, the
body shop needs to pay you minimum wage, I would presume.

On the other hand, although you can't sign away fundamental rights, you *can*
give up some basic reasonable things when you're desperate.  Sounds like you
were a bit desperate.

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