JeffKenna wrote: » If I left a job after 3 days I wouldn't be going back looking for money.
Alfasud wrote: » I have heard of a couple of cases where lads went to work in sales for the same company. Payment was on a commission basis. They traveled far and wide trying to sell for a Broadcasting Co. They lasted approx a week each. In the meantime they used their own vehicle and fuel and any sales they made would not be paid for until 9 weeks had passed. This job cost them money and they didn't get paid as far as I know. They probably had a lineup of poor fellows thinking they were going to make a fortune. So to make a long story short the company had slaves doing the job. I have heard of this senario in the Restaurant business also where waitresses are taken on a trial basis and never hear from them again. Of course you should ask for your payment. You did the work after all. However it will be a miracle if you get it. Don't forget to let the Recruitment Co know about the conditions. Hope this is helpful.
Shelflife wrote: » So the Op signed a contract worked for three days and then simply upped and left. Didnt work any notice and failed to honour their side of the contract, !!
Shelflife wrote: » You're obligated to honour the contract you signed. The company would be perfectly entitled to sue the OP for any costs incurred as a result of him not fulfilling the agreed contract.
Yummymummy83 wrote: » No they wouldn't. I love how some people are under the impression that people are bound to their employer like minions. If you do not like a job you are perfectly entitled to terminate your employment.
Mrs OBumble wrote: » No matter what the contract says, if a person has only just started then most employers would prefer to see them leave immediately than waste any more time on initial training.
Edups wrote: » Get a grip, that fall from your high horse could hurt.
Shelflife wrote: » Its not a high horse, as an employer is a total pain to go through the whole interview process and then for the OP to email in to say "I dont like it im not coming in anymore" well its unprofessional and frankly childish.
Edups wrote: » How was the OP to know the job wasn't going to suit before starting? The first week is usually training, what a waste of time training someone for them to leave the day it finishes. and most employers would have had a shortlist of candidates they'd be looking to take on, you could in theory phone up candidate number 2 and ask them if they want the job. Even if the OP stayed they wouldn't have had any work ethic and likely would have done barely any work. But none of this is the point he worked for the 3 days he has earned that 3 days pay. If he worked 3 days at 8 hours for 9.15 p/h he's owed 220 before tax. Especially coming to Christmas that is a fair amount of money.
Shelflife wrote: » I agree with you ! My point is though, that the OP behaved in an unprofessional manner and walked off the job, he also failed to honour the contract he signed. Despite this he expects the company to behave in a professional manner, honour their side of the contract and pay him for the hours that he worked. Its the double standard that bugs me.
Yummymummy83 wrote: » The OP worked for 3 days and decided not to return thus terminating the contract. The contract no longer exists so you cannot claim they failed to honour it. They did their contractual duties until the time it ended. It is not unprofessional to terminate a contract either party is perfectly entitled. You have no idea of the circumstances that motivated the OP to end their contract.
Shelflife wrote: » Just walking away may well terminate the contract but not the responsibility that lies therein. Try that with a bank or a utility company and see how you get on. The Op said that he did not work his notice, therefore he is in breach of contract. If the company told the op that they no longer required him after three days and refused to pay him the notice that they agreed to in the contract they too would be in breach of the contract. Its not unprofessional to terminate a contract as long as its done in the proper way, refusing to work the notice that you agreed to, is unprofessional.
Yummymummy83 wrote: » There is no notice required during the first 13 weeks of employment. If you sign a contract with a utility company (which btw is very different to an employment contract ) you have a cooling off period. Similar to the OPS situation the utility company would be entitled to payment for services rendered, likewise the OP is entitled for the work done.
Shelflife wrote: » If you sign a contract that stipulates a certain amount of notice then you are bound by that, the op alludes to not working notice. In the same way the company would have to pay or allow him to work his notice.
Edups wrote: » In fairness the OP might not have known the notice period doesn't apply for the first 13 weeks.
