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#**9151** (**permalink**) 02-10-2020, 11:32 PM

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Lol are you serious? This is just never ever done unless you screwed up damn badly (like if you were caught doing something illegal). If this is true, please let us know the firm in question --> as a PSA to everyone to avoid the firm.

Anyway, if you remember your contract law, you can't compel people to work (or to continue hiring you) in employment contracts. At best you can get damages but you got to prove losses, gonna be very minimal (especially if you find an equivalent TC). The better thing to do would be to blast their reputation online, instead of wasting thousands in legal fees, and ending up with like a minimal (or even zero) compensation. And you better check your TC to see if there is a "termination for xxx reasons" clause.

Seems like a cheap shot blasting their reputation online no? They're probably a small firm struggling and doing that isn't gonna do anyone any good

#**9152** (**permalink**) 03-10-2020, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

who's cyq and what's the deal about him? asking cos im going a&g tc in 2023 oso

Oh boy you're in for a good time. It's more fun if you find out yourself not gonna spoil it for you mate

#**9153** (**permalink**) 03-10-2020, 02:17 AM

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What's the problem with me taking legal advice for it? I know someone mentioned it's not worth it for just a few thousand dollars but it's more than just the money for me. I'm just disgruntled that firms do these things and bully us students or fresh grads and get away with it. I've heard it happening to other people also so it's about time someone does something about it no?

i dont rly see it as bullying? esp not when the prevailing attitude is "i just wanna make use of these fkers so i can called to the bar"

like what is your intended remedy? to be reinstated to ur 6 mth tc with the same people you spent double that amount of time suing?

#**9154** (**permalink**) 03-10-2020, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Seems like a cheap shot blasting their reputation online no? They're probably a small firm struggling and doing that isn't gonna do anyone any good

Okay wait so they accepted this dude for a TC, then abruptly pulled it 2 months from the start date (I'm guessing he starts Jan 2021), leaving him with little or NO chance to apply to other firms (given that most will have filled their TCs by now). If the firm is so hard up they could have re-negotiated to reduce pay etc, but instead they just left him high and dry with no options and a short time period to try and find a replacement (if they really couldn't take him, they would have known some time back).

And you think that we should protect the reputation of such a firm? Somehow you think letting firms do this is acceptable, and yet we should protect them? So that firms can continue to do this to trainees? Are you serious?

If this publicity ensures that other firms take a hard look before thinking of screwing over students and trainees, I'd think it's for the public good.

#**9155** (**permalink**) 03-10-2020, 08:47 AM

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who's cyq and what's the deal about him? asking cos im going a&g tc in 2023 oso

all the best for your traineeship

#**9156** (**permalink**) 03-10-2020, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

Okay wait so they accepted this dude for a TC, then abruptly pulled it 2 months from the start date (I'm guessing he starts Jan 2021), leaving him with little or NO chance to apply to other firms (given that most will have filled their TCs by now). If the firm is so hard up they could have re-negotiated to reduce pay etc, but instead they just left him high and dry with no options and a short time period to try and find a replacement (if they really couldn't take him, they would have known some time back).

And you think that we should protect the reputation of such a firm? Somehow you think letting firms do this is acceptable, and yet we should protect them? So that firms can continue to do this to trainees? Are you serious?

If this publicity ensures that other firms take a hard look before thinking of screwing over students and trainees, I'd think it's for the public good.

where does this expectation that the firm must help you get called come from??

on the same note we preach in this thread tt its ok to drop small firm A for big4 firm B if u get tc from latter with no regrets, do it 2 months before due to start also no problem its just business lmao, gotta look out for urself first

times are hard and sh*ts competitive, but u dont get ahead just by changing the rules of the game lol, esp if ur a new player