I quit a job in California. After my resignation, they sent me an email requesting that I confirm I turned over all employer property, and asked me to sign an agreement with the following:
Do I need to respond at all? Can I strike that if I don’t agree to that last statement? How should I handle this?
The time to form contracts is when both parties will benefit. If they’re offering something in return for this signature, you get to decide whether you want to take those benefits.
If not, just say you’re not interested in forming new agreements with them. Last time I was in a meeting with a manager trying to get a similar form signed, the phrase “this looks like a contract and you’re not offering anything in return” was useful, or “if this is merely a summary of what we’ve already agreed, then there is no need for a signature”
Contracts you’ve already agreed to (i.e. the original employment contract) would still apply, so look there to see if there’s anything relevant to this situation (which, as others have mentioned, might still get overridden by actual laws)
Pretty sure this is illegal now.
No. They cannot require that you don’t say anything negative about them. Lumping all of these together seems illegal.
Do not respond, do lawyer up. Sounds like they know they fucked up and they want to shut you up.
Sounds like the plan, I am not going to respond.
I am not a lawyer but i would ignore it. Unless they offer you a severance bonus or something and make it contingent on signing. If you’re not a fiduciary and nothing was in your original employment agreement, spill the beans once you’re free. Don’t lie or be emotional, keep it truthful and clean.
Edited by user. I was offered no severance.
So they’re asking you to sign a contract without “consideration”, ie you get nothing. Hard no.
Coincidentally a contract without consideration is not legally enforceable.
Really? That’s useful information.
That’s such a short contract I can’t help but think their legal department was nowhere near involved in writing it. It’s way too broad and may violate state labor laws, but I’m not a lawyer.
