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Line rate not documented in Contrac, nor how often paid - Does that sound suspicious

Posted: Apr 18, 2011

Or is it just me. I emailed them to let them know this, just in case they inadvertently left it out, but received email giving me the line rate (which is different from the rate I received from recruiter). Would you go ahead and sign the contract?

What difference does it make what WE would do? - contractural MT

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What will YOU do? Are you comfortable signing a contract that doesn't have this in it? Are you an employee or a contractor? If you're a contractor, write up your own contract and submit it to them and include the information you need it to.

Gooood night, take a Prozac and Chill out - NM

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NM

No, I wouldn't sign it. - sm

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I would not sign a contract that did not include pay rate and pay period information. I certainly wouldn't sign with a company whose recruiter told me one thing and then someone else told me something different. If they straighten it all out and put it in writing, I would consider it - but I'd read the rest of the contract pretty closely. Too many companies out there cheating the MTs.

If I liked their line rate, yes. If it were lower than - the recruiter stated, I'd

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use that to negotiate their offer up. I would then e-mail them my understanding of the line rate we agreed on (and the pay period) as of the hire date, asking to them to let me know if these were not correct and printing out a copy. That's all--just enough to confirm you're all on the same page going in. As for the future, they have the right to change both at any time, and you have the right to quit if you don't like the new terms.

I wouldn't touch this job with a 10-foot pole. - sweetgirlsmom

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Honest companies are specific up front. You know exactly what the pay is and when it will arrive. Dishonest companies are vague and can say later "That's not what you agreed to."

Actually, it's standard not to write a rate into the - contract, for employee MTs anyway. That is becaus

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as I mentioned before, companies have, and cherish, the right to change rates "at will." My own employee contract is posted on the company website and is the same for all people doing my job. In my desk drawer is only the letter they sent after I accepted their offer on the phone.

In any case, OP's company apparently covered both items in discussion. OP can always request a letter confirming the accepted offer if they don't automatically send one themselves, just probably shouldn't require they contract to hold that rate for the duration of her employment if she wants that job.

I have always been an employee. - sweetgirlsmom

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My current job and previous job both hired "at will" with a rate agreed on by phone followed by a paper confirmation of the same rate. Both jobs later lowered my pay rate. That amounts to a change in contract.

My research at a legal library (for another matter) showed that any contract can be changed at any time with consent of both parties. (There are probably exceptions for specific situations, but generally it is legal to change a contract). I don't know what would happen if the employee said no to the lower rate.

My concern is that the initial offer was vague with no set rate and no set payday. That's why I would avoid that company.

Your last line was very interesting. Our experiences are different and I appreciate learning something new.

wow, never had pay go down as employee, that is strange. never had - a contract as employee, only as an IC.

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