Can a company fine you if you don't accept their offer after looking at the contract? [closed]

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

Say you've been given a verbal offer, and the company takes a few days to draw up the contract. When receiving the contract, you decide not to accept the offer. Can the company demand to be recompensated for the work they did?

manpreet 3 years ago

A company that would expend a large sum of money getting ready for a new employee before getting a signed contract is not acting in their own best interest.

If that written contract contains even one item not mentioned in the verbal offer, then it is a different offer and you would be expected to reevaluate your enthusiasm for that position. This would also mean that they would have had to tell you in the verbal offer if you accept this verbal offer then you are responsible for pre-employment expenses to include A,B and C.

That being said, if they want to pressure you to pay for these expenses they can always try. Maybe they get some people in your situation to agree to join the company when threatened this way, but it is likely that the employee will be looking to get out of the job as soon as they can.