Can You Be Sued for Quitting?

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  • fuzzylogic
    Confirmed User
    • Jun 2004
    • 4796

    #1

    Can You Be Sued for Quitting?

    i saw this over on s/d and this made me laugh out loud! but seriously, is this real and possible???

    quote:
    An anonymous reader asks:
    "I work at a large hosting company in Texas, and recently decided to go work for a smaller competitor. I had a great relationship with my employer and wanted to leave on good terms, and I hadn't signed any non-compete or employment agreements . I felt my old company had just gotten too large and I didn't like working there anymore, so I gave them two weeks notice in writing. They were really upset when I insisted on leaving and one week into my last two weeks the V.P. of Sales told me the company was suing me for leaving, and they were also suing my new employer for hiring me. I was shocked, and they then escorted me out of the building. Has anybody ever heard of this happening? Do they have any legal basis for suing me?"
    Last edited by fuzzylogic; 02-03-2007, 03:44 AM.
  • Kimo
    ...
    • Jan 2006
    • 11542

    #2
    that would be lame if its true
    ...

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    • Pointless
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2003
      • 2142

      #3
      Originally posted by fuzzylogic
      i saw this over on s/d and this made me laugh out loud! but seriously, is this real and possible???

      quote:
      An anonymous reader asks:
      "I work at a large hosting company in Texas, and recently decided to go work for a smaller competitor. I had a great relationship with my employer and wanted to leave on good terms, and I hadn't signed any non-compete or employment agreements . I felt my old company had just gotten too large and I didn't like working there anymore, so I gave them two weeks notice in writing. They were really upset when I insisted on leaving and one week into my last two weeks the V.P. of Sales told me the company was suing me for leaving, and they were also suing my new employer for hiring me. I was shocked, and they then escorted me out of the building. Has anybody ever heard of this happening? Do they have any legal basis for suing me?"

      maybe this can happen in china
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      • Roald
        SecretFriends.com
        • May 2001
        • 27910

        #4
        quiting is for losers so I started smoking again!


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        • Scootermuze
          Confirmed User
          • Dec 2001
          • 4513

          #5
          No contract? It would be laughed out of court, unless he took some trade secrets or such to his new place of employment..

          Sounds like a company run by an idiot..

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          • 4Man
            Confirmed User
            • Nov 2006
            • 3830

            #6
            I may be false....

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            • Twisted Dave
              Confirmed User
              • Mar 2006
              • 3635

              #7
              No ... he can NOT be sued for leaving. He can be sued if he took a payment up front and fucked off early without finishing the work ... BUT... as he's employed full time, he'll likely just have been on a monthly wage.


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              • ronbotx
                Registered User
                • Jan 2002
                • 1634

                #8
                In Texas, the employer can fire you on a whim without repercussions. The employee can quit any time he feels like it.

                The employer is entitled to pay you for the hours worked up to that point, that's it.

                Unless there is some very special form of WRITTEN employment agreement, it's BS.

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                • E$_manager
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Apr 2006
                  • 13557

                  #9
                  It is necessary to read your emplyment sgreement to say if they can do it or not. But common sence is telling me that they are doing something wrong.
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                  • jixxi
                    Confirmed User
                    • Apr 2006
                    • 227

                    #10
                    I hope it's not true.

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                    • tony299
                      lurker
                      • Aug 2002
                      • 57021

                      #11
                      without a agreement no and even with a agreement, you have the right to make a living in your chosen profession. Companies do this to a scare the employer and to scare the possible employer with civil action.

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                      • Peaches
                        Old broad
                        • Oct 2002
                        • 13933

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Cristie
                        It is necessary to read your emplyment sgreement to say if they can do it or not.
                        Per the OP there was no employment agreement.

                        I would guess 90% of the companies out there know little to nothing about employment law. Working in the Fortune 500 corporate world, then working for companies with fewer than 50 employees is an eye opener. What it usually cost them in headaches, fees and fines they could save by getting advice from a good labor/employment lawyer.

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                        • sites
                          Registered User
                          • Nov 2006
                          • 2

                          #13
                          im sueing you for posting this crap

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                          • Fap
                            Just Du It
                            • Feb 2004
                            • 12094

                            #14
                            I doubt that

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                            • Nazgrel
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jun 2005
                              • 724

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Pointless
                              maybe this can happen in china
                              Nope, only in the US.
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                              • scottybuzz
                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                • May 2006
                                • 14799

                                #16
                                i think its poaching and legal in all business but its very, very unethical.
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                                • BigBen
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Nov 2004
                                  • 2299

                                  #17
                                  BTW, the host is theplanet.com

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