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?"

that would be lame if its true

maybe this can happen in china

quiting is for losers so I started smoking again!

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..

I may be false....

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.

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.

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.

I hope it's not true.

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.

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.

im sueing you for posting this crap

I doubt that

Nope, only in the US.

i think its poaching and legal in all business but its very, very unethical.

BTW, the host is theplanet.com