Turning down contract after verbal acceptance?

[eek]

yeah I appreciate it's very unlikely they'd do it but I was just thinking of the very extreme case of a petty company that says you signed a binding contract, we want you to start on the agreed date.

The notice period in the early days will be a week or a month.

So you turn up and don't do anything while playing on your phone. No company is going to want that regardless of how petty they are.

[northernladuk]

The notice period in the early days will be a week or a month.

So you turn up and don't do anything while playing on your phone. No company is going to want that regardless of how petty they are.

+1 to this. Not only does your mate not do any work but there is time and money to on board him, the risk of giving him access when he's just going to leave and so on. It's just not going to happen. There are rules around contract and there is common sense which trumps all that.

You are way over thinking it.

[NotAllThere]

Additionally... They can't sue you for breach, they can't compel you to come to work (something to do with antislavery law). If you don't turn up, they either have to sack you (gross misconduct) or pay you (same as when people want to quit a job early). Guess which they'll choose?

[SimonMac]

Has this thread now lasted longer than PC on most of his contracts?

[northernladuk]

Has this thread now lasted longer than PC on most of his contracts?

It's the only one he's ever had that's not been locked or moved so we've got to make the most of it.

[psychocandy]

Politely decline the offer ASAP

Why the else would you actually turn up on day 1 and then leave.

Turn up on Day 1? they'll be well pleased with that...

[psychocandy]

Has this thread now lasted longer than PC on most of his contracts?

4 1/2 years last one big boy

[psychocandy]

yeah I appreciate it's very unlikely they'd do it but I was just thinking of the very extreme case of a petty company that says you signed a binding contract, we want you to start on the agreed date.

Never in a million years - they'll just be pissed off....

Current client got a guy in as perm. Lived miles away (towards london). The pay was crap where I was - there was no way he was going to drive miles when he could paid more closer to home.

I could see it happening - didn't turn up first day then never heard from again.

Used to happen all the time to this client. Part of the reason was they were slow with the recruitment process (and the pay was crap) that people just found better offers in the interim.