What happens if you break a contract job?

HLRSHLRS Banned Posts: 142
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in middle of 1 year? and want to move to better position. do u have to pay $ to company?
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  • AkaricloudAkaricloud Member Posts: 938
    It depends entirely on your contract. Read it.
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  • healthyboyhealthyboy Banned Posts: 118 ■■□□□□□□□□
    it wont look good on ur cv job hopping is not good
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  • ptilsenptilsen Member Posts: 2,835 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Definitely read the contract. There is generally no specific penalty, but it will make for a very bad section of your resume. Sub-year contracts are already annoying to have on a resume, and one that makes for a bad reference will be extra trouble. If you've been there more than a year and it's in the middle of a different year, then it should be okay. It's still not ideal to hop between jobs a lot, but for contract positions it's easier to justify and explain.
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  • bigdogzbigdogz Member Posts: 881 ■■■■■■■■□□
    If you are moving within the company it will not be bad, otherwise I would agree with the others. If you leave you should stay at the new job for a while. You have to show some stability in your career in order for your boss to look at you as an asset not someone they train in 3 months and leaves.
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  • DarthVaderDarthVader Member Posts: 71 ■■□□□□□□□□
    What does you contract say?!? take a look....
    maybe nothing will happen to you OR you get taken to court and have to pay lots of money.
    Thats why they call it a "CONTRACT" and not an "IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT"
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  • kj0kj0 Member Posts: 767
    I broke a contract during my 2nd year half way through, and it was only because I was earning next to nothing. I was working at two schools and 1 was a year contract and the other was 6months which was just about up. Luckily, because I've moved between 5 different schools and they are all public, I can claim it all under "Department of Education" on my resume and consolidate it into one for when Applying for outside the education system.

    When I broke the contract, to make it easier on them, I gave them 8 weeks notice (I hadn't found a job, but said I was looking and applying for anything - that was more money as I was on almost minnimum wage) and then also offered to help them find a replacement in that 8 weeks. They were happy with that.\



    Also watch out, because if they have paid for any Professional Development or Courses, the contract may be there so that you work to pay it off over so many years of service, otherwise they may ask you to pay it in a sum of money left owing.
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  • whirichardsonwhirichardson Member Posts: 6 ■□□□□□□□□□
    I've worked "contract" for many "Consulting" firms and the bottom line is they can throw you under the bus without notice (fine print) and conversely you can walk anytime. These contracts are mostly unenforcable in about all states. If you leave a contact for a full time job, better pay, better perks it won't hurt your resume. The only thing that gets sticky is if they just paid out thousands for you to get certified then you need to pay it back if it's been under a year.

    During good times most hiring managers were willing to pay the "Consulting" company their training money just to get the job filled.
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