I quit a job about a month ago and with my final paycheck came a couple of forms they want me to fill out and send back in.
#1 is a form stating that I voluntarily resigned my position. I have no problem with this, I did. #2 is a form acknowledging that I understand I can not come back on company property for 90 days (this is SOP for this company regardless of your reason for leaving).
It’s #3 I have problems with…
Background: I quit this job after only two days. I applied to multiple companies and was initially turned down by my favorites, so I applied to this one and got in (it is notoriously bad to employees but I needed an income). Two days later my #1 called me back and said they’d reconsidered and wanted me to come in for an interview. I did the interview, I got the job.
I understand the company I was leaving being upset, me having left after only two days. However the letter states, among other things…“this is being considered as ‘job abandonment’” and “[his] actions were intentional, with no regard for his employer’s needs. As such ‘misconduct’ has been established.”
I will try to keep things short here, but the only thing I ever achieved in those two days was an “on call” position. They had no schedules to fill (I hadn’t received any yet), they had no days to cover (I didn’t have any obligations outstanding at the time). The ONLY thing that happened by my quitting was they were back to 6 on-call people instead of 5. Basically they were right back where they were before I started. No better, no worse. :rolleyes:
So what should I do here? Just sign the damn thing to get them to leave me alone? Respond with a letter stating that I disagree with their conclusions? Not respond at all? What all can they do other than not letting me back?
Write them back on fake employment lawyer letterhead telling them to cease and desist; your client has no intention of signing any forms and that if any negative information regarding the client is postedby the company either to state/local agencies or private information services, they will get sued to Timbuktu.
I agree with what others have said. If they really wanted you to sign the forms, they should have gotten your signature before they issued the check. There is no upside to you signing them, and an (admittedly small) potential downside. Just throw them away and don’t ever plan on using this employer as a reference or part of your resume.
Out of curiosity, what was / what was the purpose of, Form No. 3? I can see the first two (employee acknowledgements that you quit voluntarily and can’t come back for 90 days) but there isn’t enough information to know what the third form was for.
I would never under any circumstances sign a form in which I acknowledged I had committed misconduct.
Another vote here for ‘file in the circular cabinet’. If you’d been there longer, you might have wanted a reference, but I don’t think you have anything to gain by signing them, or anything to lose by ignoring them.
