If you had a written promise, could you sue?

ChuckMcM · on April 15, 2014

No, you can only say no thanks and leave. I strongly suggest to anyone who gets hired at Google to read the employment contract completely (you can ask them to send it to you before you start). If you have a friend who understands contract law, have them explain it to you. Then decide.

Unlike in credit situations there is no equivalent of the Fair Credit Act covering employment contracts. Many employers exploit that by writing some very crafty wording which reads one way but on close inspection says the opposite.

walshemj · on April 15, 2014

Not just contrcat law employment law experiance is key here.

sizzle · on April 15, 2014

Thanks for the advice, did not know this.

Terr_ · on April 15, 2014

IANAL, you sort of can, but mainly in compensation for expenses you incurred based on expecting them to come through.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoppel#American_law

gggf3 · on April 16, 2014

So if someone offers you a job and you quit your previous job, only to find out your new job is no longer on the table, then you can sue for lost wages?

Terr_ · on April 17, 2014

Let's just say that it's possible-enough that you should ask a real lawyer about what they think :p

kookiekrak · on April 15, 2014

Would you work for an employer that you had to sue to force them to allow you to work there?

LukeB_UK · on April 15, 2014

I think the point would be because of the time wasting on the employer's part.

TheCoelacanth · on April 15, 2014

More likely you would be suing for monetary damages, such as the wages you lost by leaving your previous job, any money you spent on relocation, etc.

nraynaud · on April 15, 2014

yeah, we have this possibility in France, and I wouldn't feel confortable. I guess most of the times people asks for money and leave instead of asking to be (re-)integrated.