Originally Posted by
mngmt mole
If a company tries to "restrain" you from leaving with restrictive contracts, then that should say everything about the company and what its offering. It certainly says everything about Cathay Pacific. If you have any pride, any self-worth, any desire to actually enjoy your job and have a productive career, run away from here as fast as you can. CX is finished.
Exactly.
And such restraints are notoriously difficult (often impossible) to enforce anyway. The only 'effective' way to 'enforce' them is either have money in escrow (in an account in the home country of the company) OR do what most reputable companies do. Rather than trying to punish and restrain, they have a bonus or incentive for staying. Incentives work great. People generally use their efforts to seek the carrot, and find creative ways to avoid the stick. So you either have their effort and talent working for you in seeking the carrot, or have their effort and talent working against you in avoiding the stick.