More US Employers Are Trapping Workers in a New Form of Indentured Servitude
You know, I am pretty vocal about worker rights and I have been saddled with debt of over 7K$ for in the job training but I see absolutley no problem with this. Unless there are debtors prisons it just means your credit score is messed for like 7 years (I can function just fine without using credit at all), which means you can&#x27;t buy a house or a new car when it comes to the essentials but you can live in an apartment and get a used car.<p>I mean, I was told the training cost and that I will have to pay for that cost either by working for them a certain amount of time or if I fail to do that, out of pocket. I knew what I was getting into, as an adult I am responsible for my actions so as much as I want that debt gone and improvey credit score in case I ever need it, it is all my fault, I signed on the dotted line and I was clearly made aware of the consequences.<p>What am I missing here? Honestly asking. I don&#x27;t care how profitable a company is or if they invented a random number out of thin air, everything costs what people are willing to pay for it. I don&#x27;t care what people&#x27;s situation is, adults get treated like one. If that same person was let&#x27;s say a genral contractor remodelling your bathroom for $5k and abandoned it mid way, he pays for the cost to complete or restor it right? Why would that be different if instead he was employed by the house owner?<p>I just can&#x27;t reason around this. At the end of the day, there was an agreement and I gave my word on something. I can and probably will avoid the consequences of my going back on my word but isn&#x27;t it plain dishonesty to claim the deal was unfair?<p>It is even harder to reason around this if I can pay my basic expenses and on top of that earn the equivalent of the training cost (if I bailed out) and if the pay back period has a reasonable (less than two years) limit.