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'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.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.What am I missing here? Honestly asking. I don'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't care what people's situation is, adults get treated like one. If that same person was let'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?I just can'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't it plain dishonesty to claim the deal was unfair?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.