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Contract trap regarding remote work in Europe (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by raicon@lemmy.world to c/golang@programming.dev
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I was applying for a senior backend engineer job in this european startup in the healthcare sector.

I passed through 4 rounds of 1 hour interviews. Everyone was telling me this company is remote first, nobody works at the office.

Contract type is as remote on linkedin.

The offer arrived, 80k euros. They are very reluctant in giving the contract to me so I can proceed with the bureaucracy regarding blue card and job change before 12 months.

The contract arrives and it's full of traps:

  • They can require work on weekends and holidays with no notice
  • There isn't a single mention to remote working on the contract
  • They can relocate me to any place with a 2 months notice
  • HR refused to add remote clause on the contract

To make it even worse, they were processing my emails through an undisclosed AI tool using chatgpt, in which I've sent my personal documents.

Avoid these traps like hellfire.

Company name is Recare.

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[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

80k? As a contractor or an employee?

[–] raicon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

full time contract

[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but as an internal employee or as a contractor ? Those are very different statuses with enormously varying conditions.

[–] raicon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

internal

[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Uh. 80k is rather senior. Strange that they are playing you like that. Or 80k was never on the table. Hiring intermediaries are REALLY shit these days, especially those relying on LinkedIn. They straight up lie some. What country were you aiming for? It seems recare exists in half of Europe in a form or another.

[–] raicon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was applying within Germany

[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Damn. I’m not familiar with their specifics. Still generally we have strong worker protections this side and crap like this typically isn’t flying.

Some stuff is hard to get like full remote if you’re not within the country though. Asking my guys to work exceptionally on weekends I could see but they can totally tell me to fuck off without any sort of grudge.

It’s true that importing talent is hard though, it can take a while for the whole sponsorship file to be built.

I wish you good luck with the whole process. If you apply in Belgium next time I’ll be able to provide more insight.

[–] raicon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I don't need visa sponsorship. It's just a bureaucratic process for changing the named employer on the blue card visa.

Their contract seemed barely legal...

There are even worse parts:

  • Short notice home inspections
  • 15 hours of overwork monthly without compensation
  • Home office should be secured even against spouses

I wonder if I could sue for my many hours lost on this scam

[–] needanke@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I doubt home inspections would fly with German law. Unpaid overtime is legal as long as the legal limits wrt to total working time and minimum wage are met (which they will if you are making 80k...). Requiring the home office to be secured seems legal depending on the working environment (does it also need to be secured outside of working hours?).

They can require work on weekends and holidays with no notice

Working weakends or Holidays can be legal depending on the work . No notice seems illegal (unless they are paying you to be on call).

There isn't a single mention to remote working on the contract

This is a red flag, there is no obligation for employers to enable remote work, so if it's not in the contract you don't have anything to fall back on. This might be especially problematic for working from outside of the EU.

They can relocate me to any place with a 2 months notice

If it is really that broad that is probably unenforcable.

Take all of this with a grain of salt, I am not a lawyer.

Honestly, depending on how much you like the position otherwise and how much you need the job, I'd tell them to change the contract (esp. the homeoffice clause) or you're out and then just walk if they don't.

[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah I could NEVER ask for any of that. I’m in a critical infrastructure industry but not healthcare though.

You sure they are not bullshitting you instead of admitting they can’t proceed with you for some reason?