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richardhutnik said:

Do you seriously think a place like McDonald's is going to bother to hire someone and offer them a contract for terms of employment?  How exactly would it be enforceable, and do they want to even bother to want to take a person to court if they did up and leave?  Corporations are usually set in their ways, and those who franchise follow very tight patterns and look to hire people in those patterns.  A problem with what you suggest is that it is devoid of consideration on the part of the employer.  And, if you want to see why employers are against unions, the main reason is that unions make them signs contracts regarding employment.  Employers want much more flexibility to hire and fire as they choose, which is why right to work is what is pushed for.  It means to have everything on a whim.  Employers know that if something comes along someone will end up jumping on it, irregardless of what people may say when hired. 

I am reminder of a time, coming out of college, I did offer to have them have me sign a contract for employment I would promise to stay with them if they hired me.  This was for an IT position.  They didn't bite on it.


Well, first and foremost, you need to look a bit more carefully about how McDonald's is set up. First of all, they hire anybody, because they're used to the high turnover of staff, that's what their business model relies on. Second, McDonald's doesn't do the hiring, it is done by the franchise owners, they write the contracts, and do all the rest. You negotiate such terms with them. Hell, they may not even bite, but just the fact that you're discussing such things with the manager you're interviewing will suggest to them that you're more serious about sticking around (even if you're not).

Also, you may very well be right about major corporations not agreeing to this kind of thing. Well, it's a good job the vast majority of employers are not major corporations, they're small and medium businesses, where such things are much more realistic.

How is it enforceable? The same way all contracts are enforceable... through the courts.

It didn't work for you once, so you give up on it? Not to mention that if this problem is even as large as Mr. Khan suggested, the idea of these contracts would be much more common than they are today, and, as such, more businesses would be open/aware of the idea.