I Rejected A 2 Year Bond By My Office Sending Me On A One Week Course To Uk

Hi all, am kind of in a fix. i work in a telecomms firm in lagos and i and 2 other of my colleagues were selected to go on a 5 day course in london. the problem now is that, on friday, a form was sent to me by my superiors asking i append my signature to a document bionding me with the company for 2 years(within which i can't resign). I've been nursing plans to leave this company since last year and my runs is likely to click 2-3months from now but its not certain. i bluntly rejected to sign the bond, so did my counterparts. I'm not sure what my fate is right now in my office as we(3 of us) are the only ones qualified to go on the training course. the company is being run like it will crash soon ans an average of 2 people resigns every month! Gosh i don't know what to do, i don't want to lose my job and at the same time there's none in the offing. do you think i will be sacked?
on friday there's goin  to be a board meeting,  i think our fate in the company is goin tobe discussed.

yeah,
well since no one has defaulted in the past, i really don't know if i should go ahead. mind u, am not crazy about the UK travellin thing, just love ma freedom, and, i don't see a future in the company,

Dont worry about it, you can sign the bond, go for the training and nothing dey happen, no company will start chasing you about a stupid bond, they hardly have a case in court and they know it.

@ poster,

There are some contracts that are not enforceable, just like the bond you are talking about. Before you sign any agreement there must be "meeting of the minds".
Incase you are forced to sign a contract because you could loose your JOB, then your company does not have any case, just like i said above.

Have a look at this link

http://consumer-law.lawyers.com/Contesting-Contracts.html

Hi Mikkyphp,

Life is in stages, it is always important to indentify the stage we are , this will go a long way to inform our decisions.

Stage1 : Some times we need others to carry us,
Stage 2:  some other time we need no one to carry us yet we can not carry anyone along
Stage 3 : Some other time we carry others.

In your career what stage are you? I once heard of a junior staff who was sent on a professional course meant for his superiors, he took it as a great privellege and that re-positioned him entirely in his field, for that reason he gladly signed the bond.

Now , this person need not sign any bond to be sent abroad the 2nd time, he has acquire adequate skill to face life. Just put, he is now in the 2nd stage. Note that the decision in the first stage open doors to the 2nd stage.  

Have you ever being sent abroad for training? For alot of companies they wait to plant were others have cultivated.
I have another friend who now works in a big telecom firm, this firm would rather bring people from abroad to train them, but he acquired the skill that got him that employment while with a small telecom firm that sent him abroad.

Check this two:
A) With-out a training/bond : Employee do not know if the company would sack him/her in less than 2 years.
B) With training/bond : The Employer does not want the employee to leave in less than 2 years.

Weigh it are u bold enough to say u are in the 2nd stage , if not READ the Below carefully?

1.) Think about how your contributions after this training can do your company alot of good.
2.) Have all this point of yours written , proving to your company that in no doubt they will get great value for the expenses in the shortest time.
3.) Examine the exit clause in the bond - e.g Pay 1Million if you leave before 2years. Do the course benefit outways this, does it position u for job opportunities of a very great offer.
4.) Explain your contraint in signing the letter earlier - Put this way a.) it came with urgency. b.) You needed professional guidance.
5.) Be bold to find out if there are other benefits for you from the company once you are trainned e.g Official car, better pay, e.t.c
6.) In all give your company the reason to believe you are very willing to serve them well even after training you, remember they are going to spend alot of money on u.
7.) Play it save before u sign, aleast get your Visa.

Wish u good

OK-Daniel

forget that thing called bond. Dont let anybody cajole u in d name of bond. Sign d bond and go for d training if u have opportunity to do so, nothing dey happen. They can never win u in any law court. I hope u will be bold enough to do this. Never miss an opportunity for overseas training ooo esp when itz coming cheaply lik this. i am presently on training for about 2 years now outside d country without any bond, not even a day bond. a begi,