TIL that you should never ever sign an Employment Bond.

It's basically a predatory contract where you must agree to continue working for an employer for a period of time, and you have to pay a monetary penalty to the employer if you leave.

And they're apparently used by some workplaces as a way of dealing with retention problems, as opposed to actually fixing the problems that are causing their employees to resign.

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