I was laid off recently. I got 6 weeks “bridge pay” but had to sign a doc stating that if I find full time work before my bridge pay is up, I need to tell the AI bots at VML so they don’t have to pay it. But really, do I? What about for tax purposes and all that? Is that a legally binding document? The double dip paychecks would help my family finances a lot.

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Posting as :
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You are currently posting as works at

It’s more of a “don’t ask, don’t tell” scare policy.

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Kudos to you if you can find work that quickly in this market! Hope you do and get doubled up pay! Agency is not trailing you to enforce this

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These sound like questions you should be asking a contracts lawyer in your state.

Anyone can put anything into a contract, that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily legal or enforceable. In my last separation agreement, my employer put several statements in there that weren’t legal / enforceable. I called them out on it before I signed it and they were all updated / removed.

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Not enforceable. It’s severance.

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Happened to me once too. I spoke to a lawyer and they said just don’t update your LinkedIn. As someone said, it’s a don’t ask, don’t tell policy.

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Ok define "full time" I've ALWAYS freelanced during "bridge pay" period and gotten double paid, and didn't advertise it anywhere, and kept looking for a FT job

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If you really want to go by the book, talk to a lawyer.

But tbh I’ve only ever seen someone get in legal trouble with this kind of thing once, and it was an SVP+ level person that allegedly broke some non-compete clause when they got laid off (and even in that situation, turned out to not be enforceable, but it sounded like a big headache at the time). Move in silence, don’t update your socials until your severance period is up, you’ll probably be fine.

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Take the new job and the severance. Don’t tell -anyone- your official start date and don’t update your work status online for a few months. Congratulations, you earned it.

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Agree with above. By the time you complete interviews, sign an offer, go through background - timing should work out with no overlap

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I had this same debate - it’s moot because it ran out before I was able to find anything in this crap job market

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that’s nuts they said that. they won’t have any idea what you do with your life

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i was laid off from there a few years ago and the HR person literally told me not to post about it on Linkedin and you’ll be fine. they have too many other things to worry about than tracking ex employees job status.

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That sounds like a legally binding contract to me. They get you off payroll, and you get up to 6 weeks of bridge pay. Offer, acceptance, consideration, and meeting of the minds are all met by the conditions you outlined if you sign.

Don’t say a peep.

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