Looking for advice here. I’m a young engineer who utilized the company’s tuition reimbursement program and need to stay with the company for a year but today my boss’s boss was laid off along with 10 engineers in my group. I’m afraid to be next and want to start interviewing and applying but I’m going to owe Thermo $40K for that. What should I do? My gut is telling me to leave but financially I can’t afford to pay them this much.

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If you get laid off it may change the terms of what you are asked to pay back. My recommendation is update your resume and start looking. If you find something amazing you can consider what you owe as you are negotiating an offer. Starting to consider options doesn’t mean you have to leave.

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Great idea, thank you!

Does the paperwork that you signed have any sort of proportional payback in it? Like if you left 6 months into your agreement would you only have to pay back 50%? If so, maybe you start interviewing and then if you get an offer, let the new company know about your tuition reimbursement deal and see if they wouldn’t include paying that off as a sign on bonus/also tuition reimbursement deal for them too with a new contract.

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No it doesn’t because it just says if you leave before within the year that they paid your tuition then you owe them everything. But that’s a great idea, thanks for letting me know!

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You should be able to interview without telling your current employer? I would interview and apply to try to have something lined up!

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Yea apparently one week per year of service and I have 2😂 so half a paycheck lol that would be nothing for me.

How long do you have until you reach a year?

May 11 2024 is my year mark so a while.

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