Re:GoDaddy employees told they were getting a holiday bonus ...
by quiescant_dodo on Thursday December 24, 2020 @03:32PM
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If:
1. The company sent bonus emails in 2019 via email
2. The offending email was from '[email protected]' (instead of 'goCLaddy.com')
would it change the legal perspective? I could totally see myself seeing such an email and making decisions based on the premise that I had additional income coming. I think I've read advice in the past that if a "reasonable person" would believe it, then it counts as an informal contract or something.
Re:GoDaddy employees told they were getting a holiday bonus ...
by otterley on Thursday December 24, 2020 @03:36PM
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Yeah, promissory estoppel is a thing. It's not technically a contract, but it's equitable relief that might be available if there's reliance and no other remedy.
would it change the legal perspective? I could totally see myself seeing such an email and making decisions based on the premise that I had additional income coming. I think I've read advice in the past that if a "reasonable person" would believe it, then it counts as an informal contract or something.