Misleading job advertisement, job description

[beefaroni]

I currently find myself in a "sales" position, with no reference to nor description of this position as sales. It is loosely called "marketing" in one of the job areas.

This is a sales job, with quotas. I LEFT a sales job and indicated in my hiring interviews that I was LEAVING a sales job.

Duped! Is this legal?

 

[Michael Wechsler]

I don't know what the terms of your agreement were and I wouldn't say it's "illegal" on its face. Do you have a civil action? Perhaps. This is a difficult one to define for a number of reasons, most important being we don't know what was allegedly misrepresented to you. IMHO, for you to even begin to potentially claim that you were "duped" and that your new employer should be liable for something would be for you to indicate that the new company materially misrepresented your position. For example, they induced you to join there company representing that you were not in a sales position and that there would be no quotas, etc. Just because you've said you don't want to stay in such a position doesn't mean that your new company promised that you might not have a quota of sorts. It might not have been a good idea to hire someone who specifically said that it's not the job he wanted. The truth is that if they didn't make it clear what the position was, a prudent measure would have been requiring them to make the job description clear before you decided to leave your old employer - would you not agree?

 

[army judge]

I currently find myself in a "sales" position, with no reference to nor description of this position as sales. It is loosely called "marketing" in one of the job areas.

This is a sales job, with quotas. I LEFT a sales job and indicated in my hiring interviews that I was LEAVING a sales job.

Duped! Is this legal?

Is it legal, who knows?

All actions are not necessarily illegal.

What you describe isn't illegal.

Some might characterize it is miscommunication.

If you're dissatisfied in your current position, you have options.

You can make the best of it, discuss it with your employer, or quit.

Bottom line, from what you describe, you have no cause of legal action against your employer; insomuch as you are an "at will" employee.

As an "at will" employee, you're simply being paid to work for your employer.

As long as the work isn't illegal, you are required to do as instructed.

If you want to be hired for a specific purpose, you need a contract.

Don't get your hopes up, because unless you have a "special" or "unique" skill set, you're not going to get a contract.

Contract?

Yes, movie stars get them, professional athletes get them, rock stars get them, celebrity chefs get them, models get them, radio personalities get them, big shot former politicians even get them, some paramours could get one; but marketing types rarely get them!!!!

 

[disagreeable]

It is usually the sucky jobs that mislead you. It is up to you, to ask questions during the interview and attempt a background check.

 

[beefaroni]

The job description sounded WONDERFUL. LOL. The title is "community relations specialist" I am looking for new work, I guess I just feel like I was misled.