Florida employee accepts a new job to learn they must pay a $1000 onboarding fee and stay a full year to get it back: ‘Is it even legal to charge a fee?’

Starting a new job usually means getting paid… not handing your employer $1000 before you've even made it through training.By now, I've read multiple stories about a new position or a new job. Most of them talk about how a hiring manager leaves the candidate with no response for months, or how the initial salary expectation is not met once the person is employed… But this is the first time that I'm reading a story about a candidate who has to pay to be able to start working at the company that just hired him.According to what they told him, this has to be paid on his first day, either in cash or by check, and the only way for him to get it back is by staying for a full year and being in a good position. Also, there's a disclaimer that states that the company can keep the money if they decide to terminate his contract for any reason. Have you ever heard of something like this? Because this is my first time.The employee thinks this job is a legitimate one, and he doesn't feel they're trying to scam him. Actually, he met the team, is a small one, but he feels they're honest. He thinks this might be because the company wants to hire someone who's going to stay for the long run and wan…

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