Do I need to see job description before accepting a job (legally or not)?

Question

I've been verbally offered a job (a form of promotion) where my duties will be more geared towards a supervisory role. They want an answer from me regarding the job imminently however I am yet to see a job spec or personal spec and i was wondering if I legally should see these before accepting the job.

I'm looking for a more than a yes as I understand it is common sense to see these documents but is there anything unlawful about what is being done?

Answer 1

From personal experience having been caught out by not seeing the job spec or the terms and conditions of the job re pay and holidays before accepting and then being shafted by people going back on verbal promises --- ALWAYS get it in writing first. It isn't really a legal issue but believe me you could live to regret not doing it before you sign the dotted line.

Answer 2

No, because there is no legal requirement for a job to have a job description or person specification, so in a lot of cases these documents won't even exist. Obviously what is legal and what is common sense are not necessarily the same thing. If your employer generally has JDs for it's posts, then you should insist on seeing it before accepting, but your employer does not legally have to provide one.

Answer 3

There is nothing unlawful about this. As you say, it's common sense and good practice to see a JD in advance, but in reality the document often hasn't been written until after someone starts!



Best bet is to express your enthusiasm to make sure they know you are keen, but politely say you'd appreciate sight of a full job spec before signing up, just to make absolutely sure that both sides know what is expected. Offer to help draft it - that should do the trick!

Answer 4

i think of that's a scam. First they r asking you to funds a examine take out your funds and forward relax to three unknown. 2d, i observed any time they use USD of their classified ads, that's a scam. I examine someplace alot of those scams r coming from foreign places. I heard extraordinarily Russia

Answer 5

Yes,yes,yes.You must seek legal advise and politely demand that they lay it on the line,so to speak. You have to know exactly where you stand from the start and they are obliged to tell you where that would be, employers should not be trusted as a matter of course, trust has to be earned, and, lets face it, they have enough trust in you to offer this job and yet you still need to know, am I doing your head in yet? That is how it works so prepare yourself, and good luck to you.