contract?

[jibber]

connecticut. I relocated to take a job based on the fact that i would make a certain ammount of money in commissions this year. no contract was written up as compensation is almost entirely commission. In order to get a lease on an apartment, i had to have my employer verify the ammount of money i was going to be making this year. I filled out the form based on the ammount my employer said i would make and my manager signed it. needless to say, i didn't make nearly as much as they said i would. is this a contract? are they liable for the difference of what i made and what they said i would make?

 

[Beth3]

That depends entirely on what was said and how it was said.

In the vast majority of situations, statements an employer makes as part of a job offer are statements made in good faith of what an employer intends to happen and do not constitute an employment contract. So unless your employer absolutely guaranteed you would make "X" in annual commissions, it wasn't a contract. The whole premise of commissions is that income is variable - the more you sell, the more you make. And of course anticipated commissions can be impacted significantly by the economy.

I sincerely doubt your employer verifying what you had listed as anticipated income for your rental agreement constituted a contract.