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Check a job offer and contract before you say yes
The contract has arrived and you're about to sign. Get a plain-English summary, the questions to ask, and what GOV.UK says must be in writing.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me check a job offer and contract before I sign. The offer or contract: [paste it, removing addresses and ID numbers] What I was told in the interview: [pay, hours, hybrid, holiday, anything promised] What matters most to me: [e.g. hours, notice, working from home] Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A plain-English summary: pay, hours, place of work, holiday, sick pay, pension, probation, notice, and anything else important. 2. Anything that doesn't match what I was told, quoted from the contract. 3. Clauses to read carefully (overtime, restrictive covenants, changes to terms), explained simply. 4. Polite questions to ask the employer before I sign. 5. Remind me that GOV.UK says employers must give a written statement of the main terms on the first day, and to check GOV.UK and Acas on employment contracts. This is help with wording and preparation, not legal advice; point me to Acas (helpline 0300 123 1100, Mon–Fri 8am–6pm) or GOV.UK for my rights, and to Citizens Advice or a union if I need someone on my side. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, dates or results. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. paste it, removing addresses and ID numbers: a short note you already have. pay, hours, hybrid, holiday, anything promised: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
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