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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.
The prompt · Gemini
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 Gemini chat. Leave extensions off, including Gmail and Drive.
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.
You paste the offer letter or contract, removing anything private.
The assistant asks what you agreed in the interview and what matters most to you.
You get a plain summary, anything that doesn't match what you were told, and questions to ask before signing.
What happens
Use Gemini to 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.
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