I have noticed that you are asking yourself “can I believe this?” when assessing Alice and Chloe’s claims and “must I believe this?” when assessing our claims. Please try to apply similar evidentiary standards to all claims.
This seems to confidently speak about the internals of my mind, which isn’t always a bad thing to do, but in this case I don’t think is accurately capturing reality. My guess is its best to keep at least this conversation at the level of facts and arguments.
And it would be really weird to say that too. I’ve never heard of somebody offering room & board + a stipend who’s said that it has to add up to a certain amount, otherwise you pay the difference (but you don’t pay the difference if the costs go over).
I did not say here that you “have to pay the difference” (and I don’t think anyone else has said that).
I don’t understand the relevance of this screenshot. I don’t think it matters for anyone’s model whether Chloe thought of the $1000/mo as salary or stipend. She says “you mentioned that everything is covered”, which is vague and doesn’t tell us what exactly she thought was covered.
Yes, I agree that the literal contract is quite relevant, though again, nobody said that there was such a clause. The relevant component is whether the expectation was set that the benefits would add up to ~$70k, and whether that expectation was set accurately. If my employer sells me on a job by offering me a compensation package they estimate to be worth $70k, and then they spend much less than that, then that clearly seems like cause for a legitimate grievance.
I do think the contract generally does matter. It also matters a bunch when Chloe actually signed the contract since it determines for how much of your relevant work period you were on the same page about at least the legal context. Could you confirm when Chloe actually signed the contract?
This seems to confidently speak about the internals of my mind, which isn’t always a bad thing to do, but in this case I don’t think is accurately capturing reality. My guess is its best to keep at least this conversation at the level of facts and arguments.
I did not say here that you “have to pay the difference” (and I don’t think anyone else has said that).
I don’t understand the relevance of this screenshot. I don’t think it matters for anyone’s model whether Chloe thought of the $1000/mo as salary or stipend. She says “you mentioned that everything is covered”, which is vague and doesn’t tell us what exactly she thought was covered.
Yes, I agree that the literal contract is quite relevant, though again, nobody said that there was such a clause. The relevant component is whether the expectation was set that the benefits would add up to ~$70k, and whether that expectation was set accurately. If my employer sells me on a job by offering me a compensation package they estimate to be worth $70k, and then they spend much less than that, then that clearly seems like cause for a legitimate grievance.
I do think the contract generally does matter. It also matters a bunch when Chloe actually signed the contract since it determines for how much of your relevant work period you were on the same page about at least the legal context. Could you confirm when Chloe actually signed the contract?