any written
job offer should point out that employment is "at will"
an oral
job offer should be matter-of-fact and to the point – skip the
usual "feel-good" comments that sometimes get a company in
trouble, such as "don't worry, if you work hard and follow all
the rules, you'll always have a job with us" – even though
the Texas Supreme Court has ruled that such comments do not by
themselves destroy the presumption that employment is at will, it is
possible to do just that with the wrong mix of circumstances
in an
employment at will situation, the employer should express the
compensation in terms of an hourly wage or a weekly or biweekly pay
period – annual salary offers have been held in certain cases to
constitute a promise of at least one year's employment
the more unusual a pay method is, the more important it is to put it into writing – this is especially the case with combination pay methods such as hourly wage or salary plus commissions, bonuses, and so on – also, the pay agreement should be as clear as possible, since any claims under the Texas Payday Law will be based upon whatever the pay agreement says or seems to say
