I work for an insurance company (one that just had a major layoff earlier in the year). They ended my contract early. Now they're saying I was never in a contract, and are fighting with me to supply my contract documents so that I can see if they have to pay me for my full contract term.
I came into the company on a 6-month contract, which I signed. After my time was up, they offered me a full-time role but told me they had to take some time to create my position so that I could formally apply in their system. As a placeholder, they put me on a “temporary” 1-year contract, and told me I'd only be in the 1-year for a few weeks. After a few weeks passed, they walked back my full-time role offer. They told me the company was in a hiring freeze and that they would reevaluate me for a full-time role at the end of my 1-year contract. A few months after that, they laid a bunch of people off and told me that I wasn't going to be considered for rehire at all.
I never signed contract documents for the 1-year. However, I have an email chain where another employee was able to look up my contract expiry date for the 1-year. I also show as “[Job Title] (Contractor)” in the system.
It'd be cool if anyone had advice for me/familiarity with this — this is my first contract role and didn't leave a good impression, but mostly I'm just writing this to reinforce that everyone should get everything in writing and ask a million questions, regardless of the situation. Dont be like me.