How does bonus repayment work?

Incoming analyst at an EB and have a clause in my employment contract that says I have to repay my signing bonus in gross if I leave the firm before 2024. Wondering how strictly banks hold to this and if they actually come after you if you leave earlier?

Also is it standard to ask another employer to pay off the repayment for you if they want you to start earlier than that? 

Are there other ways to get around it?

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I think the only way to get around is if the company lets you go (redundancy, fired, ..).
Not sure how they would claw it back though.

 

I mean just don’t pay. Seriously, what’s going to happen collection agents come to your door and take you away? This isn’t debt. If more of us actually had a backbone and stood up for ourselves, these discussions wouldn’t happen. We already sacrifice a lot of our lives for the firm I’m sure for several thousand across some analysts they can survive. 

 

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