by Dale M. Olson

Air Conditioning and

Refrigeration Technology

As a new graduate of the UVSC Refrigeration Program, you are hired by ABC, a large service company which specializes in light commercial and residential air conditioning. ABC furnishes you with a van, all of the larger, more expensive tools you'll need, and most of your hand tools.

Part of the agreement you make with them at the time of hire is that you will not do outside work. However, before you got the job with ABC, you had successfully won a contract to service and maintain all of the central air units and refrigerators at a 200 unit apartment complex in the area.

Questions:

Do you see this as a potential problem?

What might happen if you do not tell ABC about your previous contract?

Why didn't you tell them when you were hired?

How will you deal with this situation?