text: leave a co. that requires you to stay  two years after your hired, then they fire you, do you still pay back? my dh accepted a job to tx from in. the company moved us here with the condition that if my dh left within the first year then he would have to pay back the entire 5000 dollar moving allowance. if he leaves after the 1st year but before the end of the 2nd year he would have to pay half of it back. we are 1 month away from the 2nd year and want to leave.we wonder if dh was fired or laid off, would we still be required to pay them back? usually the contract signed would cover this, and most of the time the answer would be yes, you are expected to pay the moving allowance back.  however, that is usually prorated, so you'd only have to pay back the 1 month worth.  check the contract you signed for specifics.  that said, if a company fires you they probably won't bother collecting the moving allowance.  if there's something wrong with an employee, many companies prefer to cut their losses and get rid of the employee as cleanly as possible.  tying up additional resources to recoup a small amount of money (comparatively) is usually not worth their while.  but you can't count on this.  assume the company will do whatever the contract says they will do.