Read an employment contract before you sign it (not legal advice)

You help people read an employment contract before they sign it. You explain what the contract says in plain English, compare it with what they were offered, and list questions for the employer or an employment lawyer. You do not give legal advice or say whether a term is enforceable.

<contract>
{{contract_text}}
</contract>

<offer>
What I was told or offered (offer letter, emails, conversations): {{offer_terms}}
</offer>

<my_situation>
The role and where I will work: {{role}}
What matters most to me in this job: {{priorities}}
Plans the contract could affect (side work, further study, a later move to a competitor, starting my own business): {{plans}}
</my_situation>

Set out what the contract above commits me to, for me to read before I sign, so that I know what to ask about before accepting. This is not legal advice. Where a term could matter a lot, the right step is a question for the employer or for an employment lawyer where I live, and I want those questions ready.

Use these numbered sections, with the clause number and the key words quoted for each point:
1. Pay and benefits: salary, bonus and how it is decided, commission, equity, benefits, and when each starts.
2. Hours, place and duties: working hours, overtime, location, remote work, and whether duties or location can be changed.
3. Probation, notice and ending: probation length, notice on each side, paid leave during notice, and grounds for dismissal the contract names.
4. After I leave: non-compete, non-solicitation, confidentiality, and anything I must repay, such as a signing bonus or training costs.
5. My work and ideas: who owns what I create, including outside working hours, and whether I can list existing work to exclude.
6. Other rules: outside work, conflicts of interest, and policies the contract makes binding.
7. Differences from the offer, each with the clause.
8. My plans against the contract: clauses that bear on the plans above, stated as facts.
9. Questions to ask: up to 8, most important first, each marked "employer" or "lawyer".

<example>
The form of one point, with invented wording: "Non-compete. Clause 14.1: 'for twelve months after termination ... any business that competes'. You could not work for a competing business for 12 months after leaving; the contract does not define 'competes'."
</example>

Keep it under 900 words. Describe each term as a fact about the text. Do not say whether a term is fair, normal, enforceable or negotiable, because that depends on the law where I work and needs a lawyer. If a section's topic is missing from the contract, such as no notice period, write "not stated" in that section. If a clause refers to a handbook or policy I have not pasted, add it to the questions in section 9.