Smoothstack

Smoothstack is an American information technology (IT) staffing firm. Smoothstack provides 12–16 weeks of training to candidates before contracted job placement. The firm requires its employees to sign Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAP) contracts that require payback if the employee leaves within two years.

The agency's TRAP contracts have been described as predatory and were deemed unenforceable in Virginia. In 2024, the United States Department of Labor sued the agency for it TRAP agreements described as "modern-day indentured servitude."