What should I do

[ivegotgas]

I'm looking for some career advice.

I recently left Company A to join Company B, this involved relocating to a new city. Unfortunately with the housing market slide in Alberta, I have been unable to sell my house in my old town and am stuck paying $5000/month between mortgage in the old residence and rent in the new city.

Part of the package to join the new company was an incentive signing bonus which I haven't touched to date but will have to start tapping into to pay for housing if my house doesn't sell soon.

I have been offered another job with Company C, which would see me move back to my old town, thus relieving my housing woes...

What do I do with Company B, They are depending on me, as they had been looking for someone for a long time, they pay well, and the job is interesting, on the other hand, I financially can't keep this up. Any advice on how to deal with Company B???

 

[ivegotgas]

I ended up renting the house I own for enough to cover my rent in Calgary. (So in the end the net expense is the same as if I was living in the house I own.)

Company A was not able to keep me busy enough with the project they had promised (welcome to 2008/2009) and I was extremely bored so I quit for greener pasture. I decided to pay back the signing bonus to Company A and moved to Company D. I am still living in Calgary and renting out the house I own, but the new job at least promises to be challenging and there looks to be enough work to keep me busy for a while.

It's been a hard few months, moving to a new city and a new job that promised greater responsibility and better pay, only to find that the job was terrible, unbearable and not as advertised (pay was still good though )

Here's to starting fresh in a new year!

 

[HgTX]

Awful. Was it the recruiter or your new manager that misled you?

An acquaintance of mine not too long ago quit his job to accept a new one, only to find out at the very last minute that U.S. citizenship was required. You'd think that would have been something the recruiter and the company both would have made clear and verified before any offer was made.

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[ivegotgas]

The recruiter was from a third party head hunter company, From him, of course the job was sunshine and fresh apple pie!

The manager did a good job of selling me on all of the responsibility and extensive world travel that I would be involved in.

In their defense, I started in September and the world economy went south shortly after. However it was the first job that I have worked where I thought of the Management as complete donkeys. Usually I manage to have a pretty good relationship with management, but these guys were a real piece of work.