Worker forcibly relocates 1700 miles only to find out there's actually no job: ''The position is "no longer available..."'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Mar 9, 2024 10:00 AM EST

Relocating for work is a tough choice to make. On the one hand, the opportunities on offer could open doors and lead to opportunities that would set you up for the rest of your life. On the other hand, you'd be leaving your life, as you know it, behind. There's no telling whether or not what you're giving up will actually be worth it or how things will even turn out on the other side. 

All this counts on the fact that you like your current job that's being relocated and that you trust the people asking you to relocate, because, again, there's a lot at stake, and trusting such a dramatic shift and creating that much uncertainty in your life for to the wrong people is a risk that's not worth taking. 

When this worker was granted the opportunity to take another role within their current organization it seemed too good to pass up—but there was just one catch. They had to relocate 1700 miles, uprooting their entire life, in a week's time. They decided to go for it, giving notice to their apartment and packing up a U-Haul with all their stuff. 

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  • Unfortunately, once everything was sorted and they were in the middle of their 1700-mile move, they received a sudden notification in writing that informed them that the position was no longer available, leaving them to sort out the pieces of their broken life. 

    See their account of events below, as they shared with this popular online workplace community.

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    VEFAL "I am now homeless and scrambling for any lifeline to manage this." DHO
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    Posted by u/notmydayJR Work demands I relocate 1700 miles for a new project, then removes the position after I make commitments. I am beyond frustrated and off. I was approached in Mid-February about a position in another part of the country, with the demand that I started March 1st. This would be an interoffice transfer with decent job, good pay, reasonable expectations with
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    the exception that they gave me only 1 week notice to uproot and travel cross-country. I negotiated with the team manager and leads for a later start date of April 1st, with full details on the undertaking to just up and move on short notice, and finding affordable housing when I get there. So, it was agreed, April 1st start date. They would start the process of moving me from my current team to their team. Everything hunky dory.
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    I gave notice on my apartment, I booked U- Haul for a cross country move. I booked Airbnbs for temporary housing. I booked additional storage space in the new town. I sold off alot of my personal items and furniture. I made a full commitment. Today, I was emailed and informed that due to 'budgetary' issues, the position is no longer available ad they will not be filling that role.
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    My apartment is already rented out for the next tenant. My current job is in limbo with my previous position 'removed as well'. In the middle of it, I am now homeless and scrambling for any lifeline to manage this.
    via u/notmydayJR
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    tigerbreak 6 hr. ago Talk to an attorney about promissory estoppel. Save those emails asap 2.6k Reply Share Unbalanced Druid. 4 hr. ago This is really the only answer ↑ 370 Reply Share
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    rob_1127 2 hr. ago • Save them off of your company email system. So they can't accidently lose them off of your system. Vote Reply Share Psilocybin-Cubensis 3 hr. ago Yes this, it's a promissory estoppel. Could be damages to recover for. Vote Reply Share
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    pukui7 6 hr. ago . Is any part of this in writing? Or was it all in conversation? 605 notmydayJR OP. 6 hr. ago I have emails stating they are transferring me to the new team. Reply Share 816 Reply Share 761 ... PositiveAgent2377 5 hr. ago Print those out quickly before they destroy evidence Reply Share
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    somecallme_doc 5 hr. ago you're 100% in talk to an employment attorney territory. You have all the evidence you need to show that they got you to do this and rug pulled you. if you have all the emails as described. they can be described as legally I. 439 Reply Share
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    Crayshack 5 hr. ago here for the memes Talk to a lawyer. This kind of is illegal in many areas. Companies just kind of rely on employees not knowing that to 258 them over. Reply Share
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    CrazyShrewboy 5 hr. ago Wow, how could someone be that heartless to do that to you. That is absurd. Hope you are able to get some sort of legal action against them!! 38 Reply Share
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    Survive10146 hr. ago Yeah, this was supposed to be a creative dismissal, you called their bluff. 162 Reply Share -Invalid_Selection- · 4 hr. ago Constructive dismissal. It's also promissory estoppel. ↑ 64 Reply Share
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