Company promises accommodation for new hire during training out of state, then refuses to provide it after they signed, forcing the employee to quit: ‘They lied to get me on board’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Dec 2, 2025 1:00 PM EST

The last stage before a new hire signs a contract with a company should be filled with honesty, from both sides. What is the point of lying about anything regarding the job, if one day on the job would prove that whatever was discussed is not what is going to happen?

We're not just talking about how candidates shouldn't lie about their qualifications; we've all been there. No, we're talking about how some companies promise all kinds of things to employees before they sign the contract, only to back out of them as soon as the employee arrives on their first day. 

Why go through all this trouble just to drive the new hire right out of the door they just walked through?

Take the employee in the story below as an example. They were told they would have to go through 2 weeks of training out of state, and were promised certain accommodations. However, in the first week, they discovered that the training was actually 6 weeks, and that the company refuses to provide any of the accommodations they promised. 

Which leaves the new hire wondering what the point of the promises was in the first place…

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  • My new job lied to me to get me to onboard

    1 24f just started my job 2 weeks ago. During the interview process, they let me know there is a required training out of state that would be two weeks.
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  • I agreed to that and said the only accommodation is that I would like to drive because I have a dog that's recovering from surgery and I live. alone so I don't have anyone to watch him.
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  • They agreed and said I could drive to the training with no issue and that it happens all the time.
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  • I also have it in writing over text from two different people from the company before I started.
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  • After I was hired and did the first week, when traveling came up the training period has now changed to 6 weeks with multiple locations, and now driving is "unauthorized".
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  • I would be required to put my dog recovering from surgery on the bottom of a plane essentially 12 times total, which obviously isn't going to work.
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  • He is 85lbs. They also said if I do bring him, via plane, I am responsible for him financially as far as cargo fees, hotel fees, etc.
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  • they are also not offering any per diem for me being away from home for 6 weeks.
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  • They have a company card that doesn't allow more than 20$ a meal. When I told them that this isn't what I signed on for and that we originally agreed on accommodations and the timeframe, tomorrow I will most likely have to quit my job over this.
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  • They won't accept any alternative solutions and when I listed out all my reasonings my boss responded with essentially "that's not our problem to figure out".
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  • I traveled for other companies in the past and honestly did not realize it was a luxury to request basic things you would need to be away for six weeks.
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  • They aren't even budging with me offering to drive off the clock in my personal vehicle, or with them paying for dog care because a dog boarding is 750$ a week.
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  • That's basically shredding the money I would be making out there. Same if I took him with, that is thousands of dollars in pet fees for hotels and rental cars because they're refusing to pay for it if I bring my dog.
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  • Just feeling stressed and sad that I was lied to. I told the recruiter, and all three sets of interviews (one being my current boss) about my living situation and dog situation in advance and confirmed several times after being hired, and now they changed things last minute and expect me to just say yes or expect to be fired/quit.
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  • What was the point in lying and getting me through all of these interviews if they knew in advance this was the actual training plan?
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  • So tomorrow morning I will most likely have to quit. Any advice or I guess kind words would also be appreciated
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  • Lucho-Libre Let them fire you and get unemployment.
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  • OP annonymouss12 Sounds like a plan
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  • thelastfp Stateside this would is an example of promissory estoppel. Basically when someone promises or says something to entice you to act and you do, and the offering party retracts or refuses to act you can sue them for damages. Many employees will try to further distance themselves by alleging the offering party was unauthorized to do so. Then they get hit with the ol doctrine of respondeat superior. Holding employers liable for tortious damages caused by their employees.
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  • OP annonymouss12 Does it matter if it's an at will state? I tried posting in legal advice but that's the only person who responded so far. And would it count if it's over text and teams and not necessarily written on a signed contract?
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  • Brownie-0109 Do you know that they actually lied? It very well may be that their training schedule thinking changed. That said, it's moot if their requirements don't work for you.
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  • OP annonymouss12 The reason I say lie, is because when I confronted them about the timeframe change and how I won't be able to make accommodations for that long with such little notice, they said "there must have been a lapse in communication". But I have everything in writing and have been working remote for the last two weeks. So it wasn't hard to just scroll up and see that we've all been saying two weeks for the last month of the hiring process and onboarding. So it's possible things have ch
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  • bloopbloopblooooo To be fair you do have proof you were lead to believe otherwise upon your initial hire so the fact you didn't do what they are now saying how you have to go about training I think would be fair and you would be awarded unemployment. It does depend on what state you are in
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  • OP annonymouss12 Someone else suggested pretending like I'm going and then just not showing up, which is hilarious. I wonder if legally I could get into trouble if I went the extra mile and booked all the things like I'm really gonna go and then just never show up
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  • Educator Difficult413 What s ks is you could have made arrangements for your dog if you had known beforehand. Something like Trusted Housesitters where you swap accommodations for them sitting your house and pets would be a perfect choice and cost you next to nothing. Instead, they pull a bait and switch, and now you are left stranded. I am not sure what you can do now. :( But if you have all the evidence, maybe talk to a lawyer?
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  • OP annonymouss12 Exactly my point! If I knew in advance it would've been six weeks in multiple locations, before even bringing my dog into this I would've said no to the opportunity. But then bring dog care into it and the fact it's not like I'm getting a per diem- so six weeks of dog boarding is literally thousands of dollars especially over the holidays
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