Re:Ask HN: Accepted new job, when should I inform my current...
by hga on Monday June 28, 2010 @03:53PM
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Useless unless you can afford to sue (and the consequences of that, which could me you quite toxic) and they have the money to (eventually) pay you, with this contingency explicitly laid out in the contract.
I've seen too many situations where someone has relocated only to find out the company really doesn't have a job for them anymore.
Worst was when MIT executed the Applied Biology department in the middle of the night, with one new junior faculty member who'd turned down other good offers showing up right then, family and all as I recall. I also had a roommate who was going to start as a grad student that fall....
I cite the above because the people hiring you might not have the power to keep their word. Depending on the market, internal politics, etc., they might not even have jobs 3 months from now. The Applied Biology faculty and staff made those offers in total good faith, they just lost their ability to make good on them (because they were too good at getting research money, but that's another story).
I've seen too many situations where someone has relocated only to find out the company really doesn't have a job for them anymore.
Worst was when MIT executed the Applied Biology department in the middle of the night, with one new junior faculty member who'd turned down other good offers showing up right then, family and all as I recall. I also had a roommate who was going to start as a grad student that fall....
I cite the above because the people hiring you might not have the power to keep their word. Depending on the market, internal politics, etc., they might not even have jobs 3 months from now. The Applied Biology faculty and staff made those offers in total good faith, they just lost their ability to make good on them (because they were too good at getting research money, but that's another story).