Re:Ask HN: Offer of Employment retracted
by rbanffy on Wednesday September 22, 2010 @08:47PM
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> You may even have to re-negotiate your salary.
That would be nasty. The gentleman thing to do would be to pretend this never happened. Everything was conducted in the most civilized way. There would be no reason to change.
Well... I wouldn't change that.
What I would ask in return, at most, would be that, next time you give me a month of advanced notice. It takes time to replace a good member of the team.
You are employed in the US for 5+ years. How's the permanent resident paperwork going?
Oh... BTW, "you" != "jacquesm".
Re:Ask HN: Offer of Employment retracted
by yourmomcalled on Thursday September 23, 2010 @01:53AM
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last line made my day
If you're any good at all your boss will be happy to see you back but I wouldn't count on a raise or promotion until you've more than proven to be there to stay.
And it wouldn't hurt to have a solid backup plan just in case they do decide to lay you off at some point in the future.
Keep in mind too that since you left voluntarily that if they do take you on again it counts as a new employment, essentially you're a new hire. You may even have to re-negotiate your salary.
Being out of a job normally would be hard enough, but since your residence depends on your job there is a very important reason to make this work.