What can I do about this employment situation?

I doubt you can take legal action as companies can let you go for any reason for at least the first 3 months of your employment.

This was bad timing. Go back to your old job and keep your eyes open for something else.

Gong back is a good option in this case. Keep searching for new one. I also changed my previous company and after joining the new company I realized, I have been deceived. The things told to me didn’t persist. Now, I am searching new one.

Probably not, unless it was a contract position or you don’t live in an at-will employment state. Plus, even if you could, you’re unemployed – do you even have the money for a lawyer?

ha thanks mynewboobs, yes I do

Look into promissory estoppel and detrimental reliance.

It is possible that you can get damages in some employment contexts for accepting an offer that would clearly induce you to take certain actions in order to be able to accept the offer (e.g., moving).

It just really depends on the facts, but here’s a good place to start.

You may have a case based on detrimental reliance. I got a job as an apartment manager once and almost ended up homeless because they backed out. I called an attorney and they told me to use that phrase when I called the owner of the company. I was hired basically against their will and it launched a whole new carrer path for me. I have been in Real Estate every since and that was 25 years ago.

Kyle this is essentially what happened to me last fall. I was offered a position in Pittsburgh paying like $25 an hour, and as a result I quit my job that paid $18 an hour and started getting ready to move. Come to find out a few days later when the contractor called she “misquoted” me on the pay, and it was actually $16 an hour.

In the end I found that I couldn’t take any legal action unless there was some kind of written agreement that the job was to be for $25. In your case I don’t know that that would even help since your problem is just that the job is totally stuck now.

You could probably ask an actual lawyer for free though you know. Most of them don’t charge you to take a look at your case/situation/etc.

Do you have a written offer letter that spells out the terms of your employment (salary, starting date, etc.)? If you did and you quit your job on the strength of that, then you might have grounds.

If you didn’t get a written offer, you will know to ask for one next time.

I suggest that you go back to your old job, but keep looking for a new one.

That is all some very interesting advice, and I do have a written offer letter. In fact I signed it and faxed it back to them. I will do some reading and perhaps I will contact a lawyer to get his opinion. I appreciate all the advice.
Westy, yeah this is a little different since I was already offered the job and given an offer letter.

@LKidKyle1985 Yah if you have the actual offer letter, I think you have some grounds to take action.