Hi Reddit!
This is a throwaway and I’ll do my best to explain the situation as I’m feeling a variety of emotions right now. I accepted a job offer from a company in June and was given a start date for training in September. Everything was signed and agreed to. (I’m in California)
I was told now that they are pushing start dates back to 2024, and when I asked when in 2024, I was told (most likely in the first half).
I’m looking for advice and suggestions, and will also start applying to jobs. However, is this even legal for a company to do as they breached contract? They did not mention anything about compensation either.
I requested that I stay in close contact with HR and was told they would call me back sometime next week after their “meeting”. I asked specific questions like “is this only happening to me, how were these people selected to get their dates pushed back” and got no direct answers to my question. All beating around the bush and answering in a way where their would be 0 liability. This company has a solid reputation and they have very positive reviews on Glassdoor and indeed, offering a good salary as well.
I feel that if they wanted to rescind the job offer they should have done so, unless they can’t because I accepted the offer letter so maybe they want to make me wait it out till I agree to exit the job contract?
Looking for advice, suggestions, any information that could help my situation!
TLDR; accepted job offer from company, was given a start date for training, now they called saying my start date will be pushed to 2024 with no official date and no talk of compensation. HR will get back to me in a week after their “meeting”.