New Grad Quitting After Less Than a Year (advice!)

[IcySageNurse]

Hello everyone, I need some advice!I'm a new grad, I just graduated in September and was offered a job right out of school in an area I really love. The hospital is great, conveniently close, etc. I love it and could see myself staying here indefinitely...but I can't. I only live here right now because my wife is finishing up her master's in social work. She will be finished next May and already has a job offer (they paid for her schooling so she can't turn it down) all the way on the other side of the country. Which means this May, I will be leaving my new job. I feel horrible about it - as a new grad, I will be on orientation for most of this time. The hospital is paying a lot of money to train me, and I'm going to leave as soon as they start to see a return. My contract doesn't say I have to stay, but I just don't know what to do. Staying is clearly not an option unless I want to leave my wife, and I don't. The hospital has no idea I plan on leaving next year, and I feel no one would have hired me if they knew that. Had anyone asked if I planned to stay, I would have told them, but no one did. Anyone have similar experience? I feel like they will hate me when I leave and might even write me bad recommendations for a new job. Bt honestly I don't know what else to do - I couldn't have just not work these 8 or so months waiting on my wife to graduate, I needed to make money and start paying back my loans and didn't want to forget all of my nursing.

[CP2013]

Thanks for comments all, it's very helpful. Those suggesting staying, no. I cannot stay here for 6 months to a year while my life moves across the country on her own. Neither of us would be happy and I am not going to hurt my family like that just for an employer.

I think the suggestion was not loyalty to the employer, but to get that 1 yr. experience under your belt. When moving, new grad markets can be tough in other parts of the country. You may have too much experience to be considered a new grad, and yet not enough to be considered experienced.

Ultimately the choice is your to make, but I wouldn't move until you also had a job secured a well. If you move and are unable to find employment, will your wife's salary suffice?

[elkpark]

Ultimately the choice is your to make, but I wouldn't move until you also had a job secured a well. If you move and are unable to find employment, will your wife's salary suffice?

(Also, as noted earlier, what about if wife's new job doesn't work out for some reason?)

[CP2013]

(Also, as noted earlier, what about if wife's new job doesn't work out for some reason?)

Exactly! I would even give it 30-60 days where you stay behind to ensure that things have settled and seem stable. Would hate to hear OP back on here because both he and wife are unemployed!

Best of luck OP!