Need advice: Question about relocation bonus

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If you were promised a relocation bonus of one amount of 1500 but once you got there the amout was reduced significantly to 500, what would you do? Would you take the amount or would you raise an issue?

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Any chance you got the offer in writing? Who promised it?

yes I would raise the issue! I didn't have this exact issue but a similiar issue with my pay before I took boards. I raised a big stink with HR and started to involve my manager. HR gave in because they promised me and I held them to it! I have learned to be much more assertive in this field. They will pay the least they can get by with.

Are you leaving Memphis for greener pastures? :)

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Thanks mommy! I love it here in memphis. I didnt get it in writing but the recruiter just kept telling me that i was going to get this bonus up until my second day of work then she didnt even call me, I called her and THEN she told me. I do love my job so I didnt know If I should raise the issue or not.

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If you were promised a relocation bonus of one amount of 1500 but once you got there the amout was reduced significantly to 500, what would you do? Would you take the amount or would you raise an issue?

Guess you need to have everything in writing or it's not for real, huh? I would raise a stink and make sure that I get what was promised. If they don't do it, I'd seriously consider moving on. If they lie to you before even starting the job, do you really want to work with them??

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Specializes in Nursing Professional Development.

For me, it would depend on why I took the job and how I felt about it. If the money was not the main reason you took the job ... and it really is a good job that interests you ... I would probably stay.

It sounds to me that the Recruiter scre*** you, not your nurse manager. Once you are hired, you never see the Recruiter again. If your Nurse Manager is great and the people you would be working with are great, that's a great thing to have in life. To throw that away because a Recruiter you may never see again treated you badly may not be in your best interest. You may be throwing a great job away and not be able to find one nearly as good elsewhere.

Don't blame your Nurse Manager for the behavior of the Recruiter.

I would not throw a snit fit or make a huge deal about it. However, I would write a letter to the head of Human Resources and copy it to my boss. I would emphaisze how much I like my job and my boss... but I would like to inform them of the unethical practice of the Nurse Recruiter. The letter would be polite and professional, asking them to address the situation so that future nurses are not similarly treated badly, but not insisting on being compensated or threatening to leave or anything childish like that.

Then let it go. Make the most of your situation and be successful and happy in your career. This is just a small bump in the road -- not a major derailment or anything like that.

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Thank you llg. I love that advice. I really like the people that I work with and I love my job, I just didnt want to let the situation pass without saying anything but I didnt want to raise hell about it either because I know that I will be taken care of in other ways. But at the same time, I am not going to let the "punk" me either and thats how I would feel if I didnt say anything about it. Its a small bonus, but they still should not have promised me it if the funds were not available.

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