Posted by Mary on 5/20/08

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About one month ago, I was offered two similar positions at
two different hotels. I explained the situation to the 2
company that I interviewed with that was about 35 min away
from my home (the first place was 2 min). The second place
matched the salary at the other place, offered me a salaried
position, which technically made me a manager with better
benefits and they were very excited about my educations,
recognized my hard work and enthusiasm in wanting to move up
quickly, since I just graduated college, but know that I
couldnt start as the GM right away. They said they could
see me moving up very fast and see my being a gm in time. I
discussed with them that I was looking for a career and the
ability to stay within one company and move up within. They
ensured me that this was very possible and that I would be a
great "investment" to their establishment. They also told
me about several other properties that they owned and said
their is always room for advancement and promotions. So I
accepted the position and turned down the one closet to my
house, I was also offered several other positions after I
had started working and stopped pursuing other
opportunities. I began working the front desk to train on
the computer, I continued and continued to work on the front
desk eventhough I had learned what I needed to, to do the
position I would eventually be in. I was also never ordered
a uniform and everytime I asked about it, they said they
would be placing an order soon. Well about 2 weeks ago a
Dir of Sales was hired and about a week ago, I was finally
given a desk to move into. I began to train in my new
position and on Monday, exactly one month and four days of
employment, the gm who hired me calls me into her office and
says that they have eliminated my position because there is
no need for 4 sales people in the hotel. First, I do not
understand why they hired me in the first place and gave me
all the promise of a secure long term employment for it to
only be one month. I was not offered any severance or
another position anywhere. My concern is not that they
eliminated the position, but for breaking the verbal
contract of long term employment (I was scheduled for a
conf. in august and had prior approval to have my wedding
weekend off a year later) I was also everyday being told
that I was being trained to eventually be a sales manager
and move up from there. My concern is with them convincing
me to take their position and me giving up the other
position that if I would have taken I would still have. I
also spent 2 months looking for a position and am having to
start that entire process all over again, because they were
not honest with me. I just would like to know my legal
rights at this point in the process.

Re: Is this legal, 5/25/08, by saharwinston.

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