Has anyone ever been fired from a job they relocated for? If the answer is yes, did you stay in that city?

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I moved to nyc and was fired six weeks into new job bc it just wasn’t the right fit, however, in New York, there are so many agencies, so I was able to get a new one pretty quickly and I stayed for eight years. If I was relocating to the middle of nowhere where there aren’t many other opportunities beyond the job you’re moving for, I’d think reallllllllll long and hard before doing that.

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Laid off and no. I didn’t like the city enough to stay there. Moved to NYC. No regrets.

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No RAGRETS. What movie?

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I moved from London to San Francisco, and then a few years in they closed the office. Stayed in the Bay Area and now work remote for an agency LA. I met someone here, which was the main reason I stayed.

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I relocated to PHX, got laid off 10mo in, and rode out my lease before having to bail to the middle of nowhere (where I'm from). The experience derailed my career, and almost bankrupted me. We were homeless for a few months before I was able to take a job in a different industry at less than half my previous salary, so I also did a lot of gig work to get by. 5y later and I'm still recovering. It's a cautionary tale, I hope to spare someone else from.

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A former coworker left his stable job, relocated himself, his wife, and their two kids, only to be let go about 6 months into the new gig. He rallied but I can’t imagine the stress he was under.

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I left the city I was born in and family and friends chasing a title and money in DC. The agency bait and switch’d me for a sh*t show client that fired the agency 3 mos after I started and I took the fall. I then came back home and joined an agency I spent over a decade with. I learned to not chase title or money.

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I did when I was a junior. Ended up moving back home. Not by choice though. I was broke.

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Title VII should be amended to prevent this imo

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Mine was even funnier. I sent all my stuff a week before I was meant to be in the office. I never moved there and my stuff is still there a year later.

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Jesus, we gotta help you get your stuff man.

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I don’t think I’d ever relocate for a job alone. That’s a recipe for potential disaster. Got to have reasons for moving there beyond the singular.

It's all about locale and the opportunities there. Early in my career I moved to a few different "ad islands" for great agencies but I wasn't able to stay when my time at the job was done.

Yes and yes. Freelanced for a while after lay off, recently took new job in same city.

Not me, but a recruiter told me a story once about a creative director who relocated his family from the East to the West Coast based on a firm job offer and the night before he was supposed to start they told him that they were rescinding the offer.

Honestly though I don’t think Id move the family until at least like a month at the job to see if I’d liked it lol

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