My wife lost her job 2 months ago as part of a staff reduction/budget cutting process with the hospital system with which she was employed. She's been on a job search since then.
She has a verbal offer from a FQHC in the city where we live but they are only offering 3 days with benefits until the patient load allows my wife to work 4 days which is considered full time at this clinic. The medical director estimates it will take 6 months before she can go to 4 days. My wife has a follow-up meeting which I will be allowed to attend and I hope to be able to better access the likelyhood of my wife getting 4 days in the near future. She can start in January at this job.
My wife recently had a telephone interview with another FQHC in a desireable city out of state. My wife liked the job parameters as described to her. Apparently they liked my wife so much that after completing a background check, they offered her a LOI and work contract without ever interviewing her face-to-face and were asking for the signed contract back by Thanksgiving. We're working with a recruiter on this particular job offer and he suggests we sign the letter of intent but not the work contract until we visit which we'd do mid-December. I agree 100% with his suggestion.
I'm not in the medical field so I'm asking your opinions on doing the following. My wife begins work at the local FQHC in January as well as signs the work contract for the out of state position and applies for the medical license in that state which will take about 3 - 4 months to obtain. Some point next spring determine whether continue with the local job or move to the position out of state.
It seems unethical to my wife and I to sign a work contract without being fully committed to making the move. Are there any possible ramifications by signing the contract and not eventually moving ?
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
She has a verbal offer from a FQHC in the city where we live but they are only offering 3 days with benefits until the patient load allows my wife to work 4 days which is considered full time at this clinic. The medical director estimates it will take 6 months before she can go to 4 days. My wife has a follow-up meeting which I will be allowed to attend and I hope to be able to better access the likelyhood of my wife getting 4 days in the near future. She can start in January at this job.
My wife recently had a telephone interview with another FQHC in a desireable city out of state. My wife liked the job parameters as described to her. Apparently they liked my wife so much that after completing a background check, they offered her a LOI and work contract without ever interviewing her face-to-face and were asking for the signed contract back by Thanksgiving. We're working with a recruiter on this particular job offer and he suggests we sign the letter of intent but not the work contract until we visit which we'd do mid-December. I agree 100% with his suggestion.
I'm not in the medical field so I'm asking your opinions on doing the following. My wife begins work at the local FQHC in January as well as signs the work contract for the out of state position and applies for the medical license in that state which will take about 3 - 4 months to obtain. Some point next spring determine whether continue with the local job or move to the position out of state.
It seems unethical to my wife and I to sign a work contract without being fully committed to making the move. Are there any possible ramifications by signing the contract and not eventually moving ?
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
