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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having managed many people over the past twenty years, I’d say she’s lying. But probably for good reason.[/quote]

Why do you think she’s lying? [/quote]

Because it came up too suddenly and very few people’s lives are flexible enough to just pick up and move like that. She planted the seed on Friday to be able to give the excuse on Monday. I’ve had something similar happen to me (only once in my career) and later learned the new employee had just shifted to another job that got her an offer a day after she’d started with us. Didn’t take it personally but it was very frustrating.[/quote]

Well IDK if it's a lie, I don't think there would be a good reason to lie here. She could just say she had another opportunity she couldn't pass up or it wasn't a good fit.

The part that almost certainly IS a lie is that it was out of the blue, but what do you want? This isn't something that she would reasonably disclose during a hiring process and there's every reason to think that she really didn't know with certainty if the move was coming and when. If you've never had a parent with dementia, you might not realize how hard it can be to understand how much care is needed and when. Patients can be really good at masking on the phone etc and sometimes there is a spouse holding things together, and then that person has a fall or another health crisis and everyone finds out suddenly how bad it really is.

It's also totally possible that the financials are specific or weird, like maybe the parent(s) have a lot of money and the family decided to pay the adult child $1m to relocate and pay them a healthy salary. [/quote]

+1 this isn’t something you just talk about and potentially not get hired because you’ve got family stuff going on. Life happens unfortunately. [/quote]

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