The Ref wrote:Hmmm .....
Why is no one pointing out that to get an IPA you must have signed an agreement or letter with the employer who has gone through the hiring process, found a suitable candidate, made an offer which was accepted then told all the other candidates they were unsuccessful.
You have a contract with the original company. Breaking it is poor form and actually has an impact on the *people* working at the company you signed with, plus the people who were also in the running for the new role. The impact on the company is less, but the company has still paid the consultants and MOM fees.
This happens way too often and I think it should be a black mark against future employment as it shows a complete disregard for others.
This might sound harsh but I have been on the opposite end of this and it is just downright rude.
I agree. But this is an ethics discussion and I am assuming OP knows all of this and doing it inspite of it. So its he who will bear the consequences, which could be "bird in hand lost and the 2 in the bushes also lost"
From what I have seen, amongst friends who have done this(3 of them recently,they were worse than the OP they joined a new company and then quit to join another company after like 1-3 months of joining. ), they have always ended up with loses. The current company usually holds them to pay 1 month salary and there could be other delays in joining the new company and they have lost a months salary is usually the 10% hike they were initially looking for.
The worst case was for a friend who's wife also lost her job because whe was on LoC and his EP got cancelled and the new EP got delayed. She was unemployed for several months before eventually finding another job.