Elainep
11th March 2009, 12:38 AM
I had a call this morning at 8.20am from 'my' NZ employer calling to say they are withdrawing the job offer made to me back in December. They have had to reduce their budget and are subsequently reviewing all their employee's roles, both existing and offered. I completely understand the situation they are in, but this doesn't make it any easier to bear :wah
Some of you may have read my thread a couple of weeks ago, when they rang to explain what the current economic sitiation was like for them in Auckland and they were basically giving me the opportunity to not come if we wanted more stability in the UK.
The good thing is that they've been nothing but fair to me in their dealings and communication, so I am thankful for that.
They have offered to consider reimbursing some/all of our expenses so far in securing the visas (My son and I have ours and just waiting for a medical assessor to okay OH's), so need to put together a list of costs incurred.
So, what's next? I'm off sick today (nothing life threatening, just a tummy bug), so I'll be spending as much time as I can manage looking at all the accredited employer's websites and applying for suitable jobs. We'll be looking at any location now, not just Auckland (not sure how we managed to choose one of the (if not the most) expensive locations in NZ to live). Then hope that if I can secure another offer, we can persuade NZIS to change the details on the visas.
Another thought is that we might need to be out in NZ to properly secure interviews this time (I managed to get the other job through telephone and SKYPE which is not ideal). Son is off for 4 weeks for Easter hols, so we'll think about dipping into the savings (again) to have a short (2 weeks?) recce.
If it's meant to be for us, it'll happen :nice1 On and upwards!
Some of you may have read my thread a couple of weeks ago, when they rang to explain what the current economic sitiation was like for them in Auckland and they were basically giving me the opportunity to not come if we wanted more stability in the UK.
The good thing is that they've been nothing but fair to me in their dealings and communication, so I am thankful for that.
They have offered to consider reimbursing some/all of our expenses so far in securing the visas (My son and I have ours and just waiting for a medical assessor to okay OH's), so need to put together a list of costs incurred.
So, what's next? I'm off sick today (nothing life threatening, just a tummy bug), so I'll be spending as much time as I can manage looking at all the accredited employer's websites and applying for suitable jobs. We'll be looking at any location now, not just Auckland (not sure how we managed to choose one of the (if not the most) expensive locations in NZ to live). Then hope that if I can secure another offer, we can persuade NZIS to change the details on the visas.
Another thought is that we might need to be out in NZ to properly secure interviews this time (I managed to get the other job through telephone and SKYPE which is not ideal). Son is off for 4 weeks for Easter hols, so we'll think about dipping into the savings (again) to have a short (2 weeks?) recce.
If it's meant to be for us, it'll happen :nice1 On and upwards!