Should I try to go back to my old firm?

[digitaldeath]

Pathetic old fuck thread.

Initially I thought you were concerned about the environment, but it seems your just a greedy old fuck.

[AdironRider]

Any HR director that would hire you is an ass, and I wouldn't work for an ass.

I have a simple HR policy...I don't rehire people who left. You left because you felt you could do better elsewhere, fine, I would not want you back. I don't know what the availability of civil engineers is, but with the current unemployment levels in the country I would imagine I could find somebody with loyalty.

Yeah you are gods gift to every employee that graces themselves with your presence.

[KQ]

Any HR director that would hire you is an ass, and I wouldn't work for an ass.

I have a simple HR policy...I don't rehire people who left. You left because you felt you could do better elsewhere, fine, I would not want you back. I don't know what the availability of civil engineers is, but with the current unemployment levels in the country I would imagine I could find somebody with loyalty.

Really? What if they were a good employee, valuable even, and they left to follow a spouse but the spouses' job didn't work out and they moved back to the area. Would you consider it then?

Hoo boy... speaking of HR directors..... the firm I used to work out has a new one that has everyone running scared. I guess she made them change the name of the "Summer Picnic" to "Bar-b-que" sighting an urban legend (she doesn't know it's a UL and no one thought to check it out or were too afraid to challenge her for fear of legal repercussion brought by her).

Picnic Pique

[GeezerSteve]

I wouldn't go back since you already have decided it wasn't worth staying there once.

News flash: circumstances sometimes change.

I've seen attorneys rejoin firms after years of absence. It appears from my viewpoint to usually work out, maybe because each side has much more info to form realistic expectations.

As I have often said, the key to happiness is low overhead and low expectations.

[abraham]

Oh I understand that. it just seems that three months isn't much time for big changes that would make him happier there. Except the shorter commute. Of course I have barely more than zero interviewing and hiring experience on either side of the process so my suggestion may not be worth much.

[hutash]

Really? What if they were a good employee, valuable even, and they left to follow a spouse but the spouses' job didn't work out and they moved back to the area. Would you consider it then?
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Sure. The one employee I did have come back left to take care of her kids, so I am not a total cold hearted bastard, just a near total cold hearted bastard. The OP didn't leave to take care of his ailing grandmother.

[hutash]

How many times have you and your whatever broken up and gotten back together?

Never. Once I broke up with (or was dumped by) a girlfriend I never went back. My wife and I have been together 30+ plus.

You want to look for a better job or mate, fine, but I will have moved on.

[flatlander#2]

Precisely. You moved on for reasons, familiarity or desperation on either party are not good reasons for either.

[Grape_Ape]

Pathetic old fuck thread.

Initially I thought you were concerned about the environment, but it seems your just a greedy old fuck.

Just trying to pay bills and save some money for the kids' college edumakation.

[Grape_Ape]

Since we are out of pollyasshat i shall give you my opinion...

Don't go back. You took a job 1.5-2 hrs away to gtfo.

I am sure going in to the new one, it wasn't the 10% increase that made you pull the trigger. (or maybe it was the window)

Bite the bullet, sharpen the resume and spend some time and find a position closer to your home or, don't know your situation but maybe find a job in a new part of the country that you would like to explore

Good luck

Thanks Hawk.

[DougW]

I went back after maybe 6-8 weeks , can't remember exact number of weeks. Was offered a signing bonus to go back, $20k back in 1998. Left to go out west about 18 months after I started again. Call me a bastard.

[Harry]

but I now drive 1.5 - 2 hours per day

FUCK THAT SHIT.

Move out here.

[jon gaper]

Well grape,you are very lucky that neither place knows of your online persona

[stuckathuntermtn]

Can you just move closer to your new job?
Freelance?
I'd look at those 2 options, if I needed to look at options, much more closely than going back to a company whose employees are fleeing like rats from a sinking ship. You wanna go down too? Seriously, look at option 1.