We have been planning to move the 300 + miles back to our home town for the past 2 years. Finally it all seemed to be coming together - we had found a house to rent that was perfect for us and I had got a fantastic new job after going through 4 gruelling interviews for it. At no point was I told that in the first 6 weeks I would be expected to work 100 hours a week to pass exams and then after this period that 12 hours days plus some weekends would be the norm.
I started the new job (luckily I was staying at a friends house until the new house came through a week after) and quickly realised that no-one else had children and that the reason for this is because the job is just not compatible with having a family. We have now had to stay where we are living, lose our deposit on the new house and DP and I are now jobless as a result. Oh, and because I left this new company within the first 2 years I also have to pay back the cost of the exams which is about £3-400. My friend said she thinks the working hours are probably illegal but they bypassed this by telling us to sign one of the 40 hour opt out clauses. I am just fuming about how all of our plans have now been ruined and just how much money we have lost including the van rental deposit, and the travelling cost of going to all these interviews over the past month or so. It could have been a good job if I were sinlge but with a family near on impossible. Am I right to feel pokers of white hot rage surging through me at the moment?