Re:You do (Score 1)

There's really only so many options here. 1) They lied, 2) They didn't know any better, 3) It's an honest mistake. If it's an honest mistake hopefully it can be cleared by discussing with the recruiter and the relocation manager. If not, you have a fairly simple choice to make. Setting legal and ethics issues aside the question is, do you still want the job? If you do, then it's probably best to budget with the expecatation that you'll never see the money and move on. Put simply, if I were in your position, I wouldn't do it. ESPECIALLY since you have to move. Are they vindicative or just incompetent? Who knows? But do you really want the answer to that question? If they're going to make a mistake of that magnitude before you even start the job you can bet that's not how deep the rabbit hole really goes. I'd tell them to find somebody else.