Originally Posted by
CaptYoda
I agree that jumping ship from regional to regional just for a signing bonus is unethical and will require explaining during an interview in the future. And for the record, I am not advocating anyone should do that at all.
However, someone who signs a training contract is also free to leave when they wish to do so. They just have to pay back the "calculated" cost of training.
So I suppose the wholly owned give people the option to either take the signing bonus or decline? The only problem with that is that it becomes immediately clear that the applicant has reservations of being on the property beyond the two-year mark if they don't accept the bonus.
You are free to not take the bonus. You will still get paid more than at some other regionals.
If it were me, I would put that bonus money in a savings account. Leave it there for a little while until you think you will stay at PSA for the full time. Or, if you leave, so somewhere that has a similar bonus and use the new bonus to pay off the old one.
Just because they give you the money doesn't mean that you need to spend it right away.
Or, if you have high interest loans (credit card/student loans), then pay that off and start a savings account with what you would have been paying for the loans. That way, you are saving a great deal of money on interest and paying it to yourself.