<prompt> Human: Hi PF, I really need your advise, and I am doing my best crossing my fingers in hope that enough people will get to see my post.I am a struggling IT guy who has been shafted too many times by previous employers and now I need to know what to do.My current employer started me our at 32,500... for basic helpdesk level 1 work, and then 6 months later they saw that I showed promise and offered a promition to LVL2 and a salary increase up to 45,000. This increase was an incremental increase, so it was going to go up to 37,500, 40,000... and ongoing till I made the 45,000. There were modules that I needed to complete to get the raises, I had to go on call and do critical on call emergencies, be promoted from a Jr. Level 2 to a Level 2 to a Senior Level 2... However they just stopped reviewing me, so I never got any of my promised raises. I have a photo of projected raise structure, but Id prefer not to post it PUBLICLY unless required.At this very time, I should have just started making my 45,000 raise, it was supposed to take effect as of October 30, 2016 yet here I am still making 35,000 They promoted me to a level 2 technician, and indicated there would be a potential pay increase, however despite my efforts to get paid what I owe, the company has been tight lipped.My employer never made up to their promises to me or obligations. Then they started hiring help overseas. Almost 50 employees. Additionally, they stopped hiring help desk people in the USA entirely, and are now only focusing on hiring for Field Technicians in my area. In fact I worry about my co-workers staying employed, as some I have made good friends with.Almost four weeks ago, my Manager came up to me and told me that I would start working for one of the facilities that we contract with. He told me this information at the end of a Friday, and indicated I was to start immediately Monday Morning. He also indicated that it was only going to be a month long trial. The new company is 27 miles away from me Major City Traffic takes hour commute, and my company has since re-reimbursed me for my millage almost 250 every two weeks. Please note, my original employer was only a half mile drive from where I live.Id like to also note, that the CEO of my employer and also the Comptroller of the new place Person who made me the new offer, are Good Friends, and have a very religious background that goes back from the time they were kids. It was made known to me, before I even started the month trial that doing this would have been looked at Very Favorably and that I was doing a Great Personal Favor For both my current employer and the new place. I agreed as, I thought this was my way to get them to finally pay me what they originally offered.After these four weeks of working at the new place, Today, I walk in to the new place, and they have a job offer for me. A low ball job offer that only starts me at 37,000 a year and this will require me to be on call 247. I was only able to push them up to 37,500. I called and told my current employer, as I have a non-competitive clause. I have a meeting setup with my current employer on Friday morning as I have indicated that they should have at least paid me what they originally offered and that I believe this deal not to be in good fit for me. The increase of pay isnt enough to cover my gastoll expenses through the year. Nor is the added two hours a day of driving round trip satisfactory for me.Additionally, it appears that my current employer implied to the place I was outsourced to that they would have no issues letting me go if the new place wanted to outright hire me.I am nervous about this meeting on Friday, I am pretty sure I could screw up badly and the new employer could retract their offer all the while my current job could up and lay me off for any reason as I live in a right to work state, IL Problems...P.S. Sorry for bad formatting writing, I am sitting at my desk at the new employees place trying to look inconspicuous as I type all of this down.Please help me before I go bald ripping out my hair.Cheers, Reddit, you are the MVP  <response>: Your mistake was not starting your job search four weeks ago. Theres a lot of bad faith around this deal. The best thing you can do for your co-workers is seek out a new place and if its cool give them referrals. 