[dagw]

I spent 3 years at my last company waiting for the "possibility" I was promised in the interview. Admittedly it was great job that I did enjoy the stuff I actually was doing, but the constant waiting and hoping for that elusive 'possibility' did gnaw at me, and heavily contributed to me quitting.

So basically my advice is to heavily discount any promises of future possibilities and judge the job mainly by what you know you will be doing.

[collyw]

I turned down a job offer based on promises, over two years ago. Nothing has happened regarding promition, hiring of more staff.

Just quit as I received another job offer, and when I asked to have "something definite in writing" this time, then the wonderful promises vanished.