Opinion ID: 1426977
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Heading: Consideration for Permanent Employment

Text: Appellant contends that an at will employment situation may be converted to permanent employment [2] where the employer knows that the prospective employee left his former position because of a permanent employment opportunity. Appellant cites several cases, all of which hold that an employee who leaves one position furnishes sufficient consideration to support a promise of permanent employment in a new position. Rowe v. Noren Pattern and Foundry Co., 91 Mich. App. 254, 283 N.W.2d 713 (1979); Rabago-Alvarez v. Dart Industries, Inc., 55 Cal. App.3d 91, 127 Cal. Rptr. 222 (1976); Brawthen v. H & R Block, Inc., 52 Cal. App.3d 139, 124 Cal. Rptr. 845 (1975); Collins v. Parsons College, Iowa, 203 N.W.2d 594, 60 A.L.R.3d 218 (1973). While it is true that appellant in the instant case gave up a Thirteen-and-one-half year management-level position with Frickey's, he did not do so as a result of assurances that he would have a permanent or lifetime position with Holiday Inn. Appellant presents no evidence of any representations by appellees that his new position carried permanent-employment status. Relinquishment of a prior responsible position, without more, is insufficient to create a permanent-employment contract and we agree with the trial court's conclusion to that effect.