Pissed at a Lack of Professionalism

The Asian members of the H-- family, as a general rule, seem to lack professionalism. I was convinced that having an HR professional dedicated to our cause, and further being down to less than 2 months would place our cause on relatively high priority.

Apparently, this assumption is incorrect.

We've heard nothing this week. Nothing.

Meanwhile, I've been looking at airline tickets. Let's go ahead and assume we'll be flying coach. We'll want either 1 bank of 4 seats, or 2 banks of 2 seats. Looking at flights with both American and United, those options are almost entirely sold out. And the trouble is that Uncle H-- has no reason to care if we can fly together, or if we can even fly that week. It's just Dave's vacation time, and our personal comfort that matter.

It seems to me that upon hiring someone for a position you've been wanting to fill for well over a year, the company would have some interest in treating that person professionally and with respect. I'm having trouble comprehending how so many things can go this long without being attended to. And not even not-attended-to, but explicitly ignored. And furthermore, how benefits can be promised and then taken away. Dave's now being hired as a local hire rather than as an expat, which removes some of the benefits available. But the position was advertised as an expat position - why the change now that they're building his benefits package?

This is ridiculous.