Declining an offer that I previously accepted
Hello Everyone,
I'm very thankful for all the advice I have gotten from this community, and after a long recruiting season finished with multiple job offers. I accepted my first offer with the intention of withdrawing if I got a better one, and this is exactly what has happened.
What do I say to the first company, now that I am changing my mind and will not be working for them upon graduation? Also, is a phone call preferred or will an email suffice?
Thanks again. I'm looking to send the email today/ tonight at the latest.
Email asap. Keep it brief - they don't give a fuck.
I have never reneged but I would suggest calling. First - no paper trail. I doubt the firm will spread it around you reneged, but verbal guarantees you won't have to worry about it going somewhere.
Second, I feel like if you're going to renege, an email seems dismissive and cowardly. Well, bridges will burn either way, but I would personally hate someone less if they had the decency to call and give a verbal explanation.
Yeah ignore what Eurodealer said. I would call and say that I found a better fit at another firm. I felt honored to have been given an offer from you guys. blah blah blah play it up like it was the hardest decision of your life.
Turning Down Offer I Already Accepted (Originally Posted: 03/07/2016)
Hey y'all!
I have recently gone through PE recruiting and secured an offer to join a MM fund in a year and a half. However, over the last couple months I've realized that I may not want to stay in finance at all, and instead may want to go into government to work in Economic policy. How serious is it to not follow through an offer I verbally agreed to a couple months ago?
I know someone who did with a large MM fund. He went to a start-up. If you reject them for something out of finance, I think they are more understanding. But do it like a man (e.g. in person or at least a phone call with a partner). If you leave them for another fund/finance job, it will go down poorly
SB'd
Shouldn't be an issue especially since you are expecting to go to a completely different industry. If you accepted a signing bonus, obviously you would have to return it. You have an at-will contract. Don't expect to get a job there in the future...but other than that, it is a very low risk situation you are in.
First, take some time to think it through. It's a year and a half so I wouldn't take 16 months, but spend another month thinking about it and be sure of your choice before you decide. If you let them know in advance, and you give them enough time to find someone else you shouldn't worry about it. They may be upset or slightly annoyed, but it's far out. This can't be the first time it's happened and I highly doubt it will be the last.
Rejection of Job offer After Acceptance (Originally Posted: 04/04/2008)
I recently declined a job offer which I had previously accepted to go work for a BB bank as a Summer analyst. Bad form? What should be done in that situation or what is considered acceptable?
Why?
nope it's fine, dont worry about it.
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I had already formally accepted (paperwork and everything). I hope this does not bite me in the ass later. Ultimately, I decided to put my future ahead of pleasing a few recruiters.
Is declining an offer after already accepting considered to be poor etiquette? (Originally Posted: 04/05/2013)
I have been given an informal return offer from my former boss for another summer as an analyst at an investment management fund, but I am also waiting to hear back from a larger fund to see if I have moved onto 2nd rounds. Ideally I would like to be working for the larger fund.
I'm thinking if I make it to 2nd rounds, by the time I hear back about their decision it would be to late to accept/decline the offer from the smaller fund. Also, as I am only a Sophomore, and the chances that I get an offer from the larger fund are slim, but possible. The first question they asked me in 1st rounds: "So are you in second or third year?", and I could tell there was some emphasis behind the question when I told them I was a sophomore.
Would it be rude to accept the return offer with the smaller fund, then if I get an offer from the larger fund, to decline the offer that I had already accepted from the first fund?
Thanks in advance.
It's rude and your burning bridges but it may be worth the risk if its a big difference. Don't worry about if its rude, they wouldn't worry about you.
Of course itd be rude. However, I can tell you for a fact that no financial institution cares about the individual, so you shouldnt care about them either.
This.
Doesn't matter, you're in Canada
How to reject an accepted offer? (Originally Posted: 02/08/2013)
I have accepted a offer from a BB in BO.(2 weeks ago) but I have an offer from another BB but FO
how can i do this without me getting kicked out of my school career services/ pissing off the recruiter..?
How could anyone knock you for this?? Surely your school wants the best opportunities for its students, and at the end of the day business is business, if you present your case in an honest manner, no one can knock you for that my friend.
Just my 2 cents.
I agree with the above poster. Be honest but confident in stating that you are taking a front office role in lieu of the back office role, and that you apologize but you would not have taken the offer if the second had come in earlier.
Agree that you don't really have a choice here. If you end up alienating career services, that's a risk you'll have to take. Having a job is better than having access to OCR.
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