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Got a Question for all you with your infinite wisdom,
I'm going to be starting a job on the street next Monday. Really excited for it and am looking forward to learning a lot. The job I am starting has always been something I wanted to do, for the experience and learning opportunity, but has not been my dream job.
However, two days ago, I got a offer from my dream Job....
I told my dream job HR that I was starting this other job next week, and the HR team said, "great - but you need to give us a commitment of whether you accept our offer... oh... and we will let you start anytime from today up-to 9 months out".
Which means, I can do this new job for 9 months and then switch to my dream job....
Is there anything wrong with doing this ? I ask because
1) I can gain the experience with the current job (which is different from my dream job)... and still have my dream job open in 9 months
2) Yes, I am going to be going into the current job, potentially with a clear 9 month exit strategy ( but is that terribly bad? ).... if I didn't like this current job in 9 months, I might have tried to leave anyway...
3) I made a commitment to this current job, so I do not want to just reneg 5 days before I start ....
4) The dream job is OK with me working somewhere else before I start with them...
What do you people think? ethical, unethical ? OK and a part of life ? Do the best for me and get the most experience ?
Any thoughts / insights / advice appreciated.
Ethic should'nt be part of the equation (at least, in this case), just act for your own good.
Take the job, do your best and learn as much as you can for 9 months, then switch. They'll be alright.
On a side note, I would try to join the second job before the ultimate deadline that they've just granted you, like 6-7 months afterwards, but that's just my 0.02$. Good luck!
Agree with above.
I'd take the dream job without working at the other job for 9 months. You would both be better off because you're basically going to be leaving the second you're done being trained and can start adding value, and you would be at your dream job instead of some other job you're thinking about leaving in a few months. I would also let them know that you had the option to work there for 9 months but felt it best not to start something you weren't going to fully commit to and not waste their time because that's really what you'd probably be doing. Also, who knows what could happen in 9 months. Maybe your dream role isn't there any longer if you don't take it now.
You must be a stellar candidate or your dream job is with a firm whose HR is probably inexperienced, because I've personally never heard of a Job Offer that extends out to 9 months, given to a candidate whom they know is about to start a new job in a 2 days. But congrats nonetheless. Clearly you should go for your dream job.
Personally, I've always wanted to be one of those dudes who puts the little stickers on the Chiquita Bananas.
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