I accepted an offer in November and was set to start mid August.
I found a better job (better city, more interesting, 2x the comp).
I emailed the gentleman who offered me and said I won’t be joining the team and wished him will. Is it fine I never got a response or shall I call and confirm?
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He is probably a bit annoyed, if not upset. While the professional thing to do would be to provide you with a response, I can understand why he wouldn't.
Ok that’s fine. I don’t like the firm anyway. Won’t ever go back.i just wanted to be sure it was ok, and I won’t get a call at noon on the start date asking me if I’m planning on coming. Lol.
Honestly, no one knows what will happen. You made the right decision for yourself.
The most professional thing to do would've been to give him a call instead of an email, but I agree he is probably just upset that you went back on your word. Best of luck to you man.
Yeah, but the pay was almost insulting I didn’t really like the firm they were pushy and I wanted options. I don’t ever want to join the team anyway so I really didn’t care.
Also, I see no difference quitting before you even start than quitting later on. Rejection is rejection and if you find something better no one can fault you. If you think the firm will be loyal to you that’s wrong. So, selfishly I did what I did and don’t feel bad one bit.
Why accept then?
To have a job so to say. It was operations work. Boring. Bank reconciliations... Sorry, I don’t feel bad. I applied early on and I hardly understood the different areas and jobs and what not.
You're missing something important here.
You're absolutely right that a firm will put its best interests before yours, so expecting loyalty is foolish. Similarly, your career is your livelihood, and you need to put your best interests first. When a great opportunity comes along, you've gotta do you. Sounds like you understand this part just fine.
What you're missing is the concept of good faith.
This is painfully wrong. Someone who acts in good faith plans to start a job he accepts and intends to stay long enough to contribute to the team. You shake their hand with the intent of establishing a mutually beneficial relationship. Emphasis on the words plan and intent. Life happens, and if an incredible unexpected opportunity comes up, you take it. But then you acknowledge that, in doing so, you've put someone else in a bad spot, so you show the courtesy of apologizing for it over the phone. That's the professional thing to do. You wasted this manager's time in bad faith when he could have been out looking for another candidate who actually wanted the job. You can only get away with this so many times before your reputation starts to suffer.
Hopefully your new job is far enough removed from the network of your first offer. If so you'll probably be fine. But I'd strongly suggest you reconsider your approach before you burn any bridges in your new line of work. It's a smaller world than you think.
Similar story, backed out of an offer a week before I was supposed to start, but the old position had a ton of turnover so it wasn't as bad as it could've been. I sent an email detailing the situation and called right after to clear up any questions the former company had.
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