Timeline for A recruiter for a job that initially rejected me, called with an alternate offer but then acts reluctantly-am I being played?
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| Jan 15, 2019 at 14:39 | comment | added | Fattie | Just as Richard says, take the offer on the table and that's that. "Some emails from another company" mean nothing. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 14:20 | comment | added | Mathmath | @Roman: I hope that becomes true. But it's a small startup with 15 people and I worked with them in their office for 3-4 days to give them a feeling of my background and skills etc. There are things that came to my observation (which is irrelevant here) that gave me a feeling not to like them. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 14:18 | comment | added | Roman | @Mathmath Of course. What is more: there is also a chance that you will start to like your "second choice" so much that you will not want to switch — partly due to post-purchase rationalization. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 14:17 | comment | added | Mathmath | The job hopper part can be avoided by not mentioning the short term jobs at all in my CV, as in France, they don't do a check unlike in the US. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 14:13 | comment | added | IllusiveBrian | You could be seen as a job hopper if you switch jobs within a few months all the time, but once probably wouldn't reflect that poorly, especially if you stay at your next job for a few years without issue. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 14:11 | comment | added | Mathmath | @Roman so is it okay to take up a job offer that's my second choice and in the meantime, look for another? Sorry if I didn't quite get the message :) Thanks again! | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 13:21 | comment | added | Roman | Yes, @Mathmath, but a business would also not tell you if they are about to fire you in a month. Don’t confuse the company‘s problems (e.g. bus factor) with yours. | |
| Jan 15, 2019 at 12:57 | comment | added | Mathmath | @thursdaysgeek, then I've a follow up question I'd like to ask-it's more of a moral question than anything. Say I take the other offer that I don't like, and I keep looking for other jobs, and when I get one, I leave the job at the startup. Sure it seems legally fine, but I've moral concern there-the startup probably wouldn't hire me if I tell them that they're just a second choice and I'm looking for another job. | |
| Jan 14, 2019 at 19:24 | history | edited | Old_Lamplighter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 14, 2019 at 19:12 | comment | added | Mathmath | @thursdaysgeek No I'm not, have been looking for job for three months now. They knew my situation while interviewing, still they're acting pretty reluctant! I even told them to tell me if they don't have the position, but they didn't-hence my frustration! | |
| Jan 14, 2019 at 19:11 | comment | added | thursdaysgeek | @Mathmath Are you currently working? If so, is the job you have right now better or worse than the job offer you have in hand? I see on your comment that you are not employed. In which case, Richard's answer can stand as is. | |
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| Jan 14, 2019 at 19:01 | comment | added | Mathmath | @thursdaysgeek Good point. The job I intially interviewed for was published on a job platform. Are you talking about the existence of that, or the alternate one that the recruiter said he had for me? | |
| Jan 14, 2019 at 18:57 | comment | added | thursdaysgeek | I guess it also depends on whether they already have a job or not. | |
| Jan 14, 2019 at 18:54 | history | answered | Old_Lamplighter | CC BY-SA 4.0 |