Timeline for Is it okay to quit my new job after three weeks because I got a better offer?
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| May 20, 2022 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/1527574856887418880 | ||
| May 19, 2022 at 16:03 | comment | added | Seth R | @DKNguyen, if OP is in software and Company B is one of the Big Tech companies, it's not unheard of for them to offer 50%+ more than the median of other companies and would carry the kind of resume "prestige" OP is describing. They are just really hard to get into, which is maybe why OP didn't expect to get the offer. This seems like a distinct possibility of what we're talking about. | |
| May 16, 2022 at 18:34 | comment | added | DKNguyen | I'd normally say that's in bad faith...but 50%. God damn, I don't think anyone would blame you but it's almost too good to be true unless the first job is actually crap. | |
| May 16, 2022 at 17:18 | comment | added | GOATNine | One question I haven't seen anyone ask: Why is company B offering 50% more compensation? Is it balanced with a worse benefits package? Is the title/expected workload different? Is the timeframe or class of employment different(shorter term or IC instead of employee for instance). Somethings fishy about the difference in pay. | |
| May 16, 2022 at 7:57 | answer | added | Karl Brown | timeline score: 6 | |
| May 16, 2022 at 4:58 | answer | added | hkBst | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 15, 2022 at 17:48 | answer | added | Eee | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 15, 2022 at 17:45 | history | edited | DJClayworth |
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| May 15, 2022 at 17:03 | answer | added | gnasher729 | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 14, 2022 at 22:22 | comment | added | Seth R | @SolarMike it is highly unlikely a 3 week job will show up on a background check. If it does, the conversation will go something like this: "Can you comment on this other job you had for 3 weeks?" "I started at A, but a few weeks in B gave me an offer too good to turn down. I had to take it." "Ok, that makes sense. Let's talk about your offer here." | |
| May 14, 2022 at 21:15 | answer | added | DJClayworth | timeline score: 12 | |
| May 14, 2022 at 20:50 | comment | added | Solar Mike | @SethR so those background checks are BS then… | |
| May 14, 2022 at 20:21 | answer | added | Joe Strazzere | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 14, 2022 at 20:01 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 14, 2022 at 19:41 | comment | added | gnat | see also: How can one resign from a new job gracefully? | |
| May 14, 2022 at 19:40 | comment | added | gnat | Does this answer your question? What is the right approach to quit a job during probation period for a competing offer? | |
| May 14, 2022 at 19:39 | comment | added | Seth R | @SolarMike, with just 3 weeks, I wouldn't list company A on my resume at all. It effectively never happened. Who isn't working for the money? | |
| May 14, 2022 at 18:52 | comment | added | joeqwerty | Are you an indentured servant? Are there laws that would prohibit you from quitting A and joining B? Did you swear a blood oath to A promising your undying loyalty, punishable by death if you break it? If the answer to these questions is no, then take the job at B. Is it professional? Well... it's not the best situation but in 5 years will you care? Will anyone at A care? Will they even remember you? | |
| May 14, 2022 at 18:24 | comment | added | Solar Mike | So to add the "prestigious" company B to your resume, you have to list a very short stint at company A. How do you justify 3 weeks? Cr*p manager? Job hopping? Don’t like permanence? Did not like the team? Or you are just in it for the money? Will company B be right to think you will drop them as soon as it is convenient? | |
| May 14, 2022 at 17:43 | comment | added | DarkCygnus♦ | All I can say right now is that you say you are still in probation, so that opens a possibility to make the transition... although these are the types of "risks" you take when pursuing multiple job offers | |
| May 14, 2022 at 17:41 | comment | added | DarkCygnus♦ | Hey there, welcome to The Workplace. May I suggest you also try browsing our past questions, as this scenario I recall has been asked before a couple of times (if not many times). Don't have much time now to go searching for a couple of duplicate posts for your reading, but I am sure you will find at least something related if you search, that will help you answer your question | |
| May 14, 2022 at 17:19 | history | edited | Daniel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 14, 2022 at 17:19 | history | edited | Daniel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S May 14, 2022 at 17:18 | history | asked | Daniel | CC BY-SA 4.0 |