Timeline for HR never sent me a contract so I didn't give notice and now they want me to start next week
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| Sep 3, 2016 at 11:02 | comment | added | Luceos | In addition to your third choice - my only suggestion - is to contact that hiring manager by phone. Mail only communication is just a waste of time if you want to get things done. | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 11:32 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | @industry7: well, until they meet a bigger company. "Don't burn bridges" isn't quite the same as "do what the bigger, stronger boys tell you or they'll smash your head in", but it's not a million miles away ;-) In this case though, Lilienthal meant it exactly as the idiom was originally invented. Both sides should be willing to cut ties as soon as, but no sooner than, they no longer want the deal to go ahead. And when they do, both sides will conclude that the other side is a muppet. | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 10:09 | comment | added | Sidius | Top quality answer! +1 | |
| Sep 2, 2016 at 7:11 | history | edited | Lilienthal♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 1, 2016 at 20:06 | comment | added | industry7 | "so be aware that you're probably burning a bridge if you decide you no longer want the job" and then it turns out that the company rescinded the offer anyway LOL. Well I guess it's a good thing that companies don't have to worry about "burning bridges" like normal people. | |
| Sep 1, 2016 at 17:17 | history | edited | Lilienthal♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 1, 2016 at 17:15 | comment | added | Lilienthal♦ | @thelem True, I'll add that wording as an alternative. I went with the ultimatum because let's be honest, if they wouldn't have solved it by then, OP should have walked away anyway. | |
| Sep 1, 2016 at 16:42 | comment | added | Lightness Races in Orbit | @thelem: Kind of, but if they really do want the OP, that line may add urgency through the "scare factor", even when it's not really true. | |
| Sep 1, 2016 at 16:33 | comment | added | thelem | In the first script you wrote: "If I haven't heard from you by then I'll assume that you've moved on and wish you the best of luck in filling the position." That means if HR continue to be slow, you're automatically refusing the job, which may not be what you want to do. I guess the intent was to add urgency, so I'd say something like "... if I haven't heard from you by then it will delay my start date by a further month". | |
| Sep 1, 2016 at 13:50 | history | edited | Lilienthal♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 1, 2016 at 13:29 | vote | accept | anonymousSO | ||
| Sep 1, 2016 at 9:22 | history | answered | Lilienthal♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |