If you're offered a job and they want an answer by the end of the day...

[BertrandRussell]

.....but you're waiting to hear about a job you want more and won't hear til Friday, would you-
A) Accept the first job and tell them you've changed your mind if you bet the second one
B) Turn down the first job and risk not getting the second
C. Accept the first and pull out of the process for the second (down to final interview with one other candidate)

Is there no way you can say that you have some logistical aspects to consider and adk for more time?

A. Accept the job and then cancel it if you're offered the other one too.

I don't think so. (It's dd, btw, not me). They know she's not currently working and can start on Monday.

I think A too, but dd is a first jobber and less hard headed and cynical than me!

Ordinarily I would say go with what you know you definitely have however based on point C in that you have clearly invested lots of time into this interview process I would ask for more time to make a decision. They do not need the decision by the end of the day, it might make it easier for them but if they want you then they should be willing to wait.

It is not like you are asking for weeks an extra 3 days is not an unreasonable amount of time. I honestly think if you don't at least try for the job on Friday then you will always wonder what would have happened.

Definitely (A).

Definitely NOT (c).

A, for definite.

Have they provided your dd with a contract, because she really needs to read that first before accepting.

I'm a recruiter and I think she would not be unreasonable to ask for a few days to consider it.

Otherwise A.

A after asking them for more time if they say “no”. Tough shit.

If there is no way for her to be given a little extra time to consider the job option then it would have to option A and attempting to get the job on Friday.

I am not sure why the job would be so determined to get an answer so quickly. If it is a first time job then it is likely to be retail so not essential to get confirmation on the day. Surely she can still start work on Monday if she accepts the offer on Friday?

Definitely A. If they aren't prepared to be reasonable about decision times, they can't be surprised when people accept and then change their mind becaues of the ridiculous timescale they have imposed for no reason.

A. But when I was first starting out in proper jobs I would have felt awful about it.

A unless you work in teaching in which case you could be blacklisted.

Is A a company she might want to work for in the future? I think accepting them and then changing her mind would burn a lot of bridges with A - would that be a problem?

A, without question

A, but agree a first timer will feel bad. It’s a dog eat dog world out there. Girl’s gotta do what a girl’s got do 😂

(Yes, alright, I know it should be “woman” but that ruins the sentence flow.)

Unless the other job was a clear second choice, in which case C.

People are right about the contract. She can always go for optiom d and attempt to stall them while asking a lot of questions about the pay and benefits package.

A
Definitely

A, and if necessary put off signing any paperwork to make it easier. I've recently almost had to do this - in the end my first job offer people relented, but honestly, they put themselves in this position by being inflexible! It's hard, but your daughter needs to prioritise herself, as they clearly won't be doing so.

A unless you work in teaching in which case you could be blacklisted.

See my initial thought was that it was a teaching job as that's the only industry I know that ask you to accept on the day but then the OP said it was her daughters first job which makes teaching seem unlikely.

Obviously if it is teaching she will have been asked if she was still a firm candidate on the day and if it is teaching that would change my answer.

I had similar happen. As it turned out, I didn't get the second job.

A, but then she’ll need time to go through contract and any other paperwork so that could push the final decision by a few days.

Option A. try to buy time with sorting out the paperwork, but start on Monday as planned then accept the second job if she gets it and leave the first one. Yes, it pisses people off, but meh, business is business and she needs to look after number one. With all respect to your DD, nobody is indispensable and there will be someone else for the role.

A, then she has a job if she gets the second job she has the choice of which to take