To turn down a job last minute

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Hi all, I posted last night in regards to my career dilema. Basically i have to make a decsion between staying at my current place of work (up in the air as to where ill be redeployed to but likely to be WFH) or to start a new job ive been offered. Alot of you said to stick with my current job due to the hours being more suitable around DD and the fact ive been there a good while and have sick pay. The issue im having is, if i do decide to stick with my current job how would i go about telling the new employer. Im due to start next week and theyre expecting me. :( I know it is unreasonable to do this last minuite, however i need advice and suggestions. I really wanted to take this new job as it is more of a career, however there is no sick pay, hours are longer and would mean DD being in breakfast AND afterschool club.

What do you mean ‘ship you off somewhere else’?

IMO pre pandemic working from home often meant higher risk of redundancy, relative to workers working together in a specific location.

Are you married? If not then the primary need is the job with more hours/pension and progression prospects IMO.

@Dozer by ship us off i mean redeploy us.

@Eternallyfrazzled Thanks for your advice. DC is 8.

I disagree that you can't progress in a standard call centre role. Those jobs tend to have large variability in ability/commitment so if you're hard working and let it be known you're ambitious you can quite easily stand out from the crowd. An old boss of mine started in the call centre, then became team leader, then ran the whole call centre (150 odd staff) for a few years before side ways moving into my dept managing a small team on a very cushty job which if he's still doing it now probably pays 60k, good pension, flexible hours and no overtime. With opportunity to progress more if he can be bothered to deal with the hassle. During this time he did study for external qualifications in business/ management which work would have funded as well. Have you asked about the possibility of training/progression in your current job?

@Rittersport hi I have just noticed your comment. I didn’t mean that nobody can progress in a call centre, i know you definitely can! I just meant in my particular call centre and the state the business is in at the moment due to covid. (Lost clients and no work to do basically) Many of my colleagues were promoted when I started nearly 7 years ago :) but gradually those opportunities were no longer coming up. I had expressed to managers that I’d like to progress however it just wasn’t possible.

Also just an update incase anyone sees this… I took the other job! I love it. The day after I took the job my colleagues at my old place were all informed they were infact being redeployed to a different business. I definitely made the right choice! :)

Ah good to see your update. My job was the same, no childcare needed and all very convenient for a family life. New job meant longer hours, asking for favours and afterschool club. All whilst on a similar pay. I took the new job as more oportunitues to progress and maybe have a career for myself. Best move I ever made!

@Sometimeswinning that’s excellent!! Sometimes we need to get out of our comfort zone and just go for it I think! My daughter enjoys the after school club more than I thought she would so that’s a bonus :)

Great update! Glad you're happy with the move, best of luck!

Thanks :)