Going back on a job offer....

[Kazziepooes]

Hi there,

I was offered a job and am circa 1 month through a 3 month notice period; in the meantime, and totally out of the blue, I’ve been offered my DREAM job and ditched job offer 1. Has anyone else had experience of this please?

I've recently done just this. Accepted job 1, offered job 2 a week later and decided to accept that and decline job 1. It was hard to tell job 1 that I was retracting my acceptance but they were very understanding in the end. At the end of the day, it's business - try to take the emotion out of it.

Congratulations!

Thank you for the reassurance here! The hiring manager of job 1 was understanding; got an absolute ear full from the recruiter, but I guess to an extent that was to be expected....

It's not a gulag. You're free to give notice and work elsewhere. If it wasn't working out for them, they'd have no hesitation in letting you go.

you're not an indentured slave. you are free to bestow your services as you wish.

however your actions will have cost the first business a lot of money. not your problem, but if you ever need their good-will for anything, you won't have it.

I've been awake for 2 hours so I'm not thinking properly but how will it have cost the first business a lot of money?

BessMarvin because they'll have to run their whole recruitment process again as a minimum, plus perhaps sourcing a temp to start on op's expected start date because the replacement new recruit may have a similar notice period.

Good luck in the new role op.

Ok thanks. I've not been involved in recruitment processes so I was thinking that they would just keep looking which they'd have done anyway if she'd turned down the job to start with.

The recruiter will loose their fee so will be super angry, but you've done the right thing for you

You have to do the right thing for you.

I know of a new entrant to an airline. They started week one of training and the airline made the whole batch redundant because of cut backs! They got a month’s pay and were unemployed.

Companies will always do what’s best for them.

You've technically breached a contract and the company could take you to court to recover any financial losses. Verbal contracts are binding in employment law, once you agreed to the job you agreed to the contract, regardless of whether you signed anything.

Not many do go to court, but they could of they suffered a financial loss.

Thank you all. The recruiter WAS angry; but said recruiter was fairly unprofessional and so I don’t feel too badly - it’s an occupational hazard for anyone working in sales. It’s a HUGE company so looking at the big picture it won’t have cost them a load of money as they will just choose someone from the original shortlist.

I DO feel bad about this; BUT as has been said by all, I have to do what’s right for me and the other job is too good an opportunity on many fronts. Thanks for posting back to me guys.