How long to wait for a job offer

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Can anyone help? 2 weeks ago today (Monday) I had an interview and I was offered the job on the Wednesday evening. The interviewer said he would get onto HR and get written offer out to me.

The following Monday, ie last Monday I hadn’t heard anything so I got in touch with the interviewer just to check in. He apologised and said I should have had something by now as he’s keen for me to start as soon as. He said he would look into it.

Wednesday last week I received an email asking me to click through a link to complete my working with protected adults application. On their instruction I was asked to do this and then the formal offer would be issued.

Friday still nothing but interviewer emailed to ask if I’d heard. I emailed back saying no.

End of business today and still nothing.

This is my first change of job in 10 years so I am not sure if this is acceptable or not. I have no idea what salary, holidays, terms, pension etc are on offer.

Any thoughts?

Part of me thinks if it’s taken them almost 2 weeks to give me the basics then I am possibly better off elsewhere.

It's a very long time I think. I had an interview on Wednesday, was offered the job verbally later that day, had a follow up email to confirm just after that. The formal offer letter and other paperwork was sent to me the next day. That is very quick (they were keen!) but two weeks smacks of disorganisation.

Is it NHS ?
I have recently waited 3 weeks for HR to contact me ( although I didn't exactly follow it up as had more interviews to go to ). Anyway it turned out there was a miscommunication between the manager who offered me the job and HR. They were very apologetic and sent out the job offer and di all the other checks soon after.

What sector/area is the job in? Civil service took almost 3 mths from interview to starting in what they termed a 'fast tracked role'

Emails about progress, info on anything and pay offers were also woefully slow!

I received an informal offer over email, detailing contract terms, including salary.

It took about 3 weeks for a proper contract to be sent through however.

My current role (successful job B) I interviewed for in the very new year, ironically I kept this interview knowing I had nothing in writing from successful job A I'd gone for end of December - it was 2 weeks later the contract was issued as I literally was walking up the stairs first day as it was being sent. (kept getting it was being posted but then turned out there was a problem with signatory) if I remember correctly the company didn't trouble with new starter forms until the Friday, before starting on a Monday.

Successful job A with a private heath care company was subject to a DBS, now they to took just over 2 weeks to send out paperwork which I noted was backdated and caused confusion as the job was said to be originally non remote but then went remote only when papers came through - if I ever thought the nhs wait to start was crazy... This private healthcare role would actually take until middle of THIS month to start. (I didn't know it was even possible to give more ID than necessary and this causes a DBS to not complete.) Whilst it might have been worth the wait, crikey, imagine if I hadn't received two offers.

It's nuts I'll have been in successful job B for 2 months before I would get to start A.