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First of all, I'm so sorry to hear that. The company that extended the offer is likely scaling back the size of the incoming hires, and are hoping that delaying 6 months will result in some attrition.
My advice is to start looking for a new position, and consider the possibility that the start date will be pushed even further.
Congratulations on graduating! Don't despair, you'll find all kinds of stories of similar experiences in this bowl, this certainly isn't the end of the world. Careers are long and none look the same.
Accenture did this to me when COVID hit. They extended an offer, which I accepted, with a start date set for the following Monday. Everything was on track until Thursday; I had already declined all other job offers and left my current position.
However, when a lockdown was announced in my country on Friday, Accenture immediately pushed my start date back two weeks, citing an inability to conduct the onboarding process—a claim I found disingenuous, as there's no issue with doing that online. After another two-week postponement, they finally made my start date indefinite. After initially making up reasons, they finally admitted that these actions were due to concerns about project shortfalls. I could understand a hiring freeze, but their treatment of someone set to start the very next business day was in poor taste, especially in an industry where reputation is critical and people are the only real asset.
So, I was left without a job or offers in the midst of a pandemic and economic slowdown. The stress was overwhelming.
Seven months later, they reached out with another invitation to join. I was thrilled to decline, having secured a far superior offer in the meantime. Moreover, this wasn't the first or last instance of their mistreatment of not just those to whom they extended offers, but their own employees. Having heard from friends who worked at Accenture about their experiences during challenging times, I'm relieved I never joined them.
OP, at the time it felt terrible, but looking back, I'm genuinely glad it happened. If someone had told me then that it was a good thing, I wouldn't have believed them. It reminds me of Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement speech about connecting the dots.
Don't despair; keep looking for other opportunities. Everything will work out for the best in the end.
Depends on what your financial situation is like. If you don’t need cash then I’d suggest doing something you wouldn’t get the chance to do normally like taking some time to travel or maybe work something you wouldn’t consider long term like a low paying non-profit or an early stage startup.
If you need to start earning then I would say that it’s only for a year so just take any job that will start building experience on the resume. But that can be low stress since you’re already locked in with an offer for the big4 in a year.
You have an offer in hand to start a solid career a year from now, so you might as well make the most of the time. It will fly by.
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Yikes which big4 is this? It would be good to know.
Basically every firm is starting undergrad + MBA campus hires Jan ‘24 or later