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Hi all - BBH US is hiring a People Operations Coordinator!
This role is based in NYC and is ideal for US-based junior PMs or recent graduates who are looking to focus on HR / Recruitment / Operations. Remote candidates will be considered. Feel free to find me on Linked In (Danielle Madole, Senior Recruiter at BBH US) if you'd like to follow up! Thanks all!
Check it out here: g.co/kgs/JUUVqM
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Are you a poet or a quant? Or a poant/quoet?
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^Petition to remove Chris Harrison as host based on his recent (and prior) insensitive comments & actions.
Posting this for those who want to sign - if you don’t want to, feel free to scroll forward vs. commenting in his defense.
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Go for the one that pays the more! How old are you? If anything you could switch in the future…
Wow..so different salary in Italy 😂
Go for the company whose mission you can believe in, one where the work you’re doing feels meaningful and whoever has growth opportunities. We spend most of our time working. Make sure it has the ability to feed your soul rather than your bank account. You won’t regret it.
Couldn't agree more! It will all come to personal happiness & satisfaction at the end of the day... Look up the work culture in both orgs and consult your friends/ex-colleagues before making a final decision.
Since you haven’t started working at your first offer, it’s a no brainer to take the one that pays more. Compensation package is much better across the board which sets you up in a good position for higher raises in the future either within the company or as you transition into a new place. You won’t have to play catch-up as much. Don’t worry that you have to back out on the first offer, it’s better to pick something that works best for you. It’s your career. If not, you may not feel like you made the right choice and that may contribute to feelings of resentment down the line.
Tell them that you weren’t expecting it but received a better offer that’s difficult to turn down, you really wanted the role but the difference in compensation is great. Always be respectful, polite, and apologetic and wish them the best in finding a someone else suitable. I’ve done this recently and it was a super tough decision but I ended up taking the job that paid less (a startup over a large company) because I believed in the potential, product, and team better. They were understandable and I was very respectful.
Had a colleague that played the counteroffer game to boost the initial offer made. He initially accepted the counter offer made by his original company and decided to stay. Week later the new company came back with another offer which he accepted and then promptly submitted his resignation. Definitely soured relationship with his former employer, but that was a bridge he was willing to burn, and he told me he doesn’t regret it one bit. Life goes on. Make the best choice that suits you, because everyone else sure will.
Explain the situation to current employer - better to cut the cord before they sunk a ton of resources into training you is the glass half full way to look at it.
Don't burn bridges. If you sign a contract you need to honor it. Discuss your salary at your next review.
You don't know when you will run into someone who knows who you are.
There are people I've worked with who have behaved unprofessionally and unethically. I will take every opportunity to dissuade anyone I actually work with from engaging in business with these people.
When you go back on a hiring contract, you could be substantially screwing over that company.
What's unethical about preventing those that you care about doing business with an untrustworthy and unreliable person?
If you got scammed by a dude and you saw him chatting up your grandma, is it vindictive to run over and tell her to stop talking to him?
What role does ethics have in a legal framework? I don't understand the question. To practice law, you study ethics. Laws are supposed to be ethical.
Also be cognizant of your offer letter for current role. May have a clawback provision in which you’ll have to repay the signing bonus if it’s already paid out to you.
Since you haven't even started yet, you can go ahead with the higher offer. It wouldn't even matter for the old company as they wouldn't have started your payroll and other benefits.
Did the first offer include a guarantee that you wouldn't be fired for any reason within the first month? The first year? If not, sounds like they wanted to try you out. It rubs both ways. Be respectful and courteous, but unless they want to guarantee to pay for your kids' college or buy you a boat or whatever lifestyle accent piece you choose, ceteris paribus, take the extra money.
I agree with this. There are no guarantees offered from the company and in certain states like mine (Georgia) there’s a “Right to Hire” law that employees call “Right to Fire” which allows any employer to terminate any employee without cause or reason. Much to my disappointment, companies consider this a benefit to doing business here and take advantage of the law as they should, I guess. So unless they did offer for you to be guaranteed employee for any period of time, take the money.
I have jumped ship on a couple of offers in a similar situation and don’t regret doing so
Both of the recruiters I worked with in these scenarios have been willing to work with me again >1 year down the line.
I was very open and honest about my reasons and they took it very well
I am currently recruiting for an open role and we had a couple of candidates withdraw their application after the offer. There are no hard feelings, it's a competitive market out there.
You should go back to the second company and negotiate an even better offer 😊
Do you prefer one role over the other?
I really don’t know lol. I don’t think I do tbh
Let them know you have better offer if they can match very well if they can't you take beat offer available
Forsure just say that another offer came in that you couldn’t pass up. Apologize for accepting to soon. It is what it is.
You can jump. It's absolutely ok in the first few weeks of a job.
That’s over 30k difference, I’d take the new offer
Do both for awhile, choose one or if logical, and can do both, keep doing both.
No matter what you choose to do in this situation, remember this for the future. When juggling interviews and offer stages between multiple companies, make sure the ones you’re interested in are in the loop with your decision making. For example, could you have told the first company that you needed a day or two to make a decision, then go to the second company and loop them in - with that knowledge they could have made you an offer quicker perhaps.
Give the first company a chance to reevaluate, if they can’t match, move on.
Are both of these offers from the same geographic region? Maybe one has a higher cost of living that would make the other better after adjusting for living expenses? Also make sure to check on what strings are attached, if any, to the bonuses of each respective position!
Same location.
The most important thing is the company culture that will fit your personality!
What field is this in? I know science but what job category exactly? I’m just trying to get started.
Rising Star
Nah pick Computer Science. Life sciences don’t pay as much as knowledge as we get