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Take the better job! If your friend is a true friend then she’ll understand and want what’s best for you. And then after maybe take your friend out to a nice dinner
Rising Star
Oh geez, this is tough. If you’re not very close with this friend and are ok burning the friend bridge (and the agency bridge), I’d go with your #1. But if they are someone you want to keep in your life, I’d stick with the referral place. If I was the one who referred you, I’d be so mad.
@AD1 - I disagree that it will make her look “so bad”. Her company could have made OP a better offer. As far as it looks for her, she gave a good referral on a great candidate and I can’t see how it’s her fault that another company is going to give him a better deal. Not everything has to be personal.
Yes, take the better offer. Your friend should understand. It’s your career😀
Rising Star
Take the better job.
I’m wondering why you accepted such a bad offer in the first place when you knew you had at least one other thing in the works?
If you didn’t hear from company 2 for 5 weeks, that seems like a big red flag to me. Not to rain on your parade, but going dark for that long leads me to believe that maybe you weren’t company 2’s first choice. Speaking as a recruiter, you don’t leave candidates you’re excited about hanging for that long without any sort of status update.
Keep them in your pocket for later but don’t mess over a friend for this other. Do great work and leave in a year if they have an opportunity available.
Take the better offer for sure. They’ll be annoyed for a day, then move on. There’s nothing they can say either, they’re the ones trying get you there at a lower title.
Here’s an argument that can be applied either way. How long will you be at either job? A year? Three tops? Chances are your friend will find another job in that time. As will the hiring manager at both companies. Both places will have good things and things you hate. Offer both growth or stagnation depending on your choices. Congrats for having options.
Similar thing happened to me. Was going to team up with a friend at an agency and they sold me in to their boss and got me an offer. Then I got a better offer elsewhere. We've not really talked since. Unfortunate, but you've got to go with what's right for you. If you take the first job out of guilt, you'll just resent working with your friend.