I received a verbal offer from a company and asked the recruiter at least a week to review the offer once it’s in writing. She is pressuring me to respond within 2 days but I am waiting on a different offer to materialize… I thought a week from when you receive the written offer is standard practice, but wondering if perhaps I’m mistaken?

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Ah yes, a verbal offer. Worth the paper it’s written on is my understanding.

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I am not sure there is really any standard time. I would think a week is reasonable but they can set whatever time limit they want. They may have several other good candidates and want to get one if you decline.

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Cuz they may have another candidate if you don’t accept the offer they will move to the next candidate. They were pushing me too.

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2-3 days is my experience. They don’t want it to bleed into the weekend without an answer.

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I had an offer and was asked to reply within 48 hours. The offer was on paper. It was verbal a day before. It really depends how fast they need to hire once all the other hurdles have been cleared.

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Let them know it’s an important decision and you are waiting for another offer, and can’t decide until you have both.

It’s just their tactic, I doubt they have firm standards of 2 days response.

Then also to pressure the other firm you are waiting, ask them to expedite.

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I once got a verbal offer and asked to get it in writing and the offer was withdrawn immediately on that phone call. Agree to respond within two days and do so, and then the online stuff begins. This means you do have a little time to work the other employer.

They have not given you a written offer because they are expecting you to negotiate salary, sign on bonus, etc. Generally, it’s not nice to make them go through the approval process for a higher offer if you’re not willing to accept when they give you what you ask for. Ask for anywhere from 5 to 10% more base salary or the difference to get you to a $20-25K sign-on bonus. Worse the can say is no.

You should have an idea of the salary for the other job and make a decision based on that number +10% if you negotiate their initial offer.

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