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May I ask why you interviewed with them if you weren’t ready to make a move? I’m a big fan of ‘always be interviewing’ but just wondering bc it could help determine whether they’d feel as though you wasted their time.
gotcha - I’d recommend not interviewing with companies that you could potentially be interested in at a later point if you’re not looking to actually accept an offer right now, it will burn bridges.
You can always hit up this company in March to see if they’d consider you again, but it’s a toss up whether you annoyed them by taking them through the entire hiring process with no intention of accepting.
Assuming they were hiring to fill an immediate need, they may not have appreciated that you took their time through to the offer stage. I’d say it may be tough to go back, but hey who knows. Shamelessness can work sometimes. 🙂
Yeah I felt really bad about leading them on and then not taking it. I was going to take the new job, but my wife (the boss) strongly advised against it once I learned about the bonus.
I forgot to include that $9k of the potential bonus (post tax) came through during the interview process. I had a bunch of deals that I had worked on for the last few years all close or will close before March.
This is good advice everyone. I still really want to work for the other company and I mentioned that in my last email to the hiring team.
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March would be too soon, would wait a year.
Interviewing after the bonus is probably better since you are really not looking to leave! Stages of interviewing could have turned it down sooner! A year sounds fair & def new company
Is the bonus guaranteed? I know many depend on how the company is doing.
That’s great to hear. Congrats!
Two pieces of advice: Job changes should be based on more than money. Ideally, you would be looking at career growth and satisfaction. Staying in an inferior situation for a $15k bonus seems unwise. Especially because I would assume the new offer was a higher salary than your current job. How much difference could there be? Also, if the new employer really wants you, perhaps they’d pay a signing bonus to make up the difference. Did you discuss that possibility?
Thanks for the advice. This job switch would be a little bit special. It would be a side step into a more popular part of the industry and it would make me more employable in the future. In short, it will be helpful for my career and I can then follow a traditional path in this industry. I would be taking a pay cut in this role, but I would then be able to work from a state where my current role does not allow me to work from.
TL:DR it will help with career growth in the future and I would be taking a pay cut to live in a new part of the US (closer to family)
Don't understand why everyone is saying wait a year... Once you're ready to leave, reach out to them again. If you want to work for them, let it be know. Who knows how many jobs could come up over a year that they would consider you for if they know you're interested. Whats the worst thing that could happen but reaching out again... They say no? Then get a job somewhere else. Sounds like you've got nothing to lose.
If they hire someone else that's not going to be as good at the job over you just because you declined their initial offer, it's probably not somewhere you want to work anyway. Companies understand that people go where the money is.