Would you accept a job offer if you knew you your boss would be replaced in a few months with no idea whom your manager will be?

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Depends on the merits of the job itself. If it’s a new job how do you know you’ll like the departing boss?

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So the current manager is the person you interviewed with for an hour? You don’t know that person either.

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Here’s what I would personally do. Contact these people directly, and explain your concerns. If they give you a direct, honest answer, that signifies job security then it might be worth making the move.

Consider for a moment, if these people are willing to communicate with you about something that would definitely be a red flag for an employee, they are most likely going to be on the level with you for the length of your employment. That matters.

When my wife had two job offers on the table, neither company knew she was pregnant. I told her to tell them, and go with the company and team that reacts the most positively towards the news. Sure enough one did, and laid benefits and everything out for her and welcomed the news joyfully. The other basically said there wasn’t much they could do.

So she went with the positive one, and for the first time in her life she is experiencing working with a team and people that support each other and actually enjoy working together.

I actually am interviewing now with a “startup”, and my concerns with solvency after they had a 147+ million dollar loss on their 10K. They answered my questions directly and honestly, giving me a good feeling these people know what they are doing and are committed.


I’m going to tell you the same thing. Be direct with your concerns, without being a jerk. See how they react and then make your decision.

Maybe start with, “I really appreciate working with me through the process. I have noticed that when it comes to whom I would be reporting to, I have had 3 different answers, and I wanted to understand what was driving these organizational changes?”

Or something along those lines.

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The elephant in the room for me is why? Are the "boss turnovers" the result of promotions, movements within or Exodus?

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If you didn’t have the opportunity to meet that new manager during the interview process then No. I was offered a position and during onboarding was told the manager was a different person. I kindly withdrew my acceptance. I’ve had bad “bait and switch” experiences. during the interview process the candidates are also interviewing that manager/team and my expectations are to get an insight into the kind of environment and team I would potentially be working with and for.

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Lots of good advice already in this thread. I would just add that it is important to think about where you are in your career as well. Your manager contributes to a large part of your experience, opportunities, etc. at a company. When you are just starting out and need to learn in your first role or two, this may not be as important, but it will be as you progress/enter leadership and are looking to learn through more mentorship, career development, sponsorship, etc. As you consider any role, it's important to think about the relationships you will have and what you want out of them critically. Companies want to know who you've worked with and what you have done with them as much as they type of work you do. It's ok for you to ask the same.

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IMO no unless TC is enough to comfort you if the new boss is trash

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Happened to me once, but I didn’t knew it before I was hired. I knew the manager for a while before finally caving in and decided to join her team. Literally day 2 at my new job, she was let go. She was a partner at that agency too. In hindsight, that was a big red flag. She wasn’t really replaced and they laid off or didn’t replace a bunch of creatives a few months later (including me).🤷

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at least they’re honest about it, i’ve been in situations where the manager would leave after two months and i only knew about it when i worked there.

if the replacement is identified, maybe you can ask for an interview with that person as well

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It’s a different situation, but I was hired before my manager was — I was told the company was growing its creative team and both roles (mine and theirs) were new. I never had the opportunity to interview with them and they started two weeks before I did. At first it was okay. But six months into it, I realize our personalities do not mesh and they likely would never have hired me if they had been in charge of the process.

Also as it turns out, there was a person in that role before, but they quit after only nine months. No word on what happened to the person before that.

Because of my experience, I would encourage someone to think long and hard about accepting a role without knowing who your boss would be.

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But then re-reading your original post I realized that you might have a hand in interviews with your new manager and that will make a difference.

If the money right idc

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Only if they guarantee 3-6 months severance pay if they let you go after the new boss starts, because new bosses hate legacy underlings.

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I accepted a job and during the interview process I had told them I had booked a family trip to the USA and Canada for six weeks. (From Australia). They accepted that, gave me the job and asked me to fly into Melbourne and do the training before I left for the USA. I had a great time working with my new boss, fantastic guy super knowledgeable and 10+ years later I still keep in touch. HOWEVER, by the time I came back from my holiday, he'd left and a new guy was my manager and it was 12 months of hell before I finally resigned. He had no idea and wanted to just make a statement about how tough he was. He tried to sack me in the first 3 months and did everything he could to make me fail, no trips to visit customers, 800 miles away, telling me I had to do deals over the phone worth $150k. You never know what you're going to find in a new job it could be a great organisation full of wonderful people or it could be a disaster that spirals you into mental health issues.

Yes, because this is the thing. Your boss could leave his/her job a few months after you joined the company. He/she wont tell you that. This is reality of life and nothing is permanent.

My advice would be is to make sure your job responsibilities and pay meets your expectations and do your work to the best extent you can. That is all you are in control of.

You should go back and at that you’ll accept if you have a say in who it’ll be. Obviously in the spirit of collaboration of course

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