Quitting fed job immediately after starting: How bad?

[Anonymous]

Two days after starting a fed job I received an offer from another agency. Better pay, shorter commute, overall a better fit. How bad does it look to leave a week or two after starting? Or is this considered he nature of the job market? For context, I’m the only one filling my current role at my current job (i.e. I’m not one of many fungible employees).

[Anonymous]

Bad in what sense?

[Anonymous]

Take the other offer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two days after starting a fed job I received an offer from another agency. Better pay, shorter commute, overall a better fit. How bad does it look to leave a week or two after starting? Or is this considered he nature of the job market? For context, I’m the only one filling my current role at my current job (i.e. I’m not one of many fungible employees).

Would you stay if the current position met the new salary? If so, perhaps you tell them about your situation and ask them to meet the salary of the other offer. I might be worth it to them so they don't have to start the hiring process over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Two days after starting a fed job I received an offer from another agency. Better pay, shorter commute, overall a better fit. How bad does it look to leave a week or two after starting? Or is this considered he nature of the job market? For context, I’m the only one filling my current role at my current job (i.e. I’m not one of many fungible employees).

Would you stay if the current position met the new salary? If so, perhaps you tell them about your situation and ask them to meet the salary of the other offer. I might be worth it to them so they don't have to start the hiring process over.

Don’t start your new fed job this way. Stay or just leave

[Anonymous]

It looks bad. It looks really really bad. They went through a long hiring process and at this point have already let the other good candidates know they were not selected, so they can’t just move to a second choice. (At least not without that being extremely awkward.). They’ll be pissed and you will have burned bridges.

That being said, you do you. Make the choice that works best for you. But know that others will be very upset.

[Anonymous]

Of course, it's very bad, but if you're good enough, you'll do fine.

High profile example, search for Josh McDaniels and Indianapolis Colts.

Josh McDaniels is now the head coach of the Raiders.

[Anonymous]

Does your current new agency/office cross paths with the agency you'd be moving into?

[Anonymous]

Bye b i t c h e s! Please take a pic of my ass as it is leaving cuz you won't be seeing it no more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course, it's very bad, but if you're good enough, you'll do fine.

High profile example, search for Josh McDaniels and Indianapolis Colts.

Josh McDaniels is now the head coach of the Raiders.

That’s completely irrelevant. Not a federal hire!

[Anonymous]

I think a number of the people responding don’t have any experience in hiring in the federal government. They might not be able to replace you because the posting for your position has closed (because they hired you and you started). It will depend on whether they can backfill, which depends on budget stuff at your agency. All of which is to say, it could really screw them over, so be careful if you’re going to need to interact with them going forward. Do not ask for a raise. They can’t do that anyway.

If you accept the new job, how long will it be before they would be able to bring you on board? Do you need a background check or clearance? I ask because it could take a while, right? I’m not sure how that factors in here but it seems like something to think through.

Ultimately you have to do what’s right for you. You shouldn’t turn down your dream job for a just ok job. But you also shouldn’t quit your current job for one that’s just a little bit better if you’re ever going to need to interact with these folks again because you might be making life really hard for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It looks bad. It looks really really bad. They went through a long hiring process and at this point have already let the other good candidates know they were not selected, so they can’t just move to a second choice. (At least not without that being extremely awkward.). They’ll be pissed and you will have burned bridges.

That being said, you do you. Make the choice that works best for you. But know that others will be very upset.

Original poster here. I get they’d be unhappy but what I’m trying to figure out is whether *I* am doing something wrong. I applied to a bunch of announcements on usajobs. Interviewed at a few and accepted the first offer I got. Then I got another better offer. It’s not like they conditioned the offer on me withdrawing myself for consideration elsewhere.

So of course I understand why they would be upset at having to go through the whole process again and being short a person in the meantime. I’d be upset if they called me tomorrow and told me based on budgetary constraints they had to rescind my offer. But I wouldn’t be personally mad at the hiring authority. It’s the nature of the process. Likewise I don’t see how they could be upset *with me* for accepting an objectively better offer from a position I applied to before accepting my current position.

[Anonymous]

Take the other job. You are never going to be happy in your current job knowing that the one with a lesser commute, better pay and a better overall fit is out there and you turned it down because it might be a problem for the hiring committee at the current job.

I don't mean to sound harsh, but companies/HR are not looking out for employees and you just have to do what's best for you.

[Anonymous]

You’re going to burn a bridge at your current job, but for higher pay and better commute I’d do it too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re going to burn a bridge at your current job, but for higher pay and better commute I’d do it too

She is totally unknown. There is no bridge to burn. Not like anyone will remember her. They’ll be pissed though