Accepted job offer but better one just called for interview

[Anonymous]

It's a risk employers take. They had a #2 candidate in mind, so if you do end up getting the one you really want, they can offer it to the next guy. And it's an employer's market. You need to lookout for yourself. If they're the kind of outfit that would hold it against you, you didn't want to work for them anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at it a bit differently

Let's say your kid has a play date lined up with Sue, and Betsy calls and your kid likes Betsy better, would you be ok with canceling on Sue just becuase another playdate came along?

You realize you make no sense, right?

Honor your commitments

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at it a bit differently

Let's say your kid has a play date lined up with Sue, and Betsy calls and your kid likes Betsy better, would you be ok with canceling on Sue just becuase another playdate came along?

You realize you make no sense, right?

Honor your commitments

Will Sue pay for your mortgage? Pay all your bills? No? It's just a play date? Analogy fails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at it a bit differently

Let's say your kid has a play date lined up with Sue, and Betsy calls and your kid likes Betsy better, would you be ok with canceling on Sue just becuase another playdate came along?

Would it somehow mean that you would have a better job, potentially making your life, and therefore the lives of your family members much better? Then, yes, I would tell Sue that I apologize for the inconvenience but the playdate won't work out. As much as you may want Sue to be happy, your responsibility is to yourself and your family and this is too big of a decision to have a prior-scheduled playdate interrupt it. Obviously, this analogy doesn't work. I hope you don't base your life decisions on these types of analogies.

[Anonymous]

do it, as long as burning that bridge won't matter in the future i.e. you won't need anything from them, and they are not closely connected to the new place or future places where you'd like to land.

[Anonymous]

also, hell no, i wouldn't tell this new place that you just accepted an offer elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at it a bit differently

Let's say your kid has a play date lined up with Sue, and Betsy calls and your kid likes Betsy better, would you be ok with canceling on Sue just becuase another playdate came along?

Would it somehow mean that you would have a better job, potentially making your life, and therefore the lives of your family members much better? Then, yes, I would tell Sue that I apologize for the inconvenience but the playdate won't work out. As much as you may want Sue to be happy, your responsibility is to yourself and your family and this is too big of a decision to have a prior-scheduled playdate interrupt it. Obviously, this analogy doesn't work. I hope you don't base your life decisions on these types of analogies.

It is a very small world-people keep trying to reach the highest branch forgeting that they will have to rely on the lower branches to get there........

[Anonymous]

I would absolutely do the interview, and I would plan to discuss at the end that you have an offer from another organization, so you'd need this to move extremely quickly for it to be possible for you. It can't hurt to talk to them -- you might find out the job wouldn't be as great as you imagine, and you'll happily go with ORG A. If you hadn't done the interview you'd always be wondering. And, it could turn out the job sounds as great as you imagine, and then it might be worth the trouble of backing out.
This isn't uncommon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at it a bit differently

Let's say your kid has a play date lined up with Sue, and Betsy calls and your kid likes Betsy better, would you be ok with canceling on Sue just becuase another playdate came along?

You realize you make no sense, right?

Honor your commitments

I am HR and I call BS. I have had a number of candidates ditch at the last minute over the years. It sucks for me and my company but, this is business. Employees would be crazy not to take a better job, better fit, better pay. I have to go back to my pile and make more calls, that's life.

The example of a play date is not accurate because it involves a personal relationship. Interviews and accepting employment do NOT.

If you can do better, go for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would absolutely do the interview, and I would plan to discuss at the end that you have an offer from another organization, so you'd need this to move extremely quickly for it to be possible for you. It can't hurt to talk to them -- you might find out the job wouldn't be as great as you imagine, and you'll happily go with ORG A. If you hadn't done the interview you'd always be wondering. And, it could turn out the job sounds as great as you imagine, and then it might be worth the trouble of backing out.
This isn't uncommon.

This. But don't say you've accepted org A's offer. They'll think you are unprofessional for still interviewing.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely take the interview. I was in a similar situation 10 years ago, and declined the interview. After about 6 months, I contacted them to see if they were still interested... and nada. I STILL wonder "what if", although I love my job now so I guess everything worked out (or so I tell myself). Good luck, OP!

[Anonymous]

Take the interview! I 'honored my commitment' with my first job out of college -- another company in the field I actually wanted to work in called me to interview the week I started my new job and I declined. I ended up hating my job and finally quit after a year again. Again, I stayed so long because it was the 'right' thing to do. My professional life has worked out thank goodness, but looking back, I was incredibly stupid to be so loyal to that company instead of looking out for myself.

[Anonymous]

I agree that you don't have to mention you've accepted the offer, just that you have one.

[Anonymous]

In Bizarro land where (a) Sue probably had 300 applications for the one playdate slot; and (b) if you accept a playdate with Sue, you will not be able to have a playdate with anyone else for at least six months, then yes, I'd still consider whether a different playmate might fit our needs better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree that you don't have to mention you've accepted the offer, just that you have one.

Agree with this! Tell the place that called for the interview that you need to get back to the other place ASAP - if they really like you they will make a quick decision.