Would you take a job that was in direct comeption with a friend and taking all his/her business?
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Anonymous
| Would you? Even if the company throws 50% above market rate? |
Anonymous
| My best friend and I are in the same industry but work for different competitors. Sometimes he wins, sometimes I win. |
Anonymous
| If you take all his/her business, I don't think you will be able to count him/her as a friend. |
Anonymous
| Direct competition? No, my friendship is worth more than a job. |
Anonymous
| How broke and desperate am I in this scenario? I would like to think I wouldn't, but as a formerly broke single mom, I also know that if I had to in order to ensure we were OK, I would. |
Anonymous
| In direct competition? Yes. Taking all his/her business? No. Unless, like a pp said, I were completely desperate. |
Anonymous
| Since we are in DC, yes, because its all about the $$$. To heck with friends! They are a dime a dozen! |
Anonymous
| Is the company you would be working for already taking all of her business (like you want to work for Amazon and she is a small business owner getting killed) or are you projecting that you will be better than your friend and take all of the business, like you are both interior designers? |
Anonymous
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Are you talking about micro businesses and we're in a niche specialty? Well, if that's my specialty, I'm not sure I would completely change my career path because it happened to be the same path as a friend's. But if my friend went into solo practice, I wouldn't jump ship at my current job and just copy cat what friend was doing.
If you mean competition as in Deloitte vs McKinsey, then my friend would not even be a consideration because the competition at that level is above my pay grade and I trust neither of us would take it personally when one of our firms wins over the other. |
Anonymous
| If you're in biglaw, isn't this what your job is? Same for brokers and salespeople? |