Asking for a later start date because I need to finish PhD

[Anonymous]

Is this a bad idea? I'm thinking about asking for a month extension. The company changed from offering me a contract job ( 1 year) to a permanent position. This most likely means they need the position filled urgently. I'm not sure what to do. Could they take the job offer back if I ask for a later start date?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a bad idea? I'm thinking about asking for a month extension. The company changed from offering me a contract job ( 1 year) to a permanent position. This most likely means they need the position filled urgently. I'm not sure what to do. Could they take the job offer back if I ask for a later start date?

Go for it. Just tell them what's in it for them.

They'll never rescind and offer. Worst that will happen is you'll have to start at original date.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a bad idea? I'm thinking about asking for a month extension. The company changed from offering me a contract job ( 1 year) to a permanent position. This most likely means they need the position filled urgently. I'm not sure what to do. Could they take the job offer back if I ask for a later start date?

My friend is defending her first three chapters and working FT.

You can't do both?

She's married with kids, btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a bad idea? I'm thinking about asking for a month extension. The company changed from offering me a contract job ( 1 year) to a permanent position. This most likely means they need the position filled urgently. I'm not sure what to do. Could they take the job offer back if I ask for a later start date?

My friend is defending her first three chapters and working FT.

You can't do both?

She's married with kids, btw.

Your friend might be in art history or education and OP might be in physics which is a good deal more difficult. Stop being an asshole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a bad idea? I'm thinking about asking for a month extension. The company changed from offering me a contract job ( 1 year) to a permanent position. This most likely means they need the position filled urgently. I'm not sure what to do. Could they take the job offer back if I ask for a later start date?

My friend is defending her first three chapters and working FT.

You can't do both?

She's married with kids, btw.

My friend runs ultra marathons. Can you?

[Anonymous]

^^^ LOL!

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't ask for an extension. Just get the damn thing done.

I think it looks bad to have their first impression be that you aren't good at finishing big projects on time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a bad idea? I'm thinking about asking for a month extension. The company changed from offering me a contract job ( 1 year) to a permanent position. This most likely means they need the position filled urgently. I'm not sure what to do. Could they take the job offer back if I ask for a later start date?

My friend is defending her first three chapters and working FT.

You can't do both?

She's married with kids, btw.

Your friend might be in art history or education and OP might be in physics which is a good deal more difficult. Stop being an asshole.

Have you done a PhD in the sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences? You seem to be sure of how hard dissertation defenses are in these fields in relation to each other. I have a PhD in biochemistry. My husband has a PhD in English. The period around his defense was much more difficult than mine due to the different ways in which these fields structure the dissertation requirements. It isn't really relavent to the OP's question, but you were so smug that I wanted to point out the fact that you don't seem to really understand what you are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a bad idea? I'm thinking about asking for a month extension. The company changed from offering me a contract job ( 1 year) to a permanent position. This most likely means they need the position filled urgently. I'm not sure what to do. Could they take the job offer back if I ask for a later start date?

My rule (for me) was not to leave grad school for a job until I had a draft of my dissertation complete. I found a job, and that gave me a writing deadline. My field is Physics. Note, though, I probably had 3 more months of work to get it 100% out the door. Working full time, it took me two years and a lot of sleepless nights.

On the other hand, I had hit the wall on university funding, so if I wanted to eat, I needed a job

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a bad idea? I'm thinking about asking for a month extension. The company changed from offering me a contract job ( 1 year) to a permanent position. This most likely means they need the position filled urgently. I'm not sure what to do. Could they take the job offer back if I ask for a later start date?

My friend is defending her first three chapters and working FT.

You can't do both?

She's married with kids, btw.

My job offer is in another state. Ideally I will defend before I move out of state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a bad idea? I'm thinking about asking for a month extension. The company changed from offering me a contract job ( 1 year) to a permanent position. This most likely means they need the position filled urgently. I'm not sure what to do. Could they take the job offer back if I ask for a later start date?

My rule (for me) was not to leave grad school for a job until I had a draft of my dissertation complete. I found a job, and that gave me a writing deadline. My field is Physics. Note, though, I probably had 3 more months of work to get it 100% out the door. Working full time, it took me two years and a lot of sleepless nights.

On the other hand, I had hit the wall on university funding, so if I wanted to eat, I needed a job

What year did you start working FT in industry? I am almost on my fifth year and I have been a FT student all this time. Originally the plan was to finish in December.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a bad idea? I'm thinking about asking for a month extension. The company changed from offering me a contract job ( 1 year) to a permanent position. This most likely means they need the position filled urgently. I'm not sure what to do. Could they take the job offer back if I ask for a later start date?

My rule (for me) was not to leave grad school for a job until I had a draft of my dissertation complete. I found a job, and that gave me a writing deadline. My field is Physics. Note, though, I probably had 3 more months of work to get it 100% out the door. Working full time, it took me two years and a lot of sleepless nights.

On the other hand, I had hit the wall on university funding, so if I wanted to eat, I needed a job

What year did you start working FT in industry? I am almost on my fifth year and I have been a FT student all this time. Originally the plan was to finish in December.

I spent 7 years in residence: 2 for a (required) masters, and 5 for the PhD. Now, I did get sick for a while which resulted in no progress for a year. I started working after 7 years in residence (started grad school 1987; MA 1990; PhD 1996; job in 1994).

If you leave without a draft of your dissertation, you will probably never finish. That is what I saw with colleagues. Research done, and documented you can finish.

[Anonymous]

Ask, the worst they can do is say no, and then maybe you can ask to work a partial schedule while you get it done.

[Anonymous]

What do you have left to do? If you're mostly done and really close to submitting, or you just need to defend or something, I'd ask, because that's a pretty clear timeframe. Otherwise, suck it up and finish while working if you really want the job.

[Anonymous]

You should ask but be prepared to hear a no.