Anonymous
07/13/2013 06:32
Subject: Just made a terrible mistake
Is ther anyone internally that you can talk to about this to gauge the possibility of going for the new job?
Anonymous
07/13/2013 06:29
Subject: Just made a terrible mistake
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Wow, sorry about that. (1) Can you privately discuss this with anyone at the organization to get their perspective, or have you done that already? (2) When you say that backing out would make a lot of people angry, are you saying you'd be violating a kind of professional protocol, or else would you be causing inconvenience to these people? If it's professional protocol, then, yes, backing out would be a bad idea. If it's inconvenience, then that *might* be another story. Depends on a lot of factors you'd have to weigh.
All of that said, can you turn the less-desirable job into an ideal job?
I will discuss with people, but I don't think there is anything I can do now.
I think it would be violating professional protocol. The HR departments have begun working on the transfer, the new boss is expecting me to start, etc. It is an organization where people stay a long time so annoying people would probably not be a good idea.
The job I accepted is very different from the one that has just been advertized. I think I just need to suck it up now. It will only be for a few years. I just have this awful gnawing feeling that if I had turned down the crappy job and applied for the good one my life would have taken a very different turn...
You should always look out for yourself. Try to get your dream job. You'll perform better in it than in the crappy job. Nothing's worse than receiving a poor review in a crappy job.
Anonymous
07/13/2013 05:42
Subject: Just made a terrible mistake
Anonymous wrote:Wow, sorry about that. (1) Can you privately discuss this with anyone at the organization to get their perspective, or have you done that already? (2) When you say that backing out would make a lot of people angry, are you saying you'd be violating a kind of professional protocol, or else would you be causing inconvenience to these people? If it's professional protocol, then, yes, backing out would be a bad idea. If it's inconvenience, then that *might* be another story. Depends on a lot of factors you'd have to weigh.
All of that said, can you turn the less-desirable job into an ideal job?
I will discuss with people, but I don't think there is anything I can do now.
I think it would be violating professional protocol. The HR departments have begun working on the transfer, the new boss is expecting me to start, etc. It is an organization where people stay a long time so annoying people would probably not be a good idea.
The job I accepted is very different from the one that has just been advertized. I think I just need to suck it up now. It will only be for a few years. I just have this awful gnawing feeling that if I had turned down the crappy job and applied for the good one my life would have taken a very different turn...
Anonymous
07/13/2013 05:37
Subject: Just made a terrible mistake
Wow, sorry about that. (1) Can you privately discuss this with anyone at the organization to get their perspective, or have you done that already? (2) When you say that backing out would make a lot of people angry, are you saying you'd be violating a kind of professional protocol, or else would you be causing inconvenience to these people? If it's professional protocol, then, yes, backing out would be a bad idea. If it's inconvenience, then that *might* be another story. Depends on a lot of factors you'd have to weigh.
All of that said, can you turn the less-desirable job into an ideal job?
All of that said, can you turn the less-desirable job into an ideal job?
Anonymous
07/13/2013 05:35
Subject: Just made a terrible mistake
Who do you want to make unhappy, yourself or others?
Anonymous
07/13/2013 05:27
Subject: Just made a terrible mistake
At my organization we need to move departments every few years. My time was coming near, so I just accepted a pretty crappy job that I had been offered. Two weeks later my dream job has just been advertized, but I don't think I can apply because I have just accepted the crappy job and couldn't back out without making a lot of people angry.
Not much I can do, I guess, but suck it up.
Not much I can do, I guess, but suck it up.