Bad Bosses·
DODGED A BULLET
A candidate accepts a first job under pressure, then receives a superior offer and faces aggressive follow-ups, as they navigate the high-stakes decision.
Stick with the better offer or keep the first?
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A job offer was accepted under pressure, and the next day a better one landed.
The poster had been told they had to answer that day, so they said yes to the first employer. There were still two weeks before the job was supposed to start, but the deadline left little room to think it over. Then, just one day later, another offer came in, and it was better in the ways that mattered. As the poster put it, "it had better pay, more stability and wasn't contracting."
That changed everything. With the start date still two weeks away, the poster went back to the first employer and explained that they were taking the other role because of the pay, the stability, and the fact that it was not a contract position.
The response was not a quiet goodbye.
Instead, the poster says they got "a bunch of texts from them trying to scare me into staying." The messages came after the poster had already made the call, and they were aimed at getting them to reverse course.
The texts didn't work.
The poster stuck with the better offer, and the first job never got them in the door. Looking back, they say they feel like they "dodged a bullet" by not joining that company at all.