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The idea of an 'exploding offer' seems a bit odd to me. What makes it one-sided exploding? Are people being asked to actually start work in three days time, or
by stegosaurus 11y ago
The idea of an 'exploding offer' seems a bit odd to me.
What makes it one-sided exploding? Are people being asked to actually start work in three days time, or just accept the offer?
What happens if you say 'yes' and continue interviewing? Does a big guy with a sword turn up at your front door and chop your head off?
Are people just trying to be polite and not burn bridges? Why would you want to be polite towards such a ridiculous employer?
'Negotiating' in this situation just feels really odd to me. Reply: "Okay, I can start in a few weeks' time". Phone down.
I am exceedingly uninterested in bending my life around employers - that's a world I left behind when I left my job as a retail clerk.
- chipsy 11y agoThis may be the best advice in the whole thread. Once in the Real World, you are free to be an asshole about how you negotiate and just...not stick to your statements of obligation. You suffer consequences only if you have to deal with the exact same person again. But if the org is big they won't really notice. We're just all so used to schools setting up all the obligations for us and monitoring everything, that taking a more freeform approach is unsettling at first.