Here's the scenario that I'm in. I was laid off in February.I was fortunate to have 3 offers for my new role. I accepted one but then they went into a hiring freeze and pulled it back (that sucked but from what I understand that place is a shit-show and I'm better not going there).I accepted one of the other two offers (company Z) and set a start date of 4/17. There's a couple things that are not ideal about working for this company but compensation is really good and they've been good work with through this process. Now company M comes along and I'm in play for an offer there. Interview process will complete next Monday 4/10. Company M is a better fit and comes with even better compensation and benefits package. Trying to get company M to accelerate things, the timeline is really tight with my start date on 4/17.What do I do? I thought about asking company Z to extend my start date by 2 weeks (start of the next pay period) but I don't want to have to answer the question, Why?.Appreciate any input.

Recruiter here! Ask company Z to extend your start date, don't tell them why. Just say it's for personal reasons. I'm not going to 'suggest' lying, but they're not going to double check if you tell them something came up and you cannot start until like 4/24 or whenever. They'll let you know if there's some sort of issue with postponing the start date. Alternatively, you can ask company M to speed up the process as well. It's pretty common and may (or may not work) but you can let them know another company has a deadline you need to make and you want to be able to consider Company M's potential offer and process with due diligence. If you end up receiving an offer from M and want to back out of Z, just pull the bandaid. It could burn the bridge between you and the company, but if you're vague about it and don't share too many details, there's not much they can do. Just say a personal issue came up and you regret not being able to start with Z, but you're thankful for the opportunity, blah blah.

no risk no gain, just lie. you stay made it this far

How to handle a new offer when I've already accepted another offer?

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Mechanical Engineer 2 months ago

How to handle a new offer when I've already accepted another offer?

Here's the scenario that I'm in.

I was laid off in February.
I was fortunate to have 3 offers for my new role.
I accepted one but then they went into a hiring freeze and pulled it back (that sucked but from what I understand that place is a shit-show and I'm better not going there).
I accepted one of the other two offers (company Z) and set a start date of 4/17. There's a couple things that are not ideal about working for this company but compensation is really good and they've been good work with through this process.
Now company M comes along and I'm in play for an offer there. Interview process will complete next Monday 4/10. Company M is a better fit and comes with even better compensation and benefits package. Trying to get company M to accelerate things, the timeline is really tight with my start date on 4/17.

What do I do?

I thought about asking company Z to extend my start date by 2 weeks (start of the next pay period) but I don't want to have to answer the question, Why?.

Appreciate any input.

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ChtkSoftware Engineering Manager 2 months ago

If you can't get company Z to postpone start date, your choice will be purely luck based, I was in a similar situation and chose to stick to the current offer because a bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush, but I regretted it, but it was purely luck, because I was also running against the clock.

EngineerinTXMechanical Engineer 2 months ago

Thanks Chtk. Should I ask company Z to extend the start date? I'm afraid they will ask why and I don't want to lie or make up some lame excuse. They could also even pull the offer although I don't think they would. That two weeks would make all the difference.

How to handle a new offer when I've already accepted another offer?

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