I wouldn't sweat this a bit. Corporate America chews up workers and spits them out with zero loyalty every single day. If you want to try and save your reputation at company B (for whatever reason)... you could have a meeting with your manager at company B and explain your exact situation. Giving her an idea of the spot you are in may even result in her empathizing. Not likely, but possible. Not likely is better than zero chance. So explaining to her what you have been posed with and even asking her what she would do - could be an interesting angle. Of course your mind is made up but she doesn't have to know it. This is simply an attempt to try and not to burn the bridge at company B. Not required, but worth consideration.
My two cents... and I see corporate guys with 10 years experience at the same company get chewed up like dogmeat every few months where I work.
You arent doing anything wrong, what you are doing is a very common occurance. 2 months would have been worse than 2 weeks. Go in, tell the boss an offer you never expected came in, tell her that you already learned alot from her, blah blah, and then get on with your life. handle it professionally, you never know who you will run into in the future
tough one.integrity says you stick with the company who hired you. they should have given you an employee contract. however, without a contract you are a free agent. so take your dream job and if there's a way to leave door open with company B, do it.
a thought--company B would not have thought twice about letting you go if business dictated it or their "dream"
candidate showed up.
a thought--company B would not have thought twice about letting you go if business dictated it or their "dream"
candidate showed up.
At first i thought you were doing company B a little bit dirty, but most people are right. The companies don't really care about you and try to work you to death. I call BS on the 90 hours a week. That is working 12.5 hours a day, 7 days a week. So basically, 9-9 everyday. I just started in tax and busy season is coming up but we are only required to put in 65 hours a week. Good luck man, make sure you read the contract this time
Justin, I was told something long ago that has stuck with me for years.
A supervisor sat me down one day and told me nobody cares about your future or career goals/aspirations like you do. Nobody gives a crap about you because you're always replaceable. A lot of people wonder what the company will do if you ever leave a position. What they'll do is start the interview process the next day and find someone new.
You have to take care of your family first (if you have one) and take care of you as far as career goes. I don't mean this to sound like you should be sneaky or dishonest or anything like that but if you're transparent/honest/forthright there is no issue whatsoever with taking care of you IMO.
A supervisor sat me down one day and told me nobody cares about your future or career goals/aspirations like you do. Nobody gives a crap about you because you're always replaceable. A lot of people wonder what the company will do if you ever leave a position. What they'll do is start the interview process the next day and find someone new.
You have to take care of your family first (if you have one) and take care of you as far as career goes. I don't mean this to sound like you should be sneaky or dishonest or anything like that but if you're transparent/honest/forthright there is no issue whatsoever with taking care of you IMO.
Before I go into the rest of my post let me say that everything im about to say is constructive and not meant to put you down.
We have been on the same page most of this thread but that has nothing to do with me seeing eye to eye with you all of a sudden.
The reason I was spot on in that post you highlight is the very same reason I was right in those other threads.
I am a very analytical thinker.
You are an emotional thinker.
I try to judge things the way they are.
You try to make things the way you want them to be.
I sensed this in you way back when you first started posting.
On your first job thread you blamed Obama and everything under the Sun for you not landing a job.
You said you only went on 3 interviews in 2 years or something like that and somehow this was someones elses fault besides yours.
Thats a classic example case of using intuition rather then analytical thinking.
I came out and told you what I believe is the truth.
The reason it took you so long to get a good job was all your fault.
Then the next thread you started was the thread before this announcing that you got your dream job.
Come to find out in this thread that job was not your dream job afterall.
But not being analytical about. Not being honest with yourself and trying to distort your reality you made yourself believe something(at least temporarily)that was simply not true.
And once the fantasy world that you created collided with the real world it was a real wake up call.
Some people live there entire life like this.
They will convence themselves they have a great mariage but in reality they hate each other.
People will convence themselves they love their job but they really hate it.
If I would have started the thread that you started when you told us you got your dream job it would have been much different.
Instead of saying that I love the new job im getting calling it my dream job like you did, I would have said well folks I finally got a job that is somewhat close to what I went to school for. Its certainly not my dream job. It was not my first choice. The real dream job I wanted has not contacted me since my 4th interview. Although this is not ideal at least its a start. Hopefully one day I can work myself into positioning myself into one day ultimately getting that dream job at company A but for now I will try to make the best of at company B.
You will be much happier thinking this way.
You will be much more focused.
And you will make decisions based on rational thought instead of emotion and gut feeling.
Read 7 Habits of highly Effective people by Steven Covey.
I have read it so many times I can quote it.
I cant think of a better read for someone in your shoes at this time in your life.
Justin, I haven't read any more than the very first post in this thread, but let me tell you, in my opinion, you shouldn't feel bad. Good on your for being ambitious. I have been in a similar position a few times in my life. Good luck with your new gig. You don't owe your current company anything.
I wasn't saying that all of the sudden we see eye to eye on everything. What I was trying to say is that very few people on this forum would have the ability or take the time to reason what you did in that last post. Hell, dsethi reads a few words here and there throughout the entire thread and makes irrational conclusions. You actually read everything, took the time to think on it, and made a reasonable and rational conclusion. I respect that.
Yea, something is not right about this.
Now I get along with Gynecologist and JustineCruise.
What is this world coming to ace?
