I am going to get destroyed for posting this. Oh well, I deserve it and the threads have been really boring lately anyway.
I could turn this into a really long and complicated story, because it is one (trust me). But I will keep it as short as I possibly can to spare everyone. It could be so much longer if I explained all of the variables.
So here is the short and sweet version. I started a new job less than 2 weeks ago and I have just accepted a better one. A horrible ethical move, I know.
I'm in my mid 20's and I work in banking/financial services and I am a licensed Financial Advisor. This was one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make. A few months back, I was interviewing with 3 different companies. All are huge fortune 500 firms. Company A was the job I really wanted, but after the fourth interview I did not hear from them for over two weeks. I assumed I was done. Company B and Company C both offered me a position. I went with Company B, which was more of a management role then a financial sales one. It is a great company with amazing benefits and wonderful people. Just a few days after I accepted the position, Company A (my initial #1 choice) called me for a fifth and sixth interview. Long story short, they ended up making me an offer and I was left with a very difficult decision. In the end, I accepted their offer. This role utilizes my Investment Advisor Licenses (which I would have lost at company B) and is a leadership position as well. While my present position with company B offers fantastic growth potential, this one at Company A opens even more doors for me in virtually every aspect of financial services, commercial banking, and management. Further, the moment I walk in the door for my first day at Company A, I will automatically become the #1 person in the country in this particular position based on (luckily) being placed in an outstanding location. I am not looking forward to telling my boss that I am already leaving for a different company, but that is the decision that I made that I believe to be the best for me. I feel horrible about it because I believe that I should be a man of my word and stick with the commitment that I have made. But in the end I simply could not turn company A down, because it will instantly, vastly improve my lifestyle and point me in the right direction long term.
On a side note (and this is not an excuse): Even though I have only been at company B for two weeks, it has not lived up to my expectations and I have found that a lot of things the interviewers told me not to be true. It just hasn't felt right from the start.
