Quit job after a week8/7/2023 ![]() ![]() But in terms of "is this something I would be ok with?" it is a completely personal question.Įdit: there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding "professionalism" and "what feels right" in this situation. By the definition of ethical I don't think there is any way you can justify this decision as being ethical. This is going to be a personal decision as to whether you think it's ethical. There is a (reasonable) assumption when an employee accepts a job offer and starts working that they will be around for more than 2 weeks before accepting another job offer. Determines if it is a position they wantĪ professional does not take a job they don't want because the company won't give them an extension on the job offer and they have no other options and then change their mind 1 week after starting because another company made them a better offer they couldn't wait 1 week to evaluate.Should I leave my current job for the other? Or is this unprofessional? You might regret being ‘stuck’ where you currently are, and end up moving soon regardless – but either way I would be very careful to not burn any bridges where you are and the be sure that the gains from moving would be more than a short term placebo, otherwise you could be seen as something of a job-hopper (which no one will want to recruit in the future!) If the new job is better all-round in the long term, and assuming you wouldn’t be breaking your contract in terms of notice period, I believe you might be best to switch to the new company. You can minimise the impact to your current employer by suggesting you work a longer period than contractually necessary / as long as you can to help replace you. ![]() The more it cost your employer to hire someone for your role, the more you will be impacting them (and therefore the more unethical it becomes). There is also the fact that you did not ask the other employers you applied to whether or not there might be an offer from them, which is always good to do once you have received an offer from someone else as a) it shows your employability and can be leveraged and b) ensures that you don’t have any ‘grass is greener’ moments after you have accepted an offer from another employer.Įthics: there are quite a few unknowns in your question, such as how many people were recruited when you were (was it just you, or a team of 20?), how senior you are within the company, and how long it took them to fill the vacancy. There could be implications of this in terms of burning bridges and possibly developing something of a reputation (depending on how incestuous / insular your industry is). Professionalism: fundamentally it is completely unprofessional to renege on a contract almost immediately after signing it. There is (I believe) a difference in the ethics and professionalism of what you are seeking to do: And that is why you are working - to make your personal life better than it would be otherwise. ![]() Attempting to stick with your undesired job while rejecting a dream job for your spouse is not going to make your personal life better. Now, if you had taken the job after accepting a position with another company that started 2 weeks later and you never planned to continue with the job that started earlier, and did not inform them of that fact, that would have been both unprofessional and unethical.īut that is not the described scenario, in this case you are simply evaluating which position is better for you personally, and then acting on that.Ĭonsider a similar scenario, where instead of you receiving an offer, it is instead your spouse, recieveing a signicantly career enhancing position that was hoped for but not expected. Both professional and professional ethics are in the context of work, and absent specific terms in your contract, this is fundamentally a personal decision.īoth you and your employer can reasonably expect your employment to continue only so long as it is both mutually beneficial and satisfactory - whether that is 5 seconds or 5 decades depends entirely on circumstances. ![]()
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