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⌈ Secret Post #4545 ⌋

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Job Woes... well... more like thoughts.

[(Anonymous)]

I recently had a job interview. It went… not well. At least in my eyes.

But that’s not what this post is about. It happens!

I actually got an offer for a seasonal job from someone I worked with before, so I accepted it because I figure the other job is a bust so, may as well work for a few months, yeah? Plus, I find the work fun.

But now I have this paranoia of… ‘what if I get that other job?’

I mean… it’s a full time job with benefits, of course I would take it!

I would just… feel really bad about bailing on the other one I accepted lol. Especially since it’s seasonal so it would be even more inconvenient to bail last minute.

I’m too sentimental for this cutthroat world, Fandom Secrets!

Anyone else feel like this when it comes to jobs? I know I gotta do what I gotta do and I know they'd understand, but my soft heart...

Re: Job Woes... well... more like thoughts.

[(Anonymous)]

AND I posted in the wrong spot! Now I feel bad about that!
End me Fandom Secrets!

Re: Job Woes... well... more like thoughts.

[(Anonymous)]

If you get the other offer, you take it. That's business, and that's life. No employer could blame you for taking a full-time position with benefits when they've only offered you seasonal work. Even if that weren't the case, you don't really owe any company your undying loyalty. It's good to maintain positive business relationships, definitely - if you can, still offer two weeks' notice so they can accommodate the transition. But they can't really except more than that. In the end, you have to do what's best for your career, end of story.

Re: Job Woes... well... more like thoughts.

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly. Employers aren't stupid, they know that part-time and seasonal hires may well leave them in favor of a full-time position. They expect that to a certain degree. You wouldn't be doing anything wrong by telling them that you really thank them for the position, but you've received an offer for a full-time job and are going to be taking that.

Re: Job Woes... well... more like thoughts.

[(Anonymous)]

I think a good question to ask is, "If the situations were reversed, what would the company do?" Managers may be sympathetic on a personal level, but at the end of the day, in modern America, if leaving a worker in the lurch or screwing them over is in the best interests of the company, the company will almost always do so.

So for me, personally, while I'm personally sympathetic to the individual people I work with, it's hard for me to feel loyalty to a company writ large, when such loyalty is generally totally non-reciprocal.

Re: Job Woes... well... more like thoughts.

[tabaqui]

Well, yeah. I mean, unless the 'seasonal' type job really sucks/is taken out of desperation, most people would feel bad just ditching one for the other.

No, wait.

Going by what my bff says about the people who've been hired at her work, and how they show up late, don't show up, quit with no notice, etc.....

I'd say that people who actually feel bad are few and far between. And it's good you have a conscience. But go for full time + bennies, that's what's best.

Re: Job Woes... well... more like thoughts.

[silverr]

If the full-time place does offer you a job, ask when they'd want you to start. Unless the answer is "immediately" (and tbh if they were that desperate they should have hired you sooner!) then tell them that you'd taken a short-term gig at another place, and would want to give the place you're leaving 2 weeks' notice.

As well as being considerate to the seasonal place, this will also establish to the full-time place (assuming they care) that you aren't a flake.

Re: Job Woes... well... more like thoughts.

[bur]

I'm the womb-to-tomb type of employee. I want to be at a place and help it grow and thrive and function and be a part of a thing for decades. I REALLY freaking love community in a job. It gets my rocks off. And I know that workplaces don't view employees as a long-term investment anymore, but I can't stop feeling like I'm betraying someone by looking for a better place.