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turning down an offer after accepting it????? |
| Message Name: |
Communication... |
| Date Posted: |
12/10/2004 |
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Alltax - you're missing the point here. Sure, if you accept an offer, and then you start to sense that a huge downturn is around the corner and you'll be laid off, I understand that you'd want to back out. That seems reasonable.
Is there any indication that this will happen in the case we're actually referring to here?? No.
The facts in the original posters situation are that he/she accepted a competitive offer with a signature, and nothing catastrophic is in the horizon. In fact, he/she is lucky to have an offer with such a promising future.
Under these circumstances, it's my opinion that it's unethical to renege on a fair and competitive offer (and by competitive, I don't mean that it's the absolute best offer out there anywhere -- I mean that it's FAIR).
If the offer was fair, and he/she made the choice to accept it officially, then he/she should accept the responsibility for that choice by turning down any other offers that come later.
Bottom line: it's unethical.
If a professional accountant at a Big 4 can't figure out ethics, then that's pretty sad. Go ahead and excuse the lack of ethics any way you so choose, but don't deny the root of the problem here: the original poster is still looking for offers after contractually accepting one already. That's the problem.
Your argument that the problem is some general "employer" who destroyed loyalty long ago is irrelevant and immature. |
| Message: |
I think - no matter how you decide - it is important to clearly communicate your choice. It is not seldom to see the banker (am not sure about accounting, though) who switched from one firm to another and then back. Maybe a bit too big but excellent people can often find their way back to rejected offers. In the end, they could be an excellent revenue generator.
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