Re: Job offer, given to someone else before I could accept

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Harry the Horse <HarryAtTheStable@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
As the offer was made in writing, it seems unlikely that your
interpretation of the circumstances is correct. I would take it to mean
that the OP received an offer after the interview, had time to consider
his response and came up with one that implied indifference.

I was simply answering your point on lack of immediate acceptance, once
the
offer is made. I would still want time to think about it. If an
employer
had problems with that I would assume that they were trying to rush me
into
acceptance. I would be quite surprised if most people answered an offer
of
employment by return of post.

If someone really wanted the job, he would send off a written acceptance
but also make a 'phone call to say that his acceptance was in the post.

Or perhaps he'd use Securicor or deliver it by hand just to be sure.....

The point is whether committment to the job is only indicated by an
immediate response to the offer of a job. The only time I have accepted a
job immediately was during a spell of unemployment, where I had absolutely
nothing to lose. If you are in employment already then you probably have
something to lose and only a fool would respond until he was completely sure
that it was what he wanted to do.



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