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Why not think about it between the time she accepts the offer and the day she starts the job?
Because some people won't compromise their own personal ethics just for the sake of a paycheck. The OP was doing the EMPLOYER a favor by thinking about it rather than accepting and then backing out and leaving him in a bind.
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Originally Posted by oldtrader
What so many of you are not paying attention to, is the man pays a bonus twice a year, and that you can bet is based on the volume of business they do, and the profit they make.
We're not paying attention to it because it's NOT relevant! The whole point of the post is that the man went back on his word.
In any case, I wish you luck with your next interview OP!
There's a lot of people here that appear to be trying harder to convince themselves than others.
All this talk about whether the guy was dishonest or not, generating an entire character profile based on one small event. I don't think this guy, in this small company with almost no turnover, really has much experience at all in hiring. I doubt he did anything intentional or even realized he was making a blood vow in the eyes of others. He was just caught unprepared by the question and stalled by giving the answer that keeps all options open. He could have handled it better for sure but I think this was more about his inexperience than lack of integrity.
All this talk about dodging a bullet and that this would have been a bad place to work, well I can't think of any better indicator of employee satisfaction than employee retention, and in this regard the company seems to be doing way better than most.
Now I do think the OP has the right to want to be compensated fairly regardless of what hubby makes or whether she needs it. It's about feeling valued and treated fairly. Look at how athletes will get in a snit over $16.1 million per year versus $15.9 million per year. It's not like they can't buy anything they want when they walk in a store. It's about getting compensated appropriately for your talent relative to what others are getting compensated.
There's inexperience and then there's lying which is a lack of integrity. Your item on employee retention presupposes he wasnt lying about that as well.
There's inexperience and then there's lying which is a lack of integrity. Your item on employee retention presupposes he wasnt lying about that as well.
And everything we know about the employer presupposes the OP wasn't lying...
I don't think she was lying either but if you're going to dismiss one person's opinion on the basis that the true story isn't really known then you might as well dismiss everyone's opinion because none of us can know for sure.
The key thing is the OP, who met and talked to these people, hasn't indicated in any way that she disbelieved that the employees have all been there for years and that the open position was from a lady retiring after 16 years, so why should you or I disbelieve it?
Count your blessings that this company showed their true colors before you started working for them.
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