Comments on: When Not to take a Job Offer - Part 1

By: texmex

texmex — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:02:26 +0000

At any time during an interview when you realize the reporting manager speaking to you is shifty, not as bright as you’d like as your leader, or just weak, cut out as soon as you can. If you feel that way in less than one hour, imagine having to work with that person for a prolong period of time.

By: FMF

FMF — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:27:59 +0000

Thanks for highlighting my post!

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:00:19 +0000

I’d avoid taking a significantly lesser role like the plague. It’s not rank or prestige. It’s the boredom. I’m sure everyone’s had at least one job where you had spent more energy forcing yourself to concentrate than actually doing the work. After 2 months of that, you just pray to end each day with your sanity in tact.

By: terrence

terrence — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:24:53 +0000

Yeah, don’t blame you for not taking the job to start out as a Freelance. If someone doesn’t want to offer you a full time job, I don’t think you should take it.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:00:14 +0000

I have received a few offers in the the last year and a half and I turned all of them down because they all started off with, “Well, we’d like to start you out as freelance first…”. Um, yeah, I have a full-time job with benefits. I’m supposed to quit that to work freelance for you guys? Thanks, but no thanks. This seems to be the norm now in my field (graphic design), which is not so cool.