Is it bad to retract your job offer?

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Hi! So I was offered a job at Hospital A and am now in the process of paperwork. I am scheduled for orientation in April and was told that I will sign the letter this week. However, I just received a call today from a recruiter from Hospital B (which I wished to work and is my top choice on my job search list) that she will fwd my resume and schedule an interview. So the scenario is... if I get a possible interview with Hospital B and it all goes well ...and they end up giving me an offer.... assuming that this will all happen before April.... is it bad to retract Hospital A's offer? Has anyone done this before? How should I inform Hospital A if I really made the decision ? And also, it can be very risky if everything is up in the air.

I'm looking forward to everyone's advice. Please don't beat me up :p thanks!!

It's not good, especially if you get someone with a big ego. But I guess you have to do what you think is best.

Try to find a way to word it so as not to burn bridges. Can you say that it looks like you're going to be leaving the area, you're not sure if you are or not, but you would hate to take A's job and then be leaving. You'll know ---- pick a date after B will make their decision.

Or just say your family situation has changed - be vague - and you need a little more time to see how things are going to work out before accepting A's offer.

Or something like that. Tell them something that you will remember and that they can't really verify.

Why is it always like this?

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Thank you for your valuable contribution to this thread. :down:

I think he or she was saying that the right spelling is acceptable.

Exceptable, if it's really even a word, would mean that something is able to be an exception. Or that an exception can be made to it or against it. Totally different meaning.

I guess it's considered rude to correct spelling or grammar or other errors, but I don't really see why. Don't professionals want to use proper English? I would like someone to let me know if I'm doing something wrong

Our schools are atrocious when it comes to teaching these days. They're busy trying to socialize students into a certain mold, busy trying to get them vaccinated, aborted without parental involvement, and several other things that have nothing to do with teaching them to read, spell, write, do math, learn some basic history, science, and computer skills.

I don't mean any offense, :eek: so I hope no one takes any. Yes, I know that some students live in horrible families and need someone, like a teacher, to call in Social Services. I just am tired of paying taxes so teachers teach kids to misspell. I resent Creationism not being allowed but Evolution Theory is forced on all students. And so on. Just my opinion. :twocents:

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Moogie, i meant ... is it bad to tell them that I've decided to go somewhere else AFTER signing the letter? I want to be safe and accept the offer because I don't have an actual interview with hospital B yet ...(this is just a scenario but I'm curious as to how to approach it if it really happened). ugh! i feel greedy now haha new grads should NOT be greedy right?! Both hospitals are great but I like hospital B more.... AND i've done clinical there during school so I would love to work there.

My own gut level feeling is that if both hospitals are great and you have a firm job offer at the first one, you can always reapply at the second hospital after you've worked at the first one for a while (maybe a year or so.) Unless there's some huge yellow flag that you see that would steer you away from the first place, you might want to take the sure thing (at least in this economy.)

If you accept the first hospital's offer and then turn it down, you could be burning a bridge for yourself if Hospital B either doesn't hire you or doesn't turn out to be as good a place as you thought. If you can try to delay committing for just a little while until you know more about even if you could score an interview with Hospital B, that might be the best----but if you can't, I don't think it would be a good idea to accept the job at Hospital A.

Sounds like a very uncomfortable decision to me----I hope you do what makes you happiest but is also best for your future career.

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"I think he or she was saying that the right spelling is acceptable.

Exceptable, if it's really even a word, would mean that something is able to be an exception. Or that an exception can be made to it or against it. Totally different meaning.

I guess it's considered rude to correct spelling or grammar or other errors, but I don't really see why. Don't professionals want to use proper English? I would like someone to let me know if I'm doing something wrong"

I believe we all know what was meant by that....and yes...it was rude. The rest of the post was fluent and well written a simple mistake can be tolerated. Had the entire reply been riddled with misspellings and grammatical errors, then it would have been more understandable for a correction to be made.

In my opinion, just as important as teaching of the 3 R's, social ettiquette, and rules of propriety are also of the utmost importance. They also go a long way professionally.

:)

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Quidam, I wish I could give you two kudos!!

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We ought to have a moderator that does nothing but correct peoples' grammar and spelling!

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I think he or she was saying that the right spelling is acceptable.

I know that that's exactly what he was pointing out, but it does little on forums like this but distracts people from the topic. For example, we're talking about grammar now instead of discussing the OP's question. It's pointless!

It's just my :twocents: but if the only thing you have to contribute to a thread about job offers is to point out that someone spelled acceptable incorrectly, keep it to yourself.

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Exceptable? .... sigh

LOL I didnt even notice:lol2:

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I know that that's exactly what he was pointing out, but it does little on forums like this but distracts people from the topic. For example, we're talking about grammar now instead of discussing the OP's question. It's pointless!

It's just my :twocents: but if the only thing you have to contribute to a thread about job offers is to point out that someone spelled acceptable incorrectly, keep it to yourself.

Thank you for your support it made me laugh more than anything, not your support just how I had spelt it;)

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We ought to have a moderator that does nothing but correct peoples' grammar and spelling!

But what if I want to misspell stuff on porpoise? :jester:

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But what if I want to misspell stuff on porpoise? :jester:

Dont fink I shud offr to be the mod do u?

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hahaha ! this is exactly what everyone needs in life, a sense of humor :lol2:

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