Read Rejection Letters Carefully!

[applesxoranges, BSN, RN]

Always read rejection letters carefully! I let a perfect job opportunity go because I received a rejection letter from the place the day after I interviewed. I only scanned the first few lines and stopped reading because I felt the interview went great and was really excited so I was surprised at the rejection letter the day after. Then another place offered me a job so I took it.

A week after the interview the dream job called me and offered me the spot. I had already turned in a two weeks notice to my current job and so my end date is in the middle of this month and the earliest the dream job could start me was towards the middle of July so I had to decline it! I am so upset about this.

Turns out the rejection letter was inpatient and the job I interviewed for was an outpatient clinic. There was two recruiters and the other recruiter sent it. The outpatient recruiter said she wouldn't have sent the letter because it was right after the interview.

There was no way that I could accept the job with the next date starting in July. I would be out of work too long and I have bills/loans to pay back. This job felt perfect so that's why I was really bummed when I read the rejection letter. I think I was close to tears reading it. I sat down and tried to budget but there was no way I could put off not working for a month. If my job paid out vacation, which they don't anymore, then I could have managed fine.

(Current manager flipped out upon hearing that I wanted to quit so no way I could extend my final date there)

So moral of the story, read rejection letters carefully.

[schnookimz]

I would still ask to extend the date by a week or two. All your manager can do is say no. And if she does, it really doesn't matter bc you're waving anyway! She might be grateful for an extra week of help.

[applesxoranges, BSN, RN]

I offered to stay contingent and the manager threw it in my face. Then she went out to the other area and told everyone that I was quitting. I was not impressed in the slightest. I am tempted to write that down in the exit interview (HR sends out a paper for us to mail back). I may just let it go but still, I didn't want everyone to know or I wanted them to know on my terms.

Like it would be different if I told people but the manager going out there and telling everyone that I quit? Seriously? It wasn't even my shift. Then day shift seemed to think I had walked out because they kept on saying "she quit" and the person who precepted me was like "Yeah, but she's working tonight still."