What to do with remaining appointments after job offer?

[tailfins]

I have accepted an offer to start Monday when the final employment agreement will be signed. I have interviews with three other companies tomorrow and Friday. What would you do?

[LongTermGuy]

I have accepted an offer to start Monday when the final employment agreement will be signed. I have interviews with three other companies tomorrow and Friday. What would you do?

`Just go....feel it out and learn....you have the relaxed upper hidden hand now...*find out what they offer...never burn good bridges...stay relaxed and sure of yourself...ask questions.....appointment is an appointment...keep your `offer to start Monday` Private...

[Jeff]

If I was sold on the Job you talk about starting Monday I would call and thank them for the consideration and tell them the truth, don't ever burn bridges. And who knows they may of really liked what they seen on your resume and want to offer more money, better bennifits , the whole 9.

[hjmick]

^ What he said...

[aboutime]

The TRUTH never fails. Call the other prospective employer's and tell them you have taken another offer. Honesty ALWAYS pays off later down the road.
Most employer's are looking for honorable character traits. And it will make them remember you IF...things change.

[LongTermGuy]

The TRUTH never fails. Call the other prospective employer's and tell them you have taken another offer. Honesty ALWAYS pays off later down the road.
Most employer's are looking for honorable character traits. And it will make them remember you IF...things change.


`Like I said above...It never hurts to keep an appointment...even if "offered" a job already which one `has not` started yet...Find out what the "others" are looking for...it might be a better fit with more benefits and pay.....its nobody's business...what other opportunities are available to one seeking a personal Job fit...companies can change their minds easily...one should keep all options open before the `commitment`...IMO.

[tailfins]

`Like I said above...It never hurts to keep an appointment...even if "offered" a job already which one `has not` started yet...Find out what the "others" are looking for...it might be a better fit with more benefits and pay.....its nobody's business...what other opportunities are available to one seeking a personal Job fit...companies can change their minds easily...one should keep all options open before the `commitment`...IMO.

That's what I was thinking, plus another consideration. I won't stand for being on a team the does slipshod work. I started a new "90 day contract to hire" gig back on July 23. Near the end of the contract portion, I called out the manager as an incompetent dictator. He even dressed down a Microsoft consultant that came on site for a few days. That manager told the VP that the Microsoft consultant was goofing off surfing the web. I told the VP the manager was lying through his teeth, then laid out the copy-and-paste code he was insisting on, giving examples of several team members. The VP obviously couldn't convert me to an employee, but said he would be a good reference if I needed one. It took me one week to find a similar job at the upper end of the pay range they were going to offer me to convert to an employee.

What if in a year, the new job doesn't offer a good raise, if I get laid off, etc? I was hoping to present myself well to the other three companies to open a door in the future. I'm rather aggressive on my pay rate which results in me being a higher layoff risk. I have to play things differently in Texas than in the Northeast. Unemployment payments in Texas are only $440 per week instead of $700 in New England. This means setting up your own "unemployment fund" by saving part of each paycheck. I have no plans to lounge around for two or three months like in the past. I thought Boston was a hot job market. It's nothing compared to DFW. The move turns a 60-90 day job search into a 7-10 day job search. DFW pay rates are the same as Boston.

Part of what helps is a drive to always study and attend user group meetings. That means developing an aversion to outdated means of writing code. Dallas also has a FREE Microsoft development center like they do in Boston.