ARGHHH! F'ing Recruiters!

[mikester]

Okay; so I took the call...they had a position I was mildly interested in. Mainly it would make my commute all of a few minutes and in socal that's a good benefit.

The company's not small either which is good too. Starts with an "S" and ends in a "Y" and is pretty short.

I am concerned about their current business outlook but overall it looked promising.

They are getting ready to make me an offer and they start asking me about "start dates."

So I say I need to give the normal 2 weeks notice and I would like a couple of days for myself to get my affairs in order so that I can concentrate 100% on the new job when I start. Never had a problem with that until the job I'm in right now.

The recruiter at my CURRENT employer had me convinced that they needed me THAT day! So, I called my boss up on his vacation and gave notice over the phone like that. He's a very good guy so he understood. When I started at the new job though everyone was out of town on other projects and vacation for 3 weeks so I sat around doing just about nothing for that time. I could have given my reasonable noticed and taken a week off no problem but the recruiter lied.

Now this recruiter is pulling the same **** and you know what; I've worked on a lot of tight network teams and they can wait 2 or 3 weeks for me to be reasonable with my current employer and take my coupld of days off. Still; she's pressuring the hell out of me saying "you might loose the offer if you try to give 2 weeks."

So I said, "Lady, If they can't wait the customary 2 weeks for me to maintain my character, integrity and references then I don't want the job."

Still, she pressed. So I said that I would need to hear this directly from the hiring manager - I need him to tell me "If you can't start tomorrow then you don't get the offer." for me to believe it.

I'm ready to just say "F~! it" and stay where I am. I wasn't looking for a job anyway.

There...I've vented...

Thanks guys.

[Moses]

She wants that commission NOW, baby, NOW! Tell her exactly what you will do and what you will not do. She will get the message unless she is a complete idiot.

[Joeaksa]

Any company worth working for realizes that a good employee will not just jump ship with no notice. They do not want to lose someone overnight and normally will not pressure a new person into doing that to come onboard with them.

Keep your reputation good and do the right thing. It will repay you everytime.

[mikester]

Exactly. I asked her "Do they really want someone ELSE who is willing to jump ship they way their last guy did?"

[cantdrv55]

I agree, there's a commission involved plus extra incentive to fill the position sooner than later. Sales people like that make me ashamed to be in sales.