Job Offer Advice

amateursaver77

Hi Guys, any advice you give me would be much appreciated. I have a potential offer of a job from a friend of my Dad. I currently have a job, and while the company isn't doing that well at the moment (like alot of companies), I don't think I'll be leaving any time soon (famous last words). The new job is working for a company that involves manning the phones and talking to customers, and is in blocks of 12 hours - 4 days on and 4 days off. I currently do a customer service job (similar role to the offer I suppose) and while I am not always completely happy (the company relocated about 2 years ago to quite a bit further away from home and the journey can be a bit of a pain), it does mean that I usually get home and spend a bit of time with my young children. The weekend's are lovely too as we have some nice time together. If I took the new position the weekends would obviously be quite restricted at times and worst for me is I would leave before my kid's get up, and get back after they'd gone to bed - that is the real killer part for me as I would not want to not see them properly for up to 4 days at a time. It also holds no prospects for any future progression or development so I would not want to end up in a dead-end/filler type job unless needs meant that I had to (laid off or redundant). I have been considering as many thoughts and options that have come to my head and discussed it with my wife and we both agree that I am better as I am for now. The question is, how to I gracefully turn down the offer without annoying/upsetting anyone? Many Thanks for any advice or help you can give.

InsideInsurance

How formal was the recruitment and offer process? Was it just your Dad and his mate chatting and you getting an offer or did you formally apply, get interviewed etc?

Have you spoken to your father at all about it?

Assuming it was formal then a simple and short letter saying you appreciate the offer however you will not be accepting it and you wish them all the best for the future. You technically dont need to give them any reasoning for declining it.

Now if you are interested in it if the shift patterns change etc you could say that on further reflection that you arent comfortable with how the shift patterns would impact your family life and hope they come back with something else.

If it was more informal then a more informal response can be acceptable

amateursaver77

InsideInsurance wrote: »

How formal was the recruitment and offer process? Was it just your Dad and his mate chatting and you getting an offer or did you formally apply, get interviewed etc?

Have you spoken to your father at all about it?

Assuming it was formal then a simple and short letter saying you appreciate the offer however you will not be accepting it and you wish them all the best for the future. You technically dont need to give them any reasoning for declining it.

Now if you are interested in it if the shift patterns change etc you could say that on further reflection that you arent comfortable with how the shift patterns would impact your family life and hope they come back with something else.

If it was more informal then a more informal response can be acceptable

No there was no formality to it. It was/is emails and a discussion really. I do apreciate the offer and am very flattered that they thought about me, but it makes too much impact on my own kid's. Plus my Wife is at home so if we ever need anything on credit (loan for our car being the most recent one) then I apply as it is my employment history that the checks are done against - there are some advantages of sticking in the same job .

Takeaway_Addict

Many thanks for the offer but after careful consideration I feel the change in shift patterns would be to disruptive to my work/family balance.

(just be aware they may come back with normal hours)

amateursaver77

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

Many thanks for the offer but after careful consideration I feel the change in shift patterns would be to disruptive to my work/family balance.

(just be aware they may come back with normal hours)

Thank you. If the hours were improved then I would consider it a bit more maybe but still unlikely.