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New job offer

Anne0094920 · 2020-06-21 17:59:31

A couple of weeks ago I was offered a new role at my current place of work, I initially said I was interested, but have been having second thoughts. Now, having received the official job offer letter and terms of contract I am having even more doubts. One of the reasons is that the offered pay increase doesn’t seem…

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lincroft1710 Posts: 19,196 Forumite

23 June 2020 at 3:16PM

There is a downside in turning this down. You may never be offered another opportunity again, at least probably not in the near future. But if you turn it down, don't use phrases such as "I don't think I'm up to/could cope with the role"

That redundancy scheme is very generous, from memory far more generous than when I was in the CS.

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