If I said I will be back next year but found this better offer and i am not on a contract for a new year yet is it ok to break my word? Its for 2300 more a month plus paid vacations including summer, (its a school) should I accept the new offer? If I don't am I acting with out moral principals. I am supposed to go back in a week so its not like I am giving a two week notice but I not on contract yet either.
Also they haven't paid my friend her last salary and I was threatened at one time if I needed to be replaced. I dont know if the other school is unstable or not or if I will be happy there either.
I am ok with where I am at yes I did have that one incident but it was one time in two years and I am forgiving we all say things without thinking sometimes. I just want to make a good moral judgment beneficial for my family too.
2006-08-05 10:05:13 · 9 answers · asked by Esoteric 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Give your old job a first right of refusal. Let them know your new offer. They might match the pay and keep you, if not, at least your conscience is clear.
2006-08-05 10:12:56 · answer #1 · answered by curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you not under a contractual agreement to stay with your present employer, I would assume you have no moral or ethical reasons to stay. Don't assume for a minute that your manager wouldn't do the same if in your shoes. More money, closer to home, paid vacation, it sounds like a no brainer! Give the best notice you can, and leave on the best of terms. Or, here's another option. Go to your current employer, tell him/her of your new job offer, explain the situation, and see if your employer can compete with that. Give them a chance to offer you the same. If not, I'd move on to bigger and better. You wont be the first to leave a job for more money and more benefits and you certainly wont be the last. Good luck!
2006-08-05 17:13:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In general I would say that if you haven't gotten a contract from either job. I would tell the one you want the most you would like the job. If they give you a contract then take it. When you have the contract you want in hand tell the other party that you will not be available.
This same thing happened to a friend of my son. She was under contract to the first party but got out of her contract to take the better job.
Morals are great but so is a better job.
2006-08-05 17:24:58 · answer #3 · answered by Floyd B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walk forward in life so that you always look to the light that is before you and leaving the shodow of the life that was your past in the dust under your feet. Live each day as if tomorrow you will die and you will be content, and when it happens you won't be so surprised. Make your happiness the most important thing and all else will come, especially when your content also. And always keep in mind that the grass isn't always greener once you get there so never burn your bridges.
2006-08-05 17:36:25 · answer #4 · answered by mikepado57 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should definitely consult with some other teachers/school employees. And probably with your teacher's union if it applies.
While school districts are constantly looking for teachers, they do talk to each other. And if your current school indicates that they were relying on you and you bailed, the new school may be less likely to hire you.
The pay and distance alone are worth the move, but sometimes short term doesn't override a long-term professional relationship. I'd also make sure with the new school that opportunity for advancement (pay or position) is available.
Good luck....
2006-08-05 17:33:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you want to keep the new job then just tell the old job about the new one, on the other hand you can do what I used to do to my boss when I wanted a raise... I would tell him that I got a job offer from such and such place and that they were offering me for example....($18.00 per hour, instead of $15.00 per hour) So if you want me to stay then you'll have to match it or beat it, my boss would always beat it....LOL... I was never telling the truth either, I just wanted a big raise and knew how to get as much as I wanted, so go for it, who knows you might get more than you were expecting....
2006-08-05 17:18:55 · answer #6 · answered by pinkfuzzz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably meant it when you said it, but everyone understands that circumstances change. Unless they contracted to hire you back, no matter what, you can't really consider yourself bound by the promise. In any event, you have to look out for yourself, and their not paying your friend is a big sign of trouble ahead with them.
2006-08-05 17:17:21 · answer #7 · answered by Catspaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the money!
I would call the old school back so they know what the difference was. Be very apologetic when you do, and ask for their understanding. Most likely they will not be upset with you and you will not have burnt any bridges.
2006-08-09 16:54:38 · answer #8 · answered by why 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whatever your gut feeling is, then go with it. Don't burn bridges if you should leave the one company so in case things don't work out elsewhere then you can ask nicely if you can return to them. Ask them for a written reference. On the other hand, approach the new job with enthusiasm. In life we have choices and have to take chances. It's normal to want more money and closer.
2006-08-05 17:19:06 · answer #9 · answered by sophieb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋