Will E. Wurkornot finally got the job offer. He's had a few, but this one offers a salary, a W-2 position with some benefits, and has a real company behind it.
Will turned it down. He'll be sending out a new batch of resumes today.
It is unclear how serious Will is about finding work - the McCrabby advice was to take the job.
Here is Will's response.
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T. Hank Sputnothanx, Hiring Manager
Justin Knotrite & Company
Dear Mr. Sputnothanx,
Thank you very much for your offer of employment at J. Knotrite & Company. After much consideration and a great deal of discussion with my family, I feel I have to withdraw my name from consideration, and continue my search for a career that I feel will offer me the challenges and satisfaction that I seek.
It's not that your company isn't a viable player in supplying "Right-time" products to "Right" industries, but I feel there are several things that remain open questions, and I can't, in good conscience accept a job under those terms.To detail to you what my open items are, I'll list here:
- I'm not certain that I fully fit the personality of your team; I observed several of your employees during my six interviews, and I cannot guarantee that we'll all be best friends and drinking buddies after I start working there.
- I'm very experienced (read: "old"), and although I know that I plan to work for at least another ten years (which is probably about eight more than you'll get from your 30-somethings, before they jump ship), I don't want you to have doubt about my longevity.
- I was expecting to start at a lower level.
- I know how intimidating a very-experienced employee can be to a young manager -- I had that situation once, as a young manager, and it worked great, but I don't want to make you uncomfortable.
- Your dress code is a concern. While I can do business-casual, I don't have enough pairs of holy jeans to dress like the rest of your team on a daily basis.
- Your vacation policy is also a concern; I've taken about six days off the past four years, and having to use up multiple weeks of vacation seems like a difficult task, and could be expensive.
- My unemployment hasn't run out yet
If you have any peer managers looking for top-notch talent, please feel free to forward my resume on to them.
Thank you.
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