Clean Sanchez
Junior Member
What is the name of your state?
Kansas
I work on a government project as a subcontractor, and was hired on a temp-to-perm basis for 6 months. Three months into this project I was offered a contingent permanent offer and given only 24 hours to decide. Their offer was a little less than what the subcontractor was paying, but had benefits so that was OK. I told them I needed the weekend to think about it because this offer was given on a Friday when my son had a serious medical appointment and this was weighing heavily on my mind.
They did not give me a paper copy of the contingent offer, by the way. But over the weekend I decided to take the offer. But when I came in Monday to tell them, but before I could tell them they told me that they were withdrawing the offer because they felt I wouldn't be happy. I asked them why they thought that, and they said it was because I needed "too much time" to make a decision, despite my son's medical concerns which I HAD told them about.
When I pressed for more details, they said I may not be happy there and could leave in a year, which seemed odd to me. I was told when I came there that the PM takes it personally when someone leaves, and now it was taken personally that I didn't accept the offer immediately...without a paper copy to even look at? Now my subcontracting company is extremely mad at the prime contractor because of this, because they rushed with the contingent offer in the first place without waiting 6 months, and then withdrew it without giving me adequate time to think about it. When I spoke to prime contractor today, they said they withdrew it based on their experience in previous situations where offers had been accepted and then the employee left within a year. Is it fair for them to use the decisions of previous employees against me?
Does this sound right? I've never been in this situation before so I was surprised, as I do want to work for this contractor since they have a flexible schedule.
Kansas
I work on a government project as a subcontractor, and was hired on a temp-to-perm basis for 6 months. Three months into this project I was offered a contingent permanent offer and given only 24 hours to decide. Their offer was a little less than what the subcontractor was paying, but had benefits so that was OK. I told them I needed the weekend to think about it because this offer was given on a Friday when my son had a serious medical appointment and this was weighing heavily on my mind.
They did not give me a paper copy of the contingent offer, by the way. But over the weekend I decided to take the offer. But when I came in Monday to tell them, but before I could tell them they told me that they were withdrawing the offer because they felt I wouldn't be happy. I asked them why they thought that, and they said it was because I needed "too much time" to make a decision, despite my son's medical concerns which I HAD told them about.
When I pressed for more details, they said I may not be happy there and could leave in a year, which seemed odd to me. I was told when I came there that the PM takes it personally when someone leaves, and now it was taken personally that I didn't accept the offer immediately...without a paper copy to even look at? Now my subcontracting company is extremely mad at the prime contractor because of this, because they rushed with the contingent offer in the first place without waiting 6 months, and then withdrew it without giving me adequate time to think about it. When I spoke to prime contractor today, they said they withdrew it based on their experience in previous situations where offers had been accepted and then the employee left within a year. Is it fair for them to use the decisions of previous employees against me?
Does this sound right? I've never been in this situation before so I was surprised, as I do want to work for this contractor since they have a flexible schedule.
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