Ok, here's the situation:
My brother-in-law is a sales director at a large technology company. Said company is about to restructure and he's known that for sometime so he has been job hunting just in case. It just so happens two former colleagues of his referred him into their respective companies and he has been interviewing at Company A and Company B. He really likes the opportunity at Company A, but the opportunity at Company B is even better with far more upside financially.
So his current company announces restructuring, asks him to move (which he won't), and offers a really good severance package if he declines their move offer. He decides to accept the severance and will basically be paid full salary plus a percentage of commission target for six months (not shabby at all, especially if he takes another job and double dips).
Company A, an opportunity he really likes (but not as much as the other) makes a job offer yesterday.
Company B, the one he wants the most, has said he is the top candidate right now but they still have a few more interviews to go. If he remains in Top 2 he will have one more interview before an offer is made, probably a couple of weeks time.
He doesn't want to lose the Company A offer in case Company B doesn't make an offer.
His Options (in my estimation) are:
1) Accept the Company A offer, then if Company B offers accept it. The results would be a major bridge burning at Company A along with the relationship he had with the former colleague who referred him, and this could come back to haunt him later.
2) Pass on Company A offer in hopes Company B offers. The possible result is he loses both opportunities if B doesn't offer and has no job security when severance runs out. This is the least attractive option in my opinion.
3) Call Company B and tell them the situation in hopes maybe they will speed up making an offer. This is the option I recommended; his concern is that they will think he's trying to leverage them into offering earlier than they are ready, but I think if he is really their Top candidate they will be glad he told them and speed things up. The worst that could happen is they tell him they can't speed things up and they hope he will still be available in two weeks.
The RRS Braintrust has solved far more complex issues than this before so I told him I would ask the braintrust their thoughts. What say you?
My brother-in-law is a sales director at a large technology company. Said company is about to restructure and he's known that for sometime so he has been job hunting just in case. It just so happens two former colleagues of his referred him into their respective companies and he has been interviewing at Company A and Company B. He really likes the opportunity at Company A, but the opportunity at Company B is even better with far more upside financially.
So his current company announces restructuring, asks him to move (which he won't), and offers a really good severance package if he declines their move offer. He decides to accept the severance and will basically be paid full salary plus a percentage of commission target for six months (not shabby at all, especially if he takes another job and double dips).
Company A, an opportunity he really likes (but not as much as the other) makes a job offer yesterday.
Company B, the one he wants the most, has said he is the top candidate right now but they still have a few more interviews to go. If he remains in Top 2 he will have one more interview before an offer is made, probably a couple of weeks time.
He doesn't want to lose the Company A offer in case Company B doesn't make an offer.
His Options (in my estimation) are:
1) Accept the Company A offer, then if Company B offers accept it. The results would be a major bridge burning at Company A along with the relationship he had with the former colleague who referred him, and this could come back to haunt him later.
2) Pass on Company A offer in hopes Company B offers. The possible result is he loses both opportunities if B doesn't offer and has no job security when severance runs out. This is the least attractive option in my opinion.
3) Call Company B and tell them the situation in hopes maybe they will speed up making an offer. This is the option I recommended; his concern is that they will think he's trying to leverage them into offering earlier than they are ready, but I think if he is really their Top candidate they will be glad he told them and speed things up. The worst that could happen is they tell him they can't speed things up and they hope he will still be available in two weeks.
The RRS Braintrust has solved far more complex issues than this before so I told him I would ask the braintrust their thoughts. What say you?
