Regret badly after turning down an offer
I just can't get over my thoughts after turning down an offer last week. I feel like I made a blunder of my life.. I've been thinking all over it again and again. I've to start my job search again :'( .. I wish there is time machine, I could go back and fix it. How you guys got over this kind of situation if you had been through this?
TC b4 you cry ✌️
It was 220K including stocks.. At present value.. But has lot of potential to grow so value will be much higher.. So I regret even more
You did the right thing! Potential will be justified only if and when it reached IPO stage!
What’s stopping you to contact them again?
Trust your instincts. If you turned it down, it was for a reason. Stay positive, dont regret what you did and focus on moving forward. Things always have a way of working themselves out, and I'm sure when it's all said and done you'll realize you made the right decision. Positive mind set is the key! Stay positive!
They would have spent lot of efforts on interviewing you. It doesn't hurt to reach out to them.
If you turned down the offer nicely they may be open to revisiting it
How would you start the conversation.
I would probably ask if they’re open to jumping on the phone. I personally think it’d probably be easier to discuss verbally than over email. But if that isn’t your style then I’d say something like “hi _____, I hope you’re doing well. I wanted to reach out and see if there was potential to revisit the offer for ______. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking over the last week and think I made a rash decision in declining. If the team is open to it, I would love to reconnect and discuss the offer again. Thanks, ______”
Call them back
Actually, I messed up as well. Recruiter was smart in negotiating. They gave me offer verbally and i asked for more.. then he gave me another offer and I accepted verbally but later on I realized that he manipulated numbers so asked to revisit it . They now gave me what I asked for.. They were now thinking that I'm very excited to join so will accept offer immediately. But I wanted to think through so HM got impatient and was putting pressure on me to accept. So in hurry I accepted it and then later after few days I started thinking negative about the potential of the company so called them to say that I want to retract the offer. I think they got upset because they told me that we were thinking that you are very very excited to join and negotiated offer so this was not expected.. Now I think due to all this mess.. I don't think they gonna entertain me.
Ek, that does sound like a bit of a mess and I do think you’re probably right that they likely won’t be willing to circle back with you
Yeah you’re not getting that back probably. The bigger issue is why are you so unsure of what you want? Maybe figure that out first before trying any more jobs.
What's the full story? Did you have another offer that you were to accept and it backfired?