Job news: update #2

Call me the Gambler.

I turned down the shorter-term, no-benefits, lower-paying job offer in hopes that I will receive an offer from the other company. I received a call the day after the interview (much sooner than expected) saying that they’d like to bring me on. I informed them that I was under consideration for another position and that I’d like to get back to them with my decision. Unfortunately, they wanted me to start the next day (again, much sooner than expected), so I thanked them and turned the position down, in hopes that i’d get the other job.

The moronic recruiter then pointedly and rudely asked me why I “wasted her client’s time” by taking the interview in the first place. As tempting as it was to do otherwise, I remained professional and reminded her that a job interview is for the interviewee’s benefit as much as for the interviewer’s. At this point, I’m glad I won’t be working for her, whether I get the other job or not.