Take the better offer (politely and professionally). It's just business not a play date.
Ask HN: Did you ever resign from a company on your first day?
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Re: Ask HN: Did you ever resign from a company on your first day?
#22I'm confused, "first day"? Wont you start in only a month?
Pretend everything is ok and announce you are quitting just on the first day, that would be unprofessional.
Confirm and sign with the other company and inform that you will refuse the offer of the first one as soon as you have this confirmation. That's professional.
Re: Ask HN: Did you ever resign from a company on your first day?
#23Signed the employment contract with the first company? Then notice period during the trial period applies. Didn’t sign? Ghost them, send an email, whatever. Don’t feel obliged in any way if the employment contract hasn’t been signed by both parties. I see no problem with resigning on the first day (if they want cheap, they’ll pay twice) although I’ve never done it myself. Personal advice? IT companies in Berlin are a…
There are laws in some countries where the contractual notice period is not applicable if you haven't served enough time with the company. As always consult a lawyer before doing anything in this situation.
Re: Ask HN: Did you ever resign from a company on your first day?
#24As an employee I almost resigned the first week at a startup but convinced myself the bad vibe I was getting was an overreaction. It wasn't. I ended up resigning within six months. As an occasional hiring manager I would prefer a candidate reject my job offer as early as possible. First, so I can revisit the other candidates and hopefully not have to repeat the entire process. Second, if the new employee quits, it's…
What were examples of those bad vibes?
The company was hyper focused on developing a complex solution which was not practical for the state of technology at the time, yet dropped everything to burn three weeks of development time on a pet project of one of the founders which had absolutely nothing to do with the core product of the company.
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#25https://medium.com/@batdongsandn/nhung-du-doan-ve-bat-dong-s...
Mac du thi truong bat dong san quan Hai Chau van duoc danh gia la vo cung tiem nang. Nhung quy dat lai qua han che va dat do. Dieu nay khien cho chi nhung khach hang nao thuc su co tien moi co the dau tu vao day. Tuy nhien khong phai vi tri nao cung mang lai loi nhuan nhu y. Do do cac nha dau tu can can nhac ky luong cac xu huong phat trien cua thanh pho va su tap trung dan cu de dua ra nhung quyet dinh tot nhat cho minh.
Re: Ask HN: Did you ever resign from a company on your first day?
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
What were examples of those bad vibes?
The company was hyper focused on developing a complex solution which was not practical for the state of technology at the time, yet dropped everything to burn three weeks of development time on a pet project of one of the founders which had absolutely nothing to do with the core product of the company.
Two words. Shit show.
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#27I resigned on my second day. On the second day, it came out that the founder wanted to review my code every 30 minutes. What!? Apparently, he was traumatized by some prima-donna self-proclaimed genius who went off by himself for two months and built entirely the wrong thing. I suggested that he at least give me a day or the afternoon or something. Nope. So I became the Sofa King and I was Sofa King outta there! Anoth…
I don't think that would do much to shield you from patent/copyright claims.
It actually sounds more like he wanted to classify all of your work as Research & Development so he could amortize the cost of your salary or write it off on the company's taxes.
Re: Ask HN: Did you ever resign from a company on your first day?
#28I resigned on my second day. On the second day, it came out that the founder wanted to review my code every 30 minutes. What!? Apparently, he was traumatized by some prima-donna self-proclaimed genius who went off by himself for two months and built entirely the wrong thing. I suggested that he at least give me a day or the afternoon or something. Nope. So I became the Sofa King and I was Sofa King outta there! Anoth…
> In that case, go ahead and use 3rd party libraries, but do it mediated through a facade or some kind of adapter library, so you can rapidly switch to another one.
That’s how I was taught to do it. But I’ve yet to see people take the time to do this in real-life Code.
Re: Ask HN: Did you ever resign from a company on your first day?
#29> Did you ever resign from a company on your first day?
More or less.
I once received an offer from a great company doing avionics. In a bizarre turn of events I then received an offer out of the blue with a company I'd applied to about 18 months previously and had forgotten about.
The result was I rang the first company and told them I wouldn't be starting the following Monday after all. I felt bad, but the truth is I'm pretty sure they were able to fill that slot quickly enough.
I would follow your heart - that first company really doesn't want to have an employee that doesn't really want to be there...
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#30Yes. Took a job with a defense contractor in the UK. On day 1 they told me that it would take 6 months to get security clearance. The bummer was that the men's bathroom was in a secure area and I would have to be escorted every time. On day 1 I quit.