You got the job offer!
But the offer seems....
off.
Are they I effing kidding me!?
What should you do?
Well in this video, we're going to discuss
signs that you should decline the offer.
And the must take step that most people miss
that lands them in a toxic job.
If that sounds good, you tap that like button,
and let's jump straight into it.
The first sign that you should decline the job offer
is probably the most obvious,
but we have to start here because honestly,
too many people ignore it.
And that is that you don't want the job.
Perhaps even when they reached out to you
or you applied for the opportunity,
t wasn't something that you were super interested in.
Or if you watched my last video,
you noticed some of the red flags in the job interview
process that really turns you off,
and that they haven't resolved through questioning.
Perhaps the company's values don't
really match yours,
or the career growth opportunities that you
want to have you just aren't seeing there
through the conversations that you've had.
And there's also just really practical logistic reasons
why he wouldn't want the job.
Perhaps the job is 100% on site
and you really want a remote job for your next job.
Or perhaps you're cool with going to the office but
they're like three hours away each day
and you're just not into driving that much.
Another great reason why you might not
want the job is that it doesn't align with
your unique awesomeness quotient, your UAQ.
f you don't know your UAQ yet,
it's actually so important for your career success
that I made you a free guide to help you uncover yours.
I'll leave the link down below in case you're interested.
But really my point in this point is that
there are a million reasons why you
might not want the actual job.
And if you don't want the job,
you don't have to take the job
just because they offered it to you.
And you especially don't have to feel like you
have to take the job offer when the next sign
that you should decline the offer pops up.
It's just not enough money.
And I'm not talking about like a little bit
of a lowball offer that you can easily negotiate
using the tactics that I give in this video,
which I'll also link down below.
The thing is, even with the best salary negotiation
tactics in place, you're only going to be able to
negotiate your offer up so much.
So if the job offer that they give you is
so extraordinarily low that there is no way
for you to get up to even the minimum,
let alone your target salary that you want in your next job.
It's okay to decline that job offer.
In fact, sometimes when you say no,
just because the salary that they give you
in that job offer is so abysmally low,
they might respond with a skyrocketing offer.
In fact, this actually happened to me.
Now if you watch my last video, you know
about the super weird job interview that I had.
What I didn't tell you in that video was
that they gave me a job offer.
And while there was no path to me saying yes
to a job offer from that company,
because of all of the job interview red flags,
I still took a look at the offer just to see
what they were throwing out there.
And yes, it was abysmally below what the job market
was paying for the job that I was doing.
So I responded and politely declined the job offer.
At which time one of the executives on the team
that I would have been on promptly
gave me a call and increased it by about 60%.
(Just doing the math in my head, not exact math,
just to put that disclaimer out there.)
But it was remarkably higher now because
there was so many job interview red flags, I still said no.
Now if you say no, and they come back with
a dramatically increased offer,
this for me still throws up a
red flag that you should decline that job offer.
And the reason for that is is that either
they have no idea what this role is when it gets paid.
And this is going to start to show up in your
day to day life and might be really,
really frustrating or be they just are the
type of company who doesn't really value their employees,
hence this shockingly lowball offer,
which forced us to say no in the first place.
Now I'm not saying that that's going to be
the right thing to do in every single situation
across all the universe. However,
as a blanket rule for the purpose of this video,
I would say that that is a big sign that
you should decline the job offer.
And now that we're into the job offer itself,
there's a few more things that we need to talk about.
Because the third sign that you
should decline the job offer is that
it's a bad offer in itself.
It is time for you to put on your lawyer hat
and to read every single sentence in the job offer
and any contracts that you're going to sign
in the steps of accepting a job offer.
Better yet, hire an employment lawyer to
walk you through it. If you've been hanging out
with me for a while you know that I'm a huge fan
of dealing with Employment Lawyers on things like this.
I know that it costs a few hundred dollars,
and that's not feasible or, you know, ideal for everyone.
However, this can be investment that has a big ROI,
because you need to know what you're signing.
Before you sign a job offer that sad there are
a few things I really want to make sure
everyone knows to watch out for.
And the first thing is is that the title and
the terms of employment match what
you have been discussing to date.
So for example, if they are hiring you
to be the sales manager,
but the job offer says sales coordinator,
this is a red flag and you need to have
a conversation because the job that they're
offering you is no longer the job that you
were having conversations surrounding,
which is a sign that maybe this job offer is not for you.
Now, while you're probably getting a job offer
that has all of the things that you've already discussed,
and there's not going to be any surprises there,
you do still need to pay attention to it.
Another thing that comes up that I know
is very common, especially in the tech industry,
which is where I come from,
is having a non compete agreement.
Are they going to try to prohibit you from
working in the industry for two years after you leave?
Like, what is the actual scope of this?
Well, this is one of the clauses that can be very complex,
and can really get you into a tough bind,
or the point where you leave the company
because let's face it, chances are at some point,
you're going to leave the company unless you're
going to work at that company forever and ever
until the end of your life and you retire
somewhere sunny that has umbrella drinks...
you don't want to be worrying about this.
At least knowing what you're signing ahead of time
is going to save you potential headache
and heartache down the road.
A few more things to actually watch out for
in the actual job offer, and just to keep this video
not 30 minutes long, I'm gonna fly through these ones,
they're a long delay in benefits.
This is something that is obviously going
to benefit the employer by reducing costs,
but might leave you paying significant premiums
out of pocket in order to maintain things
like your health insurance.
NDAs also very common in the tech industry
from which I come, a nondisclosure agreement is
going to prevent you from telling any
trade secrets and things like that.
And of course, you don't want to be dodgy.
And that's not something that you want to do not
a good look even if you don't have an NDA.
However, what you want to take a look
at here is what the NDA is actually covering.
It is common for it to cover things like
intellectual property and trade secrets,
but is the NDA extending beyond that?
And finally, this one is really important to
know if you plan to have a side hustle.
If you already have a side business that
you're working on, maybe something that
you even want to spin up to become
a full time gig in the future is IP ownership.
This will typically include things like
trademarks, patents, and inventions while
you're employed at that company.
Now most of the time, the intellectual property
ownership is going to be limited to work that
you are producing at work on your work equipment.
However, if the job offer does claim IP ownership
over all ideas and inventions that you have,
during the course of your employment at that company,
that is something that if you are a side hustler,
or you want to have a little consultancy,
or maybe you want to start your own business,
and work towards that in the future,
this can be something that they come in and say,
hey, that's mine.
So if that applies to you do also watch out for that one,
and make sure to ask a lot of questions if it is there.
And this actually brings me into the fourth sign
that you should decline the job offer.
And that is they fail your due diligence.
As part of pre employment screening.
Many companies at this stage are going to be
doing reference checks, maybe even
criminal record checks, employment verification,
education verification, credit checks, all sorts of things
might be included in the preemployment check.
However, you should not just be leaning back
and hoping everything's okay, you need to be
doing your due diligence on them.
At this point, first and foremost,
you need to be reference checking THEM.
Now I have heard some wonderful anecdotes.
And I hope this becomes a thing
where hiring managers are offering references
to people that they are extending job offers
to so that they can speak to current or
former team members so that they can fully
understand the experience working for that
boss at that company. However,
even if they do not offer this to you,
you can still do it. If you can't connect with anyone directly.
There's still a few places that you can go you
can go and read Glassdoor reviews,
find out the good, the bad, and the ugly.
And finally bringing this all together when
you see any signs that maybe you
should be declining the job offer or
you just have more questions about the job,
you shouldn't be walking into day one on your job,
wondering how something is going to be you
should walk in with a pretty clear picture
about what the expectations are, what the job is,
who you are going to be working with,
and what that work actually looks like.
So this when you have the job offer,
you're considering it. But this is also your opportunity
to ask questions about any concerns that
were raised as a result of reviewing the
actual job offer getting clarity on certain elements
of that job offer, addressing any concerns
about things that you heard about them as
an employer or leader through the grapevine
at the point that you accept the job offer,
there really should not be any surprises at all.
And actually I want to throw in a bonus tip
because I think that this one is totally underrated.
But it is really important and that is doing just a gut check.
Does something feel right or wrong about this opportunity?
If something feels off and
you ask questions around it,
and it can't be quite explained or answers
to questions that you asked because of
concerns that were raised when you were
doing your due diligence or about the
job offer itself just aren't to your satisfaction.
You need to run with that.
Remember that getting a job offer proves
to you your ability to get a job offer and
once you have one more are undoubtedly
going to follow. Now at this point if you've
realized that you need to decline the job offer,
it is important to remain professional and
respectful when you do it.
Just because this opportunity wasn't right this time,
it doesn't mean that you're not going to
encounter someone in the hiring panel going
forward or that recruiter isn't going to move to
a different company that is your dream company
and wants to recruit you from there and
that probably leaves you now wondering
how you can decline the job offer
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