pampered1224
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You all have helped me through some tough times. This one is not so tough but I am wondering if you think this is ethical.
1) I have a job. I work as an IT contractor at a big company. Means no benefits and poor pay it means no raises in the near future.
2) One of my ex-bosses from the company that closed, got a job with a company in their IT department.
3) He asked for my resume last Christmas as they have an opening the end of March that he really wants me to fill. He has pull!
4) The contract company asked me to extend my contract to the end of July. That was a week ago Monday.
5) I asked for a raise but it is a no go. I told them I needed to think on it on Friday. They asked again yesterday and I put them off again.
6) The new place supposedly just posted the job for Sunday's paper and asked if I could wait, my friends boss in fact, to answer the other company.
7) The old company is starting already to pressure me for an answer but the new place has not asked me in for an interview yet.
So here is my dilemma. I can't not have a job. If I don't answer the one company, I may lose that job at the end of this month.
But if I tell them yes and the other job comes through soon, am I obligated to tell the new job no if I say yes to the contract job?
I just don't know what to do here. Thanks in advance for any advice you all can give me.
1) I have a job. I work as an IT contractor at a big company. Means no benefits and poor pay it means no raises in the near future.
2) One of my ex-bosses from the company that closed, got a job with a company in their IT department.
3) He asked for my resume last Christmas as they have an opening the end of March that he really wants me to fill. He has pull!
4) The contract company asked me to extend my contract to the end of July. That was a week ago Monday.
5) I asked for a raise but it is a no go. I told them I needed to think on it on Friday. They asked again yesterday and I put them off again.
6) The new place supposedly just posted the job for Sunday's paper and asked if I could wait, my friends boss in fact, to answer the other company.
7) The old company is starting already to pressure me for an answer but the new place has not asked me in for an interview yet.
So here is my dilemma. I can't not have a job. If I don't answer the one company, I may lose that job at the end of this month.
But if I tell them yes and the other job comes through soon, am I obligated to tell the new job no if I say yes to the contract job?
I just don't know what to do here. Thanks in advance for any advice you all can give me.