Rob Keeble
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John before you give up on that job, call the company and check on whether they have made any decision. You are reacting without any information. I have known small businesses to take up to 3 months or more to decide on filling a position. Sometimes other events get in the way and not intentionally they just dont get around to it. Sure the logic of it from the outside makes no sense when they say they are backed up and real busy, but you have to understand the beast to understand the thinking.
So before you give up on them call them, let them know you are interested and let them know if you are willing to, that you are quiet happy to have a probation period and try things out if they want to see how it goes.
What i am basically saying is take the initiative and make some moves from your side to let them know you are flexible. try to take the risk out of it for them.
They may be concerned about what would happen to their benefits plan if they took you on and put you on benefits and it affected the group in the rest of the company etc.
If there is reason for this to be possibly true consider that this will be an issue at any place so consider what may be done to address this concern. But first establish the basics then go into it step by step.
Just to give you some encouragement, consider for a moment the what ifs. What if something has happened to the person who interviewed you. Or What if they had to rush off to attend to some other more important project or family issue of their own. You never know.
What our minds do is think of the worst and we end up justifying our thoughts which can be a no win self fulfilling end.
You got more to gain and nothing to loose by contacting them in my view. If nothing else it would give you a conclusion.
Best of luck.
So before you give up on them call them, let them know you are interested and let them know if you are willing to, that you are quiet happy to have a probation period and try things out if they want to see how it goes.
What i am basically saying is take the initiative and make some moves from your side to let them know you are flexible. try to take the risk out of it for them.
They may be concerned about what would happen to their benefits plan if they took you on and put you on benefits and it affected the group in the rest of the company etc.
If there is reason for this to be possibly true consider that this will be an issue at any place so consider what may be done to address this concern. But first establish the basics then go into it step by step.
Just to give you some encouragement, consider for a moment the what ifs. What if something has happened to the person who interviewed you. Or What if they had to rush off to attend to some other more important project or family issue of their own. You never know.
What our minds do is think of the worst and we end up justifying our thoughts which can be a no win self fulfilling end.
You got more to gain and nothing to loose by contacting them in my view. If nothing else it would give you a conclusion.
Best of luck.