Hey everyone, this is Self Made Millennial
I'm Madeline Mann. And in today's video
you're going to learn how to respond to an
exploding job offer.
That's right just when you
think your job search is safe and
tranquil they hit you with an exploding
job offer, buh BAM.  I don't care who
you are,
everyone should know what an exploding
job offer is and how to respond to it
because when it happens to you you'll
want to know exactly how to handle it
and respond quickly. Okay so an exploding
job offer is when a company gives you a
teeny tiny window of time to make a
decision of whether or not to take their
offer, which is generally 24 hours or
less. So let me give you an example. So
a friend of mine got an email from a
company that he really wanted to work
for, and they said hey nice to meet you,
will you come in for interviews today. He
goes, "Oh my gosh, okay." So he goes there, he
gets all those interviews done. That
night he gets an offer letter and they
say hey can you please give us your
decision by tomorrow we need it then. And
he was like, "Whoa!" So he got this exploding
offer he's barely just met the company,
he had to make a decision by the next
day. He was so caught up in it, and so he
just said yes because it was really
something he was excited about. So then
he gets the job, and they already
first day he they start reorging him, they
change what his job function was
supposed to be, and they promised him
equity, but he didn't have it written
down in the offer letter, and they said,
"Oh no, the position that we moved you to
doesn't receive equity, so you're not
getting any of that." So all these things
were happening and it really made him
realize he should have taken more time
to vet the opportunity. Because from the
time they emailed him to when he accepted
the offer, it's less than 48 hours, and
even less of that was him mulling over
the offer. I'm on the employers side, right, so
I understand when companies have time
constraints around they need to get your
answer on whether or not you want a job,
but I do not like exploding job offers.
It does not respect a person's
process of making a major life decision
within 24 hours. So here's what I would
do in this situation. If they give you an
exploding offer,
I recommend that you follow up
immediately with this, "Thank you so much
for this offer, I am very excited by the
idea of working together. This is a big
decision for me as I plan on being at my
next employer for a long time, so I want
to feel fully confident in the decision
I make. I'd like to take the weekend to
consider the offer, would I be able to
get back to you on Monday?" That is a
totally reasonable request. If you end up
getting it extended to two or three days,
take that as a win because that's
actually kind of a normal amount of time
the companies need because they want to
get back to their other candidates if
you don't want the job. If they don't budge
from that 24 hour or less time period, I
would honestly recommend walking away.
They're not respecting your process and
I've just seen too many people make
hasty employment decisions. Now if I
throughout the process really got to know
this company, right? It was a process
where I felt like really properly vetted
them and they gave me a short deadline
right at the end where they gave me an
offer, I would accept it, right.
That's a different story. Now in some
cases YOU will be the exploding job
offer, where if you get an offer from one
company, then you tell other companies
that you're interviewing with, and
suddenly they either have to speed up
the process or let you go. So I have a video
all on how to handle that process and
make sure you're maintaining those
relationships well and hopefully getting
multiple offers, so I'll link that in the
description. I'll also link a video on
how to negotiate your salary. I have an
expert Austin Belcak to talk about it
and he'll really help you out, so make
sure to check that out. That's all I got
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