Timeline for How to decline a postdoc offer a few days after accepting it?
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| Nov 13, 2020 at 20:51 | answer | added | Greg | timeline score: -1 | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 18:54 | answer | added | Flyto | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 13:46 | answer | added | steve_b | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 12:50 | comment | added | Ink blot | Apologize, apologize, apologize. Hope you're not burning bridges (because the word may very well travel), and if at all possible, offer to still collaborate on a project in the foreseeable future (and try to live up to this offer, don't use it just as appeasement). | |
| Nov 13, 2020 at 5:34 | comment | added | uhoh | Not a direct answer to your question, and doesn't apply literally, but may apply to the fast-decision-making process: academia.stackexchange.com/a/155619 | |
| Nov 12, 2020 at 21:53 | comment | added | Tom | I think you could maybe get away with it at PhD level, but beyond you likely can't as it will affect your reputation. Academia is a small world so creating bad blood is a bad idea. | |
| Nov 12, 2020 at 20:30 | comment | added | lighthouse keeper | @Tom Even at the PhD level one should be careful (even more so in countries where PhD students receive a salary). | |
| S Nov 12, 2020 at 18:32 | history | suggested | RLH | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
reject -> decline (A person offering a job can reject applicants, but a person seeking a job declines offers)
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| Nov 12, 2020 at 15:56 | comment | added | JBentley | Note that (jurisdiction dependent) contracts generally do not have to be signed to be accepted, so the fact that you did or didn't sign is not a relevant factor. Signtures are used to prove that acceptance took place, but are not themselves the act of acceptance (although the two can coincide). | |
| Nov 11, 2020 at 16:53 | comment | added | Tom | Yes you have to be a bit careful doing this sort of thing beyond PhD level | |
| Nov 11, 2020 at 9:19 | comment | added | Dmitry Grigoryev | Whatever inconvenience your late rejection will cause, it cannot compare to the damage from accepting the offer you don't feel happy about. By refusing now you'll minimize the damage for everyone, which is anything but unethical. | |
| Nov 11, 2020 at 0:10 | answer | added | John L Darby | timeline score: 18 | |
| Nov 10, 2020 at 22:57 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Nov 10, 2020 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/1326223147067187204 | ||
| Nov 10, 2020 at 15:52 | answer | added | Captain Emacs | timeline score: 41 | |
| Nov 10, 2020 at 15:38 | comment | added | lighthouse keeper | If you're sure, you need to act as quickly as possible to control the damage. The PI might not have rejected the other candidates yet. | |
| Nov 10, 2020 at 15:26 | answer | added | Buffy | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 10, 2020 at 15:00 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 10, 2020 at 14:57 | history | asked | rooms | CC BY-SA 4.0 |