What would you do - sure offer vs speculative offer? (job offer, job)

[vagabond31]

What would you do if you are in this situation.You are looking for a career change and you get an offer from a good company close to your home , but you also get another very good offer from a friend's company, which is speculative and it might take a couple of months to know if it is really coming to fruition.

Option 1: Take the sure job offer and quit it, when your friend's business takes off in another 2 months.

Option 2: Decline the sure job offer and wait until you get a clear picture on your friend's offer.

Post your decision. Thanks!

[veuvegirl]

Option 1. Don’t mix friendship and business.

[joe from dayton]

#1.

[BusinessManIT]

Option #1.

[fishbrains]

Without a doubt, option 1. This isn’t even slightly challenging as a choice.

Career changes can be difficult, and speculative offers often fall through. Doing anything other than option 1 is limiting your potential and choices.

[Serious Conversation]

I wouldn't take something for two months. If you really expect to leave that soon, just stay where you're at and bide time.

[sidewalker]

Each choice seems to have you depending on the friend's business possibility.
So, aside from picking one of the two options, I would absolutely take the good job offer close to home- sounds like good news to me! - and not take it with the idea of quitting in 2 months or whatever. I would start that new job and jump right in with every expectation to stay.

[sidewalker]

Originally Posted by veuvegirl

Option 1. Don’t mix friendship and business.

and this!

[vagabond31]

Originally Posted by veuvegirl

Option 1. Don’t mix friendship and business.

Originally Posted by joe from dayton

#1.

Originally Posted by BusinessManIT

Option #1.

Originally Posted by sidewalker

and this!

Thanks for all your inputs.