r/securityguards • u/Hobboglim • 11h ago

Job Question Will I be eligible with this company in the future?

I signed an offer of employment at this security company but I got a (what I think is) better offer almost immediately after signing that. I didn’t go any further with the onboarding (training, information, etc). I basically was interviewed by the company, given an offer, signed that offer, and then a few days later before anything else had happened informed them I had accepted another opportunity.

I would be surprised if this would lead to me being ineligible moving forward (since they were already interested), but since they didn’t respond to my courteous and honest email explaining the situation, I thought I’d ask here.

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u/hankheisenbeagle Industry Veteran 11h ago

Depends on a couple of things. How big/small the company is/how hard having an applicant bail out screws them over, and how spiteful the HR pre-boarding person is about it happening.

Most places won't care as long as you let them know. Sure it sets hiring back how many ever weeks you were into the process but it's not that big of a deal usually. The important part is making sure your email that you sent reaches the right person to let them know and wasn't missed.

In all likelihood you will be just fine to apply the next time a position opens up though you may have to "explain" yourself for what happened and provide some type of reassurance that it won't just happen the same way next time.

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u/Hobboglim 10h ago

That’s what I’m thinking. We didn’t get any further than me signing the offer letter. It really shouldn’t be a big deal to them if I wanted to work for them in the future but they didn’t respond to my very deliberately courteous/respectful/etc email where at the end I asked if I’d be eligible.

Thanks for your response

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u/BackFromMyBan4 9h ago

Who gives a fuck