Also, which engineering field? And what is the geography?
I mean, if someone reneged on an offer in my medium-sized city in my spouse’s relatively small field of engineering for another job in the same field or nearby, everybody would know pretty soon, and it might even end up in the job that was taken by the candidate being pulled—all the firms end up subcontracting for each other to fill in gaps, and you don’t want to damage corporate relationships over a new hire.
So, you know, think through the possible repercussions.
But that said, unless you’re under a code of conduct that says otherwise, yeah, it’s your right. Just don’t do it loudly, merrily burning bridges along the way.
Totally agree. Corporations typically have zero loyalty to employees and would let you go in a hot minute if necessary, why should potential hires (not even an employee yet) have loyalty to them? Obviously, you should renege professionally and politely but otherwise it’s a nothing burger.
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When did the expectation become that you had to have a job before you even graduate? Let alone 7 months beforehand? If you still don’t have something 6 months after graduation maybe that is the time to worry but this seems a little early to be hitting the panic button.
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I don’t think you need one 7 months ahead, but my son started applying because companies were advertising for summer 2027 already. He started with just jobs he was very excited about. The closer to graduation he would get, the less selective he would be able to be.
Many students have loans that will start repayment 6 months after graduation, so there is some panic if they don’t have an income to start those payments.