Would you still interview after you get an offer?

**kal** · 5 August 2014, 14:46

Originally posted by KayMan View Post

I know this is a morally grey area - but if you get an offer from somewhere and you say yes, but contract negotiations stall (amending the fine details of the contract - back and forth etc). Would you still meet with other potential clients? Especially if these clients promise to get back to you immediately after your interview? I feel uneasy about this, slightly guilty...

Yes, until you have a signed written contact you have nothing (and even then it can go pear shaped), continue until you are actually sat at your desk invoicing.

**Eirikur** · 5 August 2014, 14:54

Originally posted by kal View Post

Yes, until you have a signed written contact you have nothing (and even then it can go pear shaped), continue until you are actually sat at your desk invoicing.

+1
Unless the interview is for a job that is much further away and/or for a much lower rate in those cases I can't be bothered anymore

**Old Greg** · 5 August 2014, 15:06

Originally posted by kal View Post

Yes, until you have a signed written contact you have nothing (and even then it can go pear shaped), continue until you are actually sat at your desk invoicing.

+1. It can also be handy to have something else in the pipeline if the first lot try to pull a fast one on you rate-wise.

**TykeMerc** · 5 August 2014, 15:07

A bit tricky this, but if there's not a clear, quick and easy route to concluding negotiations on a contract then there's every chance it will not crystallise. In that situation I'd have no qualms about talking to other clients.

An acceptance has to be subject to satisfactory contract, until that's in place there's no agreement.

**oscarose** · 5 August 2014, 15:10

Not tricky at all. An offer means nothing until contract is signed.

Depends if you like the sound of opportunity #2.

**BrilloPad** · 5 August 2014, 15:13

How would you feel if the offer was pulled? Happened to a few on here.

You have to protect yourself and your family. If you feel uneasy after that you you need to consider if contracting is for you. You need to man up.

**TheDandy** · 5 August 2014, 15:17

It's not a moral grey area at all IMO. It is simply the harsh reality of business. Until you are inside the client's four walls and billing......

**northernladuk** · 5 August 2014, 15:25

It's just semantics but when you accept verbally, or by email for that matter, tell them it is subject to satisfactory contract. This at least gives you an out when you pull out. It should just set the expectation it is not a blanket agreement and there are conditions that, if not met, mean nothing is in place.

As I say it's semantics and probably won't make much difference when the agent kicks off but might help.

**KayMan** · 5 August 2014, 16:20

Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

It's just semantics but when you accept verbally, or by email for that matter, tell them it is subject to satisfactory contract. This at least gives you an out when you pull out. It should just set the expectation it is not a blanket agreement and there are conditions that, if not met, mean nothing is in place.

As I say it's semantics and probably won't make much difference when the agent kicks off but might help.

Haha yeah, especially if you've given that agent a pretty hard time negotiating the date rate up after constantly implying you have other better offers on the table, and him trying everything to get the day rate up. Then, once contract arrives, you make his life so much harder by nitpicking every single contentious clause and refusing to sign until its addressed.

Yeah --- id imagine him doing this:

But yes, I am going ahead with other interview. All is fair in love and war indeed.

Would you still interview after you get an offer?