Advice needed!

[Xenophon]

I wouldn't do that to EO if i were you

*passes Pogle the lube*

[Xenophon]

I always take the bird in the hand.

Fnar...

[stingman123]

OK, I've got a verbal offer of a contract down south - (subject to checks) starting on Monday. A
I've just been asked for an interview for another role rather closer to home, less money, but in a city centre, where i have friends with a spare room and at a push I could come home a couple of nights a week. B
I would prefer contract B
They cant interview me til next week.

How do I put off contract A to allow me to interview for contract B?
Should I just take contract A and put up with it?
Should I turn down A and hope I get B?

Contract A are still looking for more people and Contract B doesn't want to interview anyone else, so far.

Anyone else been in this situation and how badly can I stuff it up!!

Would it make a massive difference to delay a week? Ask straight out,
Explain your relocation issues (make some up, Landlord messed up on flat etc..), make up some injury to delay a week, I've had this happen a few times in the past and usually managed to delay a week or two with child, pet, issues never been a problem.

[Churchill]

You only have one offer at the moment - worse case you lose even that!

[TheFaQQer]

You only have one offer at the moment - worse case you lose even that!

If you need to put A off, then when you get the written contract, tell them you need to get it reviewed, then wait a bit before getting it reviewed, then argue about a minor point (or it may need changing genuinely).....

Personally, I wouldn't put A off deliberately - if it happens naturally and B is a goer first, then great; if not, then take A and stop whinging about it.

As a complete alternative - get both and exercise your RoS (get someone a lot cheaper!) and make money out of both gigs at the same time.

[cojak]

You only have one offer at the moment - worse case you lose even that!

WPS

Sorry Pogs - I'd go with the one that offered the job as opposed to one that might offer you the job...

[Moscow Mule]

As a complete alternative - get both and exercise your RoS (get someone a lot cheaper!) and make money out of both gigs at the same time.

Anybody would think you were running a proper consultancy Faqqer...

[FiveTimes]

take the offer, plus you wouldn't want to be putting on your friends for a long period of time by stopping with them.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

As a complete alternative - get both and exercise your RoS (get someone a lot cheaper!) and make money out of both gigs at the same time.

As mentioned in post #10 above

[mudskipper]

Can you be honest with B and tell them you've got another offer, so can they interview you PDQ?