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I recently took a job waitressing and began my training on Monday knowing that I had an interview with a great company on Wednesday. I didn't want to turn down a job offer with this crap economy, even if it was just waitressing, and bank on my interview and the second place going well and getting the job. Well, it turns out my interview went extremely well, I got an unofficial offer this morning pending my references check out (which I know they will.) This job starts next week and is salaried with full benefits, etc. I know that I'm going to accept whatever the offer is. I am scheduled to train at the waitressing job all weekend (tonight, tomorrow, Sunday). Should I call the waitressing job and tell them I don't want to continue training (I've only done one shift) or do I wait until the 'official' offer (which I pretty much know I'm getting, my references are fantastic and the HR lady said I was by far their favorite candidate and that they loved me) to stop training at the restaurant? It's supposed to be beautiful all weekend, it's fathers day weekend, and maybe I'm being selfish but I don't really want to be cooped up all weekend..... so lost!
Re: What to do?
definitely wait until you have the offer. You never know what could happen until you get it. At the very least, you'll have the waitressing job if this falls through.
Good luck!
Wait for an official offer. When I last started a new job I was able to keep both for awhile. I was afraid in this economy that they may be unable to officially hire me (they were paying me more than they had wanted but they really wanted to hire me). They also mentioned issues in the past (gave everyone a pay cut instead of doing layoffs).