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Post by Evilness on Apr 17, 2022 0:31:53 GMT -5
I accepted an AP offer this Jan. Recently a lot of things happened in my life. I changed my career target and no longer wanted to go to the place that offered me the position. Someone close to me said I should try to defer my current offer by one year and find a postdoc ASAP, so that if I can’t find better jobs in 2022/23 I can at least still go to my current one. If I find better places in the upcoming season, I can dump my current one and go to the better one. If I do this, I’m worried that this may affect my future career, won’t it? No one will try to understand my situation but will just label me as unethical.
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Post by Evilness on Apr 17, 2022 0:41:31 GMT -5
Please help me think this through. I know it’s unethical, but I really don’t want to waste one or two years of my life. I feel the whole world is pushing me to accept the position that I no longer want to take. I’m afraid that if I go there I might be stuck there for two or three years before I can find the chance to leave
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Post by more detail on Apr 17, 2022 12:02:33 GMT -5
I accepted an AP offer this Jan. Recently a lot of things happened in my life. I changed my career target and no longer wanted to go to the place that offered me the position. Someone close to me said I should try to defer my current offer by one year and find a postdoc ASAP, so that if I can’t find better jobs in 2022/23 I can at least still go to my current one. If I find better places in the upcoming season, I can dump my current one and go to the better one. If I do this, I’m worried that this may affect my future career, won’t it? No one will try to understand my situation but will just label me as unethical.
Maybe, if you're comfortable, provide more information on why this AP position is no longer desirable? E.g. Teaching load, location, departmental personalities, university, research support.
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Post by Ethics on Apr 17, 2022 17:31:25 GMT -5
The OP stated this: “ I know it’s unethical, but …”
I don’t know what advice is being sought here. Permission to be unethical? If you know that you don’t want to accept the position, then turn it down. It’s not so complicated. Give someone else a chance, someone who really wants this job.
One more consideration. Granting a deferral is a somewhat extraordinary action by a hiring institution. It creates a bit of havoc, as this will require yet another search to get classes taught in the fall. It is usually only granted if the new hire has some great opportunity that will make the institution look even better once the new hire actually arrives.
Asking for a deferral just to spend the next year looking for a better position seems like really bad form. And yes, this will reflect poorly on you — to both the current institution and potential future employers.
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