I received an offer from McKinsey last Friday to start in September, their recruitment process was significantly delayed (their issue) and I had to accept a job offer fast due to personal reasons so I accepted another company offer to start next week.
Now McKinsey is threating me to rescind their offer if I start working for this other firm even for just 1 day even if I explained them that I needed a plan B but they were my first choice and I would quit the other one to join them. They are not competitors, it`s a totally different firm and might be their client but that`s the only thing they could care about.
I don`t understand this request for me to be unemployed before joining them?
Thank you for your answer! I also talked to the recruiters again and they were telling me that it`s just about reputation, that leaving a company right after entering would damage my reputation and they can`t have this in their consultants. They were also mentioning that everyone knows everyone in this business and city so the reputation would be the real issue - not sure if I trust them?
It's a fair point. If the company is a client, they might also want to avoid interfering with their recruiting.
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Kind of too late for that... they are asking the candidate to rescind a contract...