Quote Originally Posted by thedawg View Post
No Im not... Its not the same scenario... I am asking people to commit when they are ready to commit but once they commit to follow through with what they say they are going to do... A more realistic scenario in the job world would be for me to accept a job and tell them I will be there at whatever date. The employer then calls all other applicants and tells them the position is filled. Then after whatever amount of time I call back employer and tell them nevermind another company offered me a job and we were in negotiations the whole time... Dont worry employer you can figure it out and this is how the game is played.
And that's what happens all the time.

Again, you're telling me that if you interview with one employer and they offer you a job, you tell them to hold on b/c you may have another offer, knowing the whole time if you tell them that, they'll offer someone else and you may be left with nothing?

Let me ask you this...at your job, have you ever once discussed something that was in the plans for a couple years down the road, in language that would suggest you'll still be there then, knowing you may at some point look elsewhere and won't actually be there two years down the road? Because unless you made sure to tell them, 'Hang on, I don't know what could happen. Nothing is in the works now, but I could receive another offer by then,' then according to your standard, you're a liar.