<prompt> Human: Hi rpersonalfinance,This doesnt pertain directly to my personal finances somewhat, but I know this sub is populated by a lot of business types that I hope can give some advice. If this sub is not the right place for this, I apologize.I work for a mid-sized corporation with around 600 employees; I am an IT project manager with 5 people under me. I like my position but am always looking to move forward, and as I have been with my current company for about 2.5 years, I feel like Ive accomplished all I can here and have been looking for my next move.Over the past couple of months, Ive been involved in an interview process with a major insurance company that employs around 10,000 people, one of the top 10 insurance companies in Canada. The position was similar to the one Im in now, managing a development team of 4 people, but was a nice step up for me in salary, a 22 raise out of the gate and room to move up over the next few years. I successfully passed two interviews and a scored scenario response session, and I felt good about my potential manager and the work that I would be taking on.The only thing that caught my attention was the corporate environment. This is one of those companies full of true believers, the type of hyper-committed Were looking for ROCKSTARS who have their FINGER ON THE PULSE of new technology, THINK fast, WORK fast, be AWESOME! kind of place. Im sure you know what I mean. This is something that you will run into from time to time in the corporate world, and it just comes with the territory. Ive worked for places like that before, and it didnt raise any flags with me, thats just how some companies are. Yesterday, the hiring manager called me and offered me the position. I told him that was excellent news, I was excited about the opportunity, requested 24 hours to sleep on it, and said I would email him my response in the morning. He said that was fine, and said he would wait to hear from me in the AM.Requesting 24 or sometimes 48 hours is something I have always done when offered a job, even when I feel sure that Im going to accept. I like to take the evening, think hard on it, and try to find anything that would hold me back. I also want to discuss it with my wife, who in addition to being one of the brightest people I have ever met, is a partner in my life. With something as significant as a change in employment, that affects our life together and our plans for the future, I want it to be a decision that we make together. We have discussed it many times over the past two months, and I knew we were on the same page, but I wanted the evening to confirm my plans with her and move ahead in the morning.This morning, I emailed the manager who had offered me the job, and accepted the position. This is the email he sent me in response:Hi my Name,Unfortunately, the redacted position is no longer available, and I am rescinding my offer. We are looking to hire gung-ho, ambitious, motivated people who are ready to jump right in to our team, and you dont seem to fit that. After we spoke yesterday I contacted the next candidate for the position, and he accepted immediately. Thats that kind of attitude were looking for at redacted, a no hesitation, go get-em personality. I wish you the best in your job search, but a piece of advice: in todays fast paced world 24 hours is an eternity. In the future, you might want to show a little more enthusiasm when someone offers you a position.Regards, redactedNeedless to say, I am LIVID. This is one of the most unprofessional things I have ever run into in my career, and to my thinking, potentially illegal. When he offered me the position on the phone, I believe that he tendered a verbal contract, and I am shocked that he would turn around and offer it to someone else. He gave absolutely no indication in our phone conversation that my request for a night to sleep on it was any kind of a problem, and told me he would wait to hear from me this morning. Im honestly floored, and the condescending tone of his email makes my blood boil. Is this how business is conducted now? Has it really become unacceptable to take 24 hours to think carefully about a major life decision?I am not going to be impacted financially by this, other than the loss of the increased salary as I have given no indication at my current job that I was considering leaving, but what if I had? This is totally unacceptable. I feel like I dodged a bullet, I no longer want to have anything to do with this company if that is how they treat their employees, but I am still left with a bad taste in my mouth and a lot of frustration. What are my options here?Assistant: Did he really write this in email?After we spoke yesterday I contacted the next candidate for the position, and he accepted immediately. Thats that kind of attitude were looking for at redacted...Unbelievable....in todays fast paced world 24 hours is an eternity. In the future, you might want to show a little more enthusiasm when someone offers you a position.Does this person realize that a decision to change ones job is quite likely going to affect your life for years and years to come?The fact that he lied when he said hed wait until he heard from you the next morning is galling. If you had known you needed to make an immediate reply, at least you could have decided then and there whether you were ready to make the leap. There has to be something more to the story about this guys behavior, but you wont find out because you are not going to reply. Its too bad, because you might have done will with your actual manager and team.Human: Youre right, Im not. As much as I would like to fire back, Im going to let it lie. I have no idea where his behavior came from, I didnt sense anything like that in my previous interactions with him. Just cant even believe how classless he is.  <response>: This is the right attitude. Good luck to you. 