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by anon4984 1931 days ago
I wonder - if you got an unfair[1] exploding offer, why not just accept it and keep shopping quietly?

[1] A small company may have only one spot open and another candidate lined up, so that's fair enough. But larger companies likely have more than one position open so they are just bossing you around. Nothing fair about that, and you don't have to make it easy for them.
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underwater 1931 days ago
Because then you can't negotiate. Imagine you like Company A, and they've given you an exploding offer of $x, but suspect you will receive an alternative of $x+10 in a few days from Company B.

If you accept the offer from A then you've limited your options. You either accept less than you're worth or lose your opportunity to work for them.

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hiq 1931 days ago
> Because then you can't negotiate.

Why not? Maybe your position is not as strong as having another actual offer, but that doesn't mean you cannot negotiate at all. In any case it's hard to have all your offers all at the same time, but you could still have an offer from Company C before Company A (if you knew you'd be interested in A even before the application, you probably want to practice with another company), giving you some reference.

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