carpmaster
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« on: January 30, 2012, 05:22:41 PM » |
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Hi, yall. I tried to find this kind of question previously answered on the fora and couldn't, so:
I have a one-year VAP, and am now doing campus visits--one last week, one next week. Last week's went well, and SCC asked me to let him know if I got another offer, had any other questions, etc.
Today, my dept. chair offered to extend my VAP another year, with a slight raise.
So...do I tell already-visited #1 about this offer? I kinda wanna go see #2 and I don't actually want to force #1 to hurry up their process. Their last candidate is there now-ish, and they indicated a decision might be forthcoming mid-February [right around when I get back from #2].
My dept. chair is in no big rush at the moment, so I don't need to give him an answer too soon. There is really no question of me staying here if I have a permanent position offered somewhere else.
Thanks, as always, for your wise counsel.
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scampster
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« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2012, 05:26:01 PM » |
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I'm just an applicant, but I think the point of letting another school know about an offer is because you usually have a decision clock that starts after the offer. It sounds like you don't have to make any decisions before you will hear from the others, so I wouldn't bother.
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When you are a scientist your opinions and prejudices become facts. Science is like magic that way!
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crowie
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« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2012, 05:27:48 PM » |
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Under the conditions that you've described, if it's just a one year extension of your VAP I don't think it's worth it to mention it to #1. In my opinion it doesn't really count as leverage and you might even look a bit foolish presenting it to #1 as a "competing offer". Even if you don't explicitly pose it that way, it will look as if you are trying to. Let your visits play themselves out and I hope you get offers from #1 and #2 on the same day so you can really negotiate!
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systeme_d_
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2012, 05:29:18 PM » |
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You don't have a reason to contact the SC. You have an offer to extend your VAP, not a competing TT offer.
Best wishes to you.
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quasihumanist
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2012, 05:37:26 PM » |
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No you shouldn't.
But - if things drag on for a while and it gets to the point (probably sometime mid-March) where your current department needs to know whether to start a search for a VAP for next year - you should say something. Feel free to frame the issue as one of courtesy to your current department.
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carpmaster
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2012, 05:51:44 PM » |
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Right, then, four substantially identical answers later and the result is about what I expected. I'll clam up and wait to see what comes of #1 and #2 (and keep AFTDJ to everything else in the meantime).
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larryc
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Eschew the hu.
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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2012, 06:01:34 PM » |
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I agree with everyone as well. But congratulations--this must take a little of the pressure off.
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leobloom
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« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2012, 08:18:43 PM » |
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Yes, you improved your BATNA if it ever comes to negotiation, but it's nothing to tell the SCs at the moment.
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