Buyers Remorse - Have I made the right decision?

When you start looking for a new job (position) or made a career decision to improve your current situation, you might be filled with a certain amount of excitement and probably a bit of in trepidation.

You say to yourself, I will only move for the right job, and you have your ideas as to the type of role that will be most suitable one to yourself, the one that pays more money and the working environment is a lot better.

So you go for various interviews, assessments, second interviews, meet the Sales Manager, Managing Director etc, made an offer and the terms seem ideal. So everything is perfect and you feel euphoric that a Company recognises your skills and talents and have said that you are want they have been looking for and that they want you.

So you feel great! Congratulations! Break out the champagne and celebrate! The dream has come true and you are wanted, and it is all looking perfect.

The next stage is ensuring the application form is properly completed, and submitted with all the documentation they are looking for including certificates and payslips and endless bits of additional information that they are looking for.

What happens next is the referencing process which can drag on a bit as in this industry, everything about your past working history has to be investigated.

The euphoria wares off, and now you are faced with a situation where you think this is now getting very serious. You say to yourself that ‘this is it! I am really leaving my current employer’. Have I made the right decision?

At this time, you are on your own, and there may be little to no communication taking place between you and your new employer – or a lack of it, while the referencing is taking place.

Then someone mentions a start date. You need to resign, and the terms and conditions of your new role may not have been finalised.

And you are beginning to have doubts about why you wanted to move in the first place and that you are now beginning to feel a bit uncomfortable – and you might not like to be in the situation you are currently in.

You may also start to lose a bit of confidence in the decision you have made which could cause a few sleepless nights. This is unfamiliar territory, and the stress levels go up.

However, it is important to understand, that this is a normal reaction. It is called Buyers Remorse. We have all had to go through with it sometimes in our lives.

So your new work contract will eventually arrive and in most cases they should get it right first time. Then you have to decide when to resign. That has to be your decision only. But you might gear it so that you go on ‘garden leave’ and thus have a break before you start your new job.