Should be alright as long as you haven't sign the contract. They will give you a certain period before proceeding to the next candidate.

^ Sometimes I stumbled across companies which do not allow me to bring back the offer letter for thorough reading. They want me to sign there and then.

I have encountered twice so far..

Me : Would you send a soft copy of the offer letter to me via e-mail?
HR : May I ask why?
Me : So, I could read it thoroughly
HR : I'm afraid I can't do so.
Me : How about I go the office and collect the offer letter back home to read?
HR : No you can't. You can't bring it home.
Me : *WTF??!! Getting annoyed* Why is that so?
HR : It is our policy to do so. You have to sign it on the spot. Whatever requirements you need will be discuss there and then.
Me : No. I wouldn't want to sign there on the spot. I would like to read it thoroughly for a day at least.
HR : I'm afraid I can't fullfill your request
Me : *Very annoyed with their so=called policy by now* No. Then I wouldn't accept the job at the time being.
HR : If you insist so, probably I could ask my HR Manager regarding this matter.
Me : Nvm then. I reject the offer then. *Engage the line*

How to encounter this problem??

This post has been edited by goliath: Jul 18 2006, 06:13 PM

^ This causes me no job till now

Yeah. One more thing,

Me : Why I can't take it back home for thorough reading?
HR : It's our policy. People will use this against us *practically what they meant is they will be sued / extortion or something like that. I pun tak tahu.. *
Me : *WTF???!! Something fishy going on here * Nvm then..

This post has been edited by goliath: Jul 18 2006, 06:27 PM

^ Unleash some valid reasons, please. I need some inputs

I don't mind signing it there. But, I'm afraid that there are hidden clauses which are quite deadly if you don't read/understand it properly. Don't get me wrong, I mean fresh grads don't know how an offer letter look like or how badly the clauses are hidden within. Silly mistakes will be made because HR personal keeping pushing you while you are trying to concentrate on the reading material. Furthermore, they'll twist and turn those words making it even harder to understand

This post has been edited by goliath: Jul 18 2006, 10:41 PM