In 2023, during summer, I was so busy with my PhD admittance exams and in August and through until October, I had to wait for my exam results. By that time I also offered with a job offer, a job position in one company. I do not want to say the name of the company. However, I decided to wait. While I waited, I contacted with my university which I wanted to get accepted and as a result of daily conversation with the university, I became closer with them. And while waiting, I also chose and decided not to accept the job offer. And today I am very grateful about my decision. As now I am working in a better job and in a better role inside more strategic and greater company. And I get more salary and as far as I have learned that the company now I work for has much more in a great, much better work environment than the company I got offered in the first place. And thanks to my waiting, I also got closer with my university and thanks to that now they are very helpful, they have been very helpful and they are now helpful as well in my current dissertation and university endeavors.
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In 2023, during summer, I was very busy with my PhD admission exams, and from August until October, I had to wait for my exam results. During that time, I also received a job offer from a company. I do not want to say the name of the company; however, I decided to wait. While I waited, I contacted my university, which I wanted to get accepted into, and as a result of daily conversations with the university, I became closer to them. While waiting, I also chose not to accept the job offer, and today I am very grateful for my decision. Now I am working in a better job and in a better role within a more strategic and greater company. I receive a higher salary, and I have learned that the company I now work for has a much better work environment than the company I was offered initially. Thanks to my waiting, I also got closer to my university, and they have been very helpful in my current dissertation and university endeavors.
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