Gabriel Mizrahi

And look, if you end up getting an offer at company one and you decide not to join company two or you bounce after a few weeks, Joanna's strong advice to you is do it as soon as possible.

Be sure to handle this with absolute transparency.

If the offer somehow comes before you begin a company two, which sounds like it probably won't, but if it does, she would recommend telling your employer unexpectedly, I've been offered a long-term position that aligns better with my career goals.

I didn't plan this, but I need to make the best long-term decision.

In her view, that's honest, that is professional, and maybe that's the version of integrity that you can live with.

Maybe that's the way to protect yourself and do what's right or minimize as much of the bad as possible without acting like a jerk and damaging your reputation completely.

On the other hand, if you do start with Company 2, that's six months of guaranteed income, it's new experience, and it's a chance to rebuild your credibility at a new place.

So even if it's short term, Joanna said that it shows reliability.

It keeps your momentum going.

It's a new chapter.

I think Joanna is right that there's something about company one that is very compelling to him.

And I'm not entirely clear on what that is.

This would be his fourth time working there.

So either this place, like you said, Jordan represents some comfort to him or some safety or, and I'm going to speculate a little bit, hear me out.

Would going back to company one after what went down with the whole background check thing, would that maybe allow him to prove something to them or to himself?

And then you do it and you're like, oh.

Interesting.

You're getting it.

Is there some parallel with this incident with the X in the work?

Wow.