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I resigned from my current role because the office culture is terrible, and I hate being around pretty much all the people outside of the IT team.

I was offered 6 figures as a counter offer for the first time in my career, which I turned down.

That was last week. New Zealand (where I'm from) hasn't shut down yet, but everything is so bleak, and I'm regretting turning down the offer. I start working from home tomorrow for my final 2 weeks here, and I can't help but feel regret. Being in the office was the one thing I hated, and now we don't have to do that.

Whats worse is I emailed the new job asking if we're still going ahead with me starting, and there was no reply.

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If they offered you a good counter offer, ask them if there is a similar offer still on the table. Their IT challenges are probably only just ramping up and they will need you as people shift remote.

I'm also in NZ. SO happy that our GOVT takes this so seriously.

> SO happy that our GOVT takes this so seriously.

Can you elaborate? Don't know much of what's going on in NZ at the moment.

For some time now, all incoming visitors have been required to self-isolate for 14 days. This means that any incubating virus runs its course without further incident.

https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/...

If any symptoms are shown, patients get tested. This is generally done in the carpark of their preferred Doctor (GP).

Positive tests are contact traced. In most cases there are very few potential people they could have infected, since they were isolated.

All businesses have been putting place COVID-19 plans and stepping up things like cleaning and moving workers remote.

Any school with infections possible is immediately closed, close contacts of the infected are put into self-isolation.

After some tourists failed to follow the 14 day quarantine guidelines, NZ has closed all its borders to non-residents.

> I'm regretting turning down the offer

Ask them if it's still on the table. I know you're going to feel terrible asking that, but you have to realize that you are probably a very valuable employee to them, who knows their systems well. Considering you might be leaving in 2 weeks, there is nothing to lose in asking (other than maybe pride).

> Whats worse is I emailed the new job asking if we're still going ahead with me starting, and there was no reply.

This is extremely messed, and a huge red flag. It's extremely unprofessional and rude to offer someone a job, and then not even have the courtesy to communicate if the offer is being rescinded.

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