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Dear Company A,
I have made the decision to decline your job offer and will no longer be joining you at this time. I have recently been offered an alternative role with another organisation which is much more suited to my current situation.
I apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you and I thank you for your time and interest.
Best Regards,
Me
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Basically just keep it short and to the point. It is good to mention the other offer as it reduces their need to come back with follow up questions (which they likely will if you don't say anything), which you don't want.
If they are professional enough then you will get a short "we are sorry but all the best" reply. Otherwise you might get a short and ungrateful one... either way, you shouldn't need to take any further action with them.
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Nice. 
This happens a lot. It's the nature of job-hunting. If you've had two interviews, and one makes you an offer, and you're under pressure to say yes or no then you should say yes. You can't assume the other will be an offer, so if you don't accept the first you might end up with nothing. In practice it's the agency (if any) that gets upset (and might call you unprofessional) rather than the client, for understandable reasons. But that's life.
As I was once told, if you don't look after yourself, no-one else will. Harsh, but true.
Kevin
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musefan wrote: I have made the decision to decline your job offer and will no longer be joining you at this time
Too brutal, too much information, and with bits in the wrong order.
Unfortunately, circumstances dictate that things will not be able to go forward as planned, and I am no longer able to join you at this time.
I thank you for your time and interest in me, and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
You've got to use things like "join you at this time" and "your interest in me", in case the other job goes pear-shaped.
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Agree - make it non-personal. Blame "circumstances" not personal choice.
Do this sooner rather than later if you are feeling guilty about letting down company A; BUT do wait until you've had and accepted a formal offer from B, otherwise it becomes very awkward to go back to A and say, "you know that job offer I turned down? Due to a change in circumstances..." 
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I waited until the paperwork went through, then sent the email out. I've had offers not work out so I know not to set fire to the house I'm still standing in.
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A couple score years ago, I had the same situation with graduate schools.
Penn State accepted me and I accepted. Then Northwestern accepted me. A far better option in the field.
My research advisor/mentor, who even had ties to Penn State, when asked what to do said "Northwestern - no question". And pointed out I really didn't owe anything to either.
I took his advise - but such decisions still cause no small discomfort.
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Any way works. I accepted A and I'm really repenting a lot.
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"the offer would expire." Not sure I would have accepted an offer that had an expiration date in the first place. Sounds unprofessional and disrespectful to me.
Just as consumers are advised to walk away from deals that are "only good today".
And you would wind up working with a bunch of colleagues who had also fallen for the same bad sales technique.
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Well, the company can't wait around forever for someone to accept an offer, especially if it's an urgent open position.
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Agreed, there must be some reasonable timeframe for an applicant to accept or decline an offer.
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Use the example letter musefan posted and take the job with Company B. Since Company A switched jobs and compensation on you, it sounds like they didn't really want you anyway, but thought you might be desperate enough to take whatever they offered. Even their counter offer sounds like they are not terribly interested in having you work for them. I can't imagine that would have been a good working relationship anyway.
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I don't think they thought I was desperate. They knew I was talking with other companies, and had at least one offer. I think at least a good part of it was corporate limitations since it's such a large company. I mean I think they tried their best offer because they knew I wasn't desperate.
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My mistake, I read the counter offer story and thought it was part of your saga, which indicated the second company wasn't as interested and they seemed.. but that's not your dilemma.
Well, Company A did their best, but it sounds like someone you'd rather work for made a better offer. My advice still stands, accept the offer from Company B and respectfully bow out from Company A.
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Company A didn't happen to be Amazon, is it?
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No way - I only got my G.E.D and then I dropped out of community college.
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I've found that a carefully worded hand-written note usually does the trick.
Don't forget to include the phrase, "IT SUCKS TO BE YOU! LMFAO", at the end.
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Just be direct and honest. Stuff happens and as an employer myself I would want to know ASAP so I can get back to other candidates who I may have passed over in favour of you. Maybe they still have a chance.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: Just be direct and honest. Stuff happens and as an employer myself I would want to know ASAP so I can get back to other candidates who I may have passed over in favour of you. Maybe they still have a chance.
I haven't heard back on the Office Alcoholic position I applied for.
Michael Martin
Australia
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And here I was thinking you weren't showing up to work because you were too busy at the pub.
Don't even try and expense that off as "research"
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: And here I was thinking you weren't showing up to work because you were too busy at the pub.
Don't even try and expense that off as "research"
But I'm drinking lots of different things. That's experimentation and research right there.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: But I'm drinking lots of different things
FTFY
cheers
Chris Maunder
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...some family trouble...u have to do something else...hope ya understand tank u
Caveat Emptor.
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Take the better offer. Just tell the first "Never mind."
Sheesh. You think they lose sleep over it?
You think they'll even remember your name in two days?
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If the offer from Company B is the one that right for you and your family, then just be honest and say you've had a better offer. No debate, no discussion, just move along. I wouldn't give it a second thought, but that's just me.
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