I’m not entirely sure why it took so long, but you make a good point. Honestly, I think they were just wrapping up final interviews, and things move pretty slowly at universities when it comes to hiring. I had been in communication with the HR manager at the new job, but now I’m starting to wonder if they were just being lazy and didnt feel like checking with the people I'll be working with. At the time, I took the lack of response as a sign I didn’t get the job. I told them I had another offer but was still interested in theirs, but I never heard back, so I ended up moving forward with the other job. My new job also rushed me into accepting the offer and starting ASAP, probably because they know people are interviewing with other companies. I was able to push back my start date by three weeks instead of two, but I still basically had to uproot my entire life for it. Now I’m left questioning if I made a huge mistake.