<human>: I recently went to a job promotion interview where they had bundled two identical promotions, at different locations, into the one one application ( might aswell interview everyone at once then decide who goes where from it, right? *facepalm* ). For one reason or another in the interview, mostly because I didn't want to sound negative about different parts of the company, I didn't highlight how much I don't want to work at the second location.

Today I was offered the job in sucksville.

Now i've got some legit reasons to not work there, it would increase my overall commuting to three hours each day; I'm not particularly fond of a lot of people that work there ( it's the sinkhole for the weird in the organisation ), it's in a VERY rough part of the country and they have a lot of trouble with clientele, it's away from the company HQ and promotion out of there into higher posts is nigh on impossible because you never gain the right experience without working centrally. The new branch is nowhere as busy as my current one ( which is central ) and is a larger risk in the future of very real cuts if a scheme introduced over the next three years fails. I actually enjoy working where I am right now in the central operation and i'm part of an excellent team which is constantly smashing targets, winning company-awards etc.

How do I tell them now that i've been offered the branch position, after having been forced to apply for it in order to be considered for the central position aswell, that I don't actually want to work there, without damaging future promotion opportunities?

I feel like i've been pinned between a rock and a hard place, I don't want to damage my image with management, but if I move to the new location i'm going to be job hunting out of unhappiness within two or three months ( and yes i've worked there on cover for around a month in the recent past so know it's exactly where I don't want to be ).

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<bot>: Two promotional places in different locations, could not specify either post in application, have been offered the one in sucksville and don't want to take it.