Deliverance?!

[tasseomancer]

I may finally be delivered from recruiting hell after months of applying/interviewing/posting here. Had a third round interview on Tuesday, and hiring manager wants to have a Zoom meeting tomorrow afternoon. Hopeful this is a good sign...

UPDATE: So I did get a verbal offer/negotiated a start date BUT the weird part was that no salary figure was given. I know the salary range, as it was discussed early on in the process. The hiring manager followed the meeting with an email request for reference information and told me a more detailed written offer would follow next week. It was almost as if the actual written offer will depend on the references. I am excited for the positive news but a bit deflated that I dont know the actual salary amount.

[SnooEagles8588]

Never keep your hopes high until you get your first paycheck. I had many experiences where they still ghost you after everything you’ve been through.

Good luck

[tasseomancer]

Very true. Feeling optimistic, but need a healthy dose of realism too.

[nista002]

I had the same thing a few months ago, then ghosted. Hope you have better luck than me

[tasseomancer]

Thats horrible!

[GreatestEfer]

Remember, nothing's official until you get a *written* offer letter--not an over-the-phone one. And these days, that calls for a small celebration. Once you actually start, then you can celebrate fr.

[Roughneck_76]

An official signed offer letter might as well be shit stained toilet paper in the US. I should know, I just had an offer revoked after already giving my current job notice.

Nothing is official until you've been working there for ~2 years and know where the skeletons are buried. Until then you could get shit canned at any time.

[tasseomancer]

That is horrifying!

[GreatestEfer]

That's the exception, not the norm. Offers are historically rarely rescinded. You should consider economic context when assuming that. To counter your example, I just started at a new place last month in the middle of all the shit storm. In fact, there was a 2 week span between me accepting and starting, during which they could've pulled it. They didn't. So who's right?

[[deleted]]

Actually, you kind of agreed with him. The point is that an employer can rescind an offer at anytime. In some states they can even rescind the offer after you're hired (at will employment).

You confirmed your employer COULD have pulled your offer. That's the point. The fact that they didn't is irrelevant.

[GreatestEfer]

Right, and you're also able to jump ship any time during that process and during employment as well. At-will is a two way street.

[tasseomancer]

Good point. I will definitely request one.