HR rescinded candidate's job offer after assuring them multiple times they got the job, claiming upper management put the role on hold: ‘There is nothing I can do about it’

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Aug 10, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

Until you physically start your first day at your new job, you should always keep yourself on high alert. Unfortunately, the job market these days teaches us that you should not rest until you have the job tightly in your grasp, and that doesn't happen until you step foot on your first day.

A job can fall between the cracks at so many points throughout the hiring process–whether it is during the countless interviews, the references, getting the offer letter, or signing the contracts. So many things can lead to the candidate remaining jobless; it's hard to keep track.

It is much better to manage expectations and lower your hopes when it comes to the job market. Better to be pleasantly surprised by waking up in the morning of your first job and realizing that you got it than to be devastated finding out it didn't work out, if you ask us.

That is the exact lesson the job candidate was forced to learn in the story below.

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  • This candidate went through the whole hiring ordeal for a new job and was excited when they learned they got it. However, even after being assured multiple times that they got the job, HR rescinded the offer.

    Safe to say the candidate was not happy to find that out. Keep scrolling to read the full story.

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    HR rescinded the job offer after assuring me multiple times that I’ve got the job

    I've been looking for a job for about 3 months now. I had to quit my last job because the company would make me work on the weekends and during sick leaves as well.
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    It got to a point where I was extremely sick and overwhelmed. Ever since that I've been looking for a job (as a Content Writer) and after countless applications, I finally landed one (or it seemed like it).
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    After 4-5 rounds of interviews I finally got shortlisted at a company. After salary negotiations, the HR kept reassuring me that I'll be receiving my offer letter shortly.
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    The HR kept giving the reason that the offer letter is ready and just the CEO's approval and signature is pending, and that I'll be onboarded this week itself.
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    After asking for continuous updates for more than 3 days, the HR now informs that they are actually looking for a Content Marketer and my job offer has been kept on hold indefinitely.
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    I was really upset and the HR kept saying that it's the upper- management's decision and that there is nothing she can do about it.
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    I am beyond angry and frustrated at this point. And this is after all the documentation and background verification checks. I am devastated.
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    Why do companies make candidates go through all of this when they aren't even clear about who they want to hire in the first place??!
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    Interview for a job or apply for a job
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    Trikki1 Just to be clear: HR did not rescind your offer. They were the messenger of a ☐ hiring process that the ceo and hiring team created.
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    Glum_Possibility_367 Sadly, I've seen this happen - a breakdown in communication between levels of management. What probably happened is that everything was cool until the CEO
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    had to approve, and they asked, "Why are we doing this? I think we need a content marketer and not a content writer. Go back to the drawing board."
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    puns_are_how_eyeroll HR didn't rescind your offer. The CEO decided they needed something else. HR is just the face of it.
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    AtticusAesop 4-5 interviews for a content writer? That would be my first red flag.
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    angelaelle Ugh sorry. Until bot in seat I don't count on any job. I had a similar thing happen - 4 rounds of interviews, an offer, then 2 days later "sorry, job is on hold". I found out later they hired an internal candidate.
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    Jorgelhus I was hired and SIGNED THE CONTRACT. Not only that, I gave my notice. I was supposed to start on the 10th. On the 2nd HR sent me a message saying they wouldn't proceed with it.
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    dskillzhtown I have had offers pulled 3 days before I was supposed to start working before. The company had to reduce headcount, so I got caught up in it. While my position
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    got eliminated before I even started, several dozen people got I'd off. I was devastated, but it is what it is.
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    CH1C171 Did you get anything in writing? If so then maybe. And lawyer. If not then I'm afraid not.
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