Company rescinds candidate's job offer after claiming they don't have the qualifications, only to reach out two years later to offer them the same job: ‘The audacity…’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Dec 3, 2025 9:00 AM EST

It is one thing to reject an employee during the hiring process after realizing they don't have the right qualifications for the job; it is another thing to reject them after you already offered them the job.

Doing the latter is highly disrespectful and frankly, quite unprofessional. They might not meet the qualifications, but the only one to blame is the one who offered the job without noticing the missing criteria in the first place.

Imagine you got a job offer from a company and even started the onboarding process, only for them to rescind the offer after realizing you don't meet the qualifications. At first, you might be disappointed, but you will soon realize that you are better off without this unprofessional company. Now, imagine that two years after the whole ordeal, you get another call from the same company, which is offering you the same role, thinking you forgot how they treated you the first time around.

What makes them think you would want to work for a company that has no problem treating its new hires this way?

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  • That is exactly what happened to the job candidate in the story below, who had no problem questioning the company's motives after they reached out with another job offer…

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  • Almost two years after a company offered me a job and then withdrew it the next day, they contacted me again about working for them.

    I rage quit my long- time job in November 2023, after my boss informed me I'd been "insubordinate" for taking FMLA to take care of my father, who had nearly died.
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  • A week to the day after I quite I put in for a job at another medical facility in my area around 2PM.
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  • By 5PM I had a job offer and was doing my onboarding. The next day I get a call from the company.
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  • They ask me if I have certain specialized medical training, the kind of thing that lets you write your own ticket, and there would be no way you'd leave that kind of thing off your resume.
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  • I told her "no," and she informed me that they would have to rescind their job offer to me.
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  • To rub some salt in the wound, before she hung up she told me to send anyone I knew her way who met the qualifications.
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  • Cut to a short time ago. I get a text from someone else at the same facility.
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  • She informed me "came across" my application for the role, and that she "has another opening" and wanted "to see if you would be interested." I was honestly shocked, and it took me a bit to calm down enough at the audacity they were showing before I responded.
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  • Not making any mention of the whole offering the job and taking it away, I asked if she was referring to the role I had applied to in November of 2023.
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  • No response after that. I honestly have to wonder if they were hoping I didn't have the job so they could offer it to me again and take it away, like Lucy convincing Charlie Brown she won't pull the football away this time.
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  • I have so many questions about all of this that will never be answered.
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  • newforestroadwarrior You might find they've churned through all the staff from two years ago and the person wasn't even aware you'd applied previously.
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  • Kyriana1812 I had a similar situation. Was offered a job & about a week before my start date they called to rescind the offer. About 2 years later they called me back for another interview. I worked there for 10 years.
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  • Thememebrarian Accept the position then the following day call them back and reject the offer
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  • PA_Archer I'd have just accepted whatever they offered and then never show up.
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  • Swiggy1957 Just reply "no" and block them.
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  • oxphocker You're past the statue for doing anything on this... but if you had written documentation about the FMLA thing, that probably would have been a lawsuit in your favor if they dismissed you while on FMLA.
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  • crapinet I have a different take based on what you said. For the first job they offered you they messed up big time (needing someone with a specific specialization and not realizing that or confirming it first). If so, it wasn't personal, it was their mistake, and it sounds like they could have handled it better. This offer sounds like it doesn't have anything to do with that but maybe they now realize how they burned that bridge two years ago. Still, if it's a good offer for you now it could be
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  • shoulda-known-better I'd say yes and act cool and ghost the fuck out of them.... I'm petty Yes it will only waste some of their time and they will immediately recover, but it would be worth it to me
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  • coyoteazul2 The RH person didn't remember an offer retracted 2 years ago, and that could have been retracted by someone other than her?!? How dares she???!
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