FIR #262: You’re Hired! Or Not…
Consider the Optics of Rescinding a Job Offer
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In the tech industry, there’s a trend: Rescinding offer letters as a cost-cutting measure. In this short episode of “For Immediate Release,” Neville and Shel explore the PR and internal comms repercussions of these moves.
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Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.
You can find the stories from which Shel’s FIR content is selected at Shel’s Link Blog. Neville’s “asides” blog, Outbox, is available, as well.
Links from this episode:
- Revoking job offers is an increasingly common cost-cutting strategy
- Beware: Rescinding Job Offers Can Prompt Legal Consequences
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