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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by revvx on Saturday April 20, 2019 @05:00PM (#19708845)
It is a verbal promise, not a contract. They just broke it.

They were unprofessional.

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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by aoeusnth1 on Saturday April 20, 2019 @05:11PM (#19708909)
A verbal promise can very easily be interpreted as a contract by a court. (IANAL, and clearly YANAL)
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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by wool_gather on Saturday April 20, 2019 @09:21PM (#19709982)
The legal side is almost irrelevant. The situation is that they're trying to initiate what should be a mutually-beneficial, longish-term working relationship. Leading into it with this kind of letdown isn't a good start.
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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by baddox on Saturday April 20, 2019 @07:20PM (#19709543)
The commenter hadn’t even done the interview yet. There’s no way a court would interpret this as a contract to pay the person that amount.
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Re:We Don't Have a Talent Shortage. We Have a Sucker Shortage by marcosdumay on Saturday April 20, 2019 @06:15PM (#19709233)
The only reason it's not a contract is because the job offer wasn't closed yet. This is more similar to false advertising.
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