Offer rescinded eleven days before my start date, and I'd already resigned
Signed in June, gave notice, did the whole goodbye lunch thing. Tuesday the recruiter called: headcount freeze, the role doesn't exist anymore. She was genuinely apologetic, which somehow made it worse.
My old manager took me back but at my old level, so I also lost the bump I was due in the next cycle. I'm employed and I know that's the good version of this story.
What I didn't know to ask for: anything in writing about what happens if the role goes away before the start date. Has anyone actually gotten something out of a rescind — a delayed start, a month of pay, anything at all? Or is the honest answer that you just eat it?
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AnonymousAnon Sorry, that's brutal. The habit I picked up after nearly getting caught by this: I don't resign until the background check has cleared and I have a signed start date in writing. It adds a week of overlap stress and I sleep much better.
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AnonymousAnon This happened to a friend of mine in February — offer pulled after she'd already resigned. She pushed and got two weeks of pay as a goodwill gesture, but only because the recruiter went to bat for her internally. Worth asking, because nobody offers it. The default really is that you eat it.