I'm not saying this is a super common thing, but I am saying this is going to happen more than it used to happen. We routinely see people who want start dates 3

I'm not saying this is a super common thing, but I am saying this is going to happen more than it used to happen. We routinely see people who want start dates 3 months after offer acceptance, they want to travel, take time off, spend time doing hobbies. Its great! Maybe 1 in 20 times the team that person was accepted to ceases to exist in that 3 month period, and the company doesn't want to or can't rematch them to another team because the job literally doesn't exist, their skillsets aren't needed, maybe the hiring manager responsible for the hire left and there is no one who is the "champion" of the new employee/prospective hire. The reality is your job doesn't exist for you and has no legal protections until you sign your onboarding docs on your first day, and even then its at will employment.