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Aren't a lot of job offers accepted by email these days? So what's the problem with rescinding them by email? This is not like firing someone who has a establi

Aren't a lot of job offers accepted by email these days? So what's the problem with rescinding them by email? This is not like firing someone who has a established relationship with a company and might see his coworkers as friends etc. over email.

db48x 4y ago
I kind of agree, but to get an offer letter you surely must have had at least one telephone call or video conference, if not several hours of in–person interviews.
- cato_the_elder 4y ago
  It seems that they are paying a severance package of two months of base pay to try to compensate for that. [1] [1]: "The details surrounding the severance package are unclear, but some affected workers on Blind alleged they would receive two months worth of base pay; a representative from Coinbase did not provide further comment."
  - db48x 4y ago
    Yea, apparently there are some compensating factors. Still, an email to tell you that they’re rescinding the offer is the easy way out; it avoids an awkward telephone call. It is easy to see why they went that route. I agree that it’s not the worst thing in the world though.
  - yojo 4y ago
    This is meaningful and deserves more prominent placement. If you’re going to rug pull someone paying out $10k+ certainly takes some of the sting out. I would love to have an offer rescinded with pay. If the company’s prospects are really that dim I wouldn’t want to join anyway. Getting a cash bonus to go somewhere else is even better.
    - adw 4y ago
      10k doesn’t cover search costs. What about health insurance, for example?
      - yojo 4y ago
        I personally always line up multiple offers when job hunting. Much better for negotiations. In all cases I’m sure one of the companies I turned down would take me back if my first choice turned out to be a dud. YMMV, but it seems like there’s more incentive than ever right now to make sure you’ve got more than one offer when job hopping.
baby 4y ago
Agree. That would be an awkward VC or phone call
fullshark 4y ago
You can't get unfiltered answers to any follow up questions, taking that away from the applicant isn't great but yeah a lot of this is basically confusing proper behavior within business transactions with standard expectations of decency/behavior between friends or colleagues. These companies, and your manager, and that recruiter is not your friend. Stories like these just pull back the veil and show that the mutually accepted delusion between employee/employer disappears when the bad times come.

db48x 4y ago

I kind of agree, but to get an offer letter you surely must have had at least one telephone call or video conference, if not several hours of in–person interviews.

cato_the_elder 4y ago
It seems that they are paying a severance package of two months of base pay to try to compensate for that. [1] [1]: "The details surrounding the severance package are unclear, but some affected workers on Blind alleged they would receive two months worth of base pay; a representative from Coinbase did not provide further comment."
- db48x 4y ago
  Yea, apparently there are some compensating factors. Still, an email to tell you that they’re rescinding the offer is the easy way out; it avoids an awkward telephone call. It is easy to see why they went that route. I agree that it’s not the worst thing in the world though.
- yojo 4y ago
  This is meaningful and deserves more prominent placement. If you’re going to rug pull someone paying out $10k+ certainly takes some of the sting out. I would love to have an offer rescinded with pay. If the company’s prospects are really that dim I wouldn’t want to join anyway. Getting a cash bonus to go somewhere else is even better.
  - adw 4y ago
    10k doesn’t cover search costs. What about health insurance, for example?
    - yojo 4y ago
      I personally always line up multiple offers when job hunting. Much better for negotiations. In all cases I’m sure one of the companies I turned down would take me back if my first choice turned out to be a dud. YMMV, but it seems like there’s more incentive than ever right now to make sure you’ve got more than one offer when job hopping.

baby 4y ago

Agree. That would be an awkward VC or phone call

fullshark 4y ago

You can't get unfiltered answers to any follow up questions, taking that away from the applicant isn't great but yeah a lot of this is basically confusing proper behavior within business transactions with standard expectations of decency/behavior between friends or colleagues. These companies, and your manager, and that recruiter is not your friend. Stories like these just pull back the veil and show that the mutually accepted delusion between employee/employer disappears when the bad times come.