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never ever assume you got the offer until both parties have signed a contract
That's what I thought "signing the offer" meant?
Contracts can be written on napkins and still be valid... If both parties agreed to the terms, and they signed it, I feel like that's a contract even if the company doesn't want to call it that.
But I'm not a lawyer
i think "offer" is the keyword here. they specifically didn't say "job contract", they just signed an "offer" of some kind, whatever that is. A job contract is a legal document that has a specific definition of what it entails, an "offer" is just an offer
Yeah probably... Scummy as fuck, but not one bit surprising
What is the meaning of "signing an offer" then? Is this not a binding contract?
Just curious. Not American. Don't know if this has anything to do with the US.
Edit: or was this a situation where only OP signed an offer and then quit the old job before having the signature of the other party? Would be very unusual, I normally get contracts pre signed by my new employer that only I need to sign