Alice signed a contract with a September 2 start date. Then the company sent a "confirmation" email listing September 22. She followed the confirmation. On September 2, she didn't show — because the company's own email told her not to. She was terminated before her first shift. The company admitted the email was their mistake. They fired her anyway.
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Fired before her first day. The confirmation email had the wrong start date.
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