48 Hours Before Her Start Date, the Offer Disappeared

She completed five interview rounds and a case study. The offer letter arrived. She resigned from her current job and counted down the days. Forty-eight hours before she was due to start, the company called. The original employee, they explained, had decided to stay after all. Her offer was revoked. She posted on LinkedIn comparing the process to speed dating — all that emotional investment, the small talk, the promises — only for the other party to choose someone they had been seeing all along. The post drew widespread sympathy and more than a few stories just like it.