# He Withdrew From a Contract Role. By Morning He Was a Liar With a “Marginal” Résumé.

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Candidate · via r/recruitinghell

He withdrew from a contract role. He told the recruiter he would send it the following evening.

By 7:51 the next morning, the reply had arrived. He was a liar, the recruiter wrote. His résumé was “marginal”.

Somewhere between the promise of an evening and the start of the next working day, a courtesy had been reclassified as a broken commitment, and a withdrawal had become a character reference. The switch from “tomorrow evening” to “liar” took less than twelve hours.

He posted the exchange. The comments filled with people who recognised it — the recruiter clock that runs only in one direction, where a candidate’s delay is betrayal and a company’s delay is process. The role was a contract. The exit was a courtesy. Both were treated as evidence.

*Source: [r/recruitinghell · viral post](https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/1xhq7p8/withdrew_from_a_contract_role_and_the_recruiter/)*
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