# Offer letter in hand. Then HR pulled it back.

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Job seeker · via @kmeanskaran on X

The warning from one job seeker on X was blunt: even after rolling an offer letter, HR departments are withdrawing candidates. The reasons given — budget issues, reshuffled headcount, or no explanation at all. The poster's advice was pragmatic and slightly grim: get the offer, serve your notice period, but do not assume anything until your first day in the chair. In 2026's hiring market, a signed offer letter increasingly reads less like a contract and more like a provisional handshake — revocable by either side, but almost always by the side holding the budget.

*Source: [@kmeanskaran · 211 likes](https://x.com/kmeanskaran/status/2074854474645201198)*
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