# Candidate Rejects Lowball Offer. Someone Calls His Boss the Next Morning.

**[TRUE STORY]** — by Job seeker · Washington state · via r/jobsearchhacks

A Washington state job seeker spent two months and four interview rounds with a mid-sized SaaS company. The offer arrived $18,000 below the salary minimum they had stated in their first conversation. They declined politely. The next morning, the candidate's manager called them in — someone had phoned the main office line requesting "employment verification" for an employee who had not applied anywhere else recently.

*Source: [White Collar Voice · citing r/jobsearchhacks](https://www.whitecollarvoice.com/after-2-months-and-4-interview-rounds-candidate-from-washington-receives-lowball-offer-but-rejecting-it-politely-leads-to-unexpected-workplace-drama-putting-his-current-job-in-jeopardy/)*
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