# The Offer Letter Had Someone Else’s Name on It

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

A new-graduate offer arrived with another candidate’s name at the top. HR sent a correction, which had the wrong job title. A second correction fixed the name and title, and introduced a new problem: the hourly rate and the annual salary did not agree, with the hourly figure working out to roughly two thousand dollars less per year.

By then it was Friday. The recruiter was on holiday and had said a colleague would reach out. The HR coordinator who had been fixing the letter did not reply. The candidate had been told offers generally needed signing within a week of issue, though the letter itself carried no deadline — and the version with their actual name on it had only arrived the day before.

They wanted the job. They were ready to sign. They just wanted to know which number was real. The post ended with the question anyone in that position would ask: sign the flawed letter tonight and sort out the salary afterward, or wait until Monday and risk the offer expiring over a deadline nobody had written down?

*Source: [r/recruitinghell · viral post](https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/1x1yawb/should_i_sign_an_offer_with_a_salary_error_or/)*
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