Obviously we don't know why Stripe rescinded the offer - staffing changes, reorganization, miscommunication, could be lots of things. I think it's reasonable that companies should be able to do this, but I think they should feel obligated to compensate the candidate. Something like "after >48 hours after offer received (signed?), if we rescind the offer, we pay the candidate as a consultant for 3 months of the wage they would have received"
That would both provide some relief to the candidate, who might have passed up other jobs or resigned from their current job already due to the expectation they have a job, and would provide some incentive for companies to not do this.
> would provide some incentive for companies to not do this.
The disincentive is that when I know that companies do this, I am less likely to take an offer from them, or more likely to continue interviewing and then renege if I get a better offer.
It breaks down trust, I imagine getting the reputation that you do this would make hiring much more difficult.
No, I'm saying there are already existing disincentives that I think are pretty strong, I'm not saying this is a disincentive of the scheme that was suggested.
Agree with this. If an employee was laid off even on their first week on the job, a company like Stripe would offer them some severance package. Same thing should apply if it happens a week before they start.
Well, no company has any incentive to do this until they start having hiring problems due to their strategy over in HR.
And as far as I can tell, Stripe has an endless amount of candidates lining up to get in. So, they’re unlikely to ever implement this. Same with basically any company that is out there.
That would both provide some relief to the candidate, who might have passed up other jobs or resigned from their current job already due to the expectation they have a job, and would provide some incentive for companies to not do this.