[evantbyrne]

I recently got ghosted by the management of a multi-national corporation after they made me an offer. Lower level staff trying to bring me in were told by the same people who made the offer that they didn't have the budget. Definitely won't forget that. They are also doing RTO. I don't think this behavior will last. The US economy is overall in very good shape and developers are still money making machines. Right now I'm being contacted by multiple recruiters every day. Other contractors I know are noticing a speedup as well. There are signs of life.

[Roark66]

Man, that is tough. (IANAL) Here in Eu(and UK) if you're made an offer and they cancel later after you accepted you would have a good shot at suing them. Especially if you quit your current job or decide not to pursue another offer and you have paperwork to prove it.

However, ability to sue doesn't mean one will. Considering the inconvenience of it all. That's why I simply do not believe a single word until pen is put to paper(or a digital certificate signs the contract) and I act accordingly.

I had a situation before I was made 2 offers. I wanted to accept the second, but I dragged on telling the other guys until I had the contract signed. It feels "wrong" to do this, but I recommend this to everyone. It is in your best interest to do that just in case your preferred company tries to screw you over on some clause in the contract(that's exactly what happened BTW, I could negotiate from a position of power precisely because I had the other offer). Large companies will not blink before screwing you over so why should you afford them the courtesy of politeness a person should get? Large companies are not people. Yes, people work there, but most of these people if you knew them privately would probably give you the same advice.