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Bob Hall MD's avatar

Excellent article. I enjoy your writing and have read you for years.

Spell check missed an error: you intended 'mask' but wrote 'musk'.

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Regina P.'s avatar

So why, exactly, was Sam offered the job in the first place? You should have checked references before making the offer. You saw his resumes/typos before making the offer. And unless Cyrus specifically said "call me back" I'm not sure why he expected a return call for a 'welcome to the company' message. Also, I really, really hope Sam did not already have a job and gave notice before you decided the pull the offer. And finally, a pet peeve for me, I do not want people arriving overly early for appts -- that just interrupts my day to be notified they are waiting and then my schedule it thrown off. No, I'm not required to meet with them early, but I'm going to have a hard time getting back into whatever I was working on knowing they are waiting. Be 10 mins. early at the most!

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