Has a company ever withdrew an agreed verbal or written compensation only to offer you a lower salary?

So I get a call from a Deloitte recruiter about an ERP implementation manager position. I interview with 2 SM and 1 Managing Director. The interview went well and recruiter gave me a verbal offer that was lower than my range, we go back and forth and then we finally agreed on salary, signing bonus and start date. Recruiter gets the Managing Director approval and comes back to me saying...

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I won’t take it

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..that the “finance department” reviews the informal offer (before getting it written out for signature) and thought it was too high so they came back $15k less than agreed upon. Your thoughts?

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Lol... wtf. I mean there’s not much you can do I suppose - theyre within their rights to do that, but i would not accept..

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Pass...

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So I had a call with the recruiter and he was more like “it is out of my hand, I did my best”. I plan to have a call with the Director tomorrow but wanted to brainstorm my thoughts with the fishbowl before the chat. Thoughts?

I am “not” needing this position and I want to say peace but wanted to know if this is a common tactic at this firm or others bc I have never had happen before.

Red flag low quality company. Decline. They will screw you over again after you work there.

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What is the offer and which ERP? Is it commercial or GPS? I am manager at D working in ERP GPS. Can provide my take on the salary and signing bonus offered

Yup. So back to my comment on a different thread: This is a low-performing recruiter. The recruiter should not have shared the detail with you that an MD signed off, regardless of whether or not it is implied. This always has a last stop that is not in the department reporting chain and weak recruiters will give transparency that they shouldn’t give when they aren’t strong negotiators. I’m sorry this one bit both of you in the butt. That must be extremely disappointing to feel bait and switched.

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