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Apparently, folks with offers received an email two weeks ago, when the hiring freeze was announced, saying no offers would be rescinded. Did management change their minds in just two weeks?

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Management is often not privy to these details. I doubt more than two dozen people knew about the news internally before they publicly disclosed it.

Smells like some expensive lawsuits are a comin'

There's no grounds for a lawsuit for the at-will employment contracts you typically see with West Coast tech companies.

Recruiting handles those emails and they're usually not privy to strategic decisions since they're not really strategic operators.

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