Early October
A promising big client says they need someone to work for them full-time from November through January. You apply and get asked to interview.
Mid-October
Interview gets rescheduled.
Late October
Interview occurs.
Early November
You’re hired! The project will begin shortly. In anticipation, you decline another opportunity and free up your schedule for the next few months.
Mid November
You’re told the project will begin after Thanksgiving.
Mid December
A call gets scheduled for late December.
Late December
The day before the call, the client reschedules. No explanation, no question about whether the new time works for you. Instead, a revised calendar invite simply appears in your inbox.
You’re unavailable at the new time, but the client says the call has to happen this week, so the rescheduled call itself gets rescheduled — this time, for 4 PM on a Friday.
Late December
The call happens, yet it produces little new information except that it makes no sense to start during the holidays; the project will begin after January 1.
