I was contacted nearly two months ago about a job. Had the interview, two weeks later was asked if I were to be offered the job, and if I were to except, when could I start? I told them, then was told I would receive an offer letter soon if not that day. Two and a half more weeks passed, no offer letter, but this time I was asked if I would accept a lower amount of money than what I said I wanted (it was only $5000 less and we all know that the figure you give them will go down, so the answer was yes). Then I was told, ok, I will be back to you soon. Another week and a half passes and I get an email saying they are prepared to offer me the job at the salary agreed upon, and the reason for the delay is they gave someone else the first job because they could start asap, but they had a second opening and this one was for the dollar amount and would I accept it. I called to clarify a few things, then said yes. I was then told I would get a formal offer letter later that day. I also responded to the email stating yes, I would accept it and look forward to starting. They also responded to the email stating they would send an offer letter that day.
It has now been another five days and crickets. At what point is this a warning sign that this company is a mess, or is this normal? Did they again give the job to someone else and now aren't telling me as they did the first time around and kept promising the offer was being sent "today" and "soon" when in fact they gave it to someone else?
