Legal Question in Business Law in Virginia
2. An accounting obtained a list accounting students due to graduate in December. The firm sent form letters on firm stationary to these students congratulating them on their soon-to-be-realized accomplishment. The letter described, in general terms, the firm�s salary and benefit package for new employees and their chances for promotion within the firm. The letter closed with the following: �We hope you will consider a position with our firm upon your graduation.� Kiran, a soon-to-graduate accounting major, received a copy of the firm�s letter addressed to her by name. She immediately responded to the letter by writing on it �I accept,� and returned it to the firm. Does Kiran have a job?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Hopefully Kiran did her own homework instead of posting the questions online and hoping someone more knowledgeable would give her the answers. Whether she gets a job or not, she won't keep it for long if she hasn't mastered the subject matter.
No. She accepted a non-offer. Had the letter said, "We hereby offer you a job . . . " she might have a contract leg to stand on (which would during the early weeks of the job most assuredly get kicked out from under her), but the letter merely offered a hope she would consider a job, if ever one were offered.
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