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Question:
After a reasonable time, though I cannot define how long that is. Two days would not be long enough, two months would be too long. Therefore I suggest that you do all that you can to contact the man. Try to reach him by phone or send a letter by messenger or recorded delivery after having checked his address. State that you need a reply within, say, two days after which the offer will be no longer valid. In future I suggest that you finish any offer with a sentence saying that, to accept, the person must reply to you in writing by a stated date, say seven days after sending the letter.
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2 Responses
Unanswered job offer
Maybe we are overlooking something obvious here but a phone call looks like a good idea. If leaving a message perhaps mention a deadline, but not using the telephone seems odd.
HTH
Unanswered job offer
What a really interesting question. I’m NOT an employment lawyer but I would have thought that using the exact same communication channel again (and recording it) and requiring him to respond within a sensible period would be the way ahead.
I suppose the learning point is to include a timescale in the initial offer so that it (metaphorically) self destructs after a certain period.
Tim Latham
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