A developer shares a personal experience of having a job offer paused overnight despite accepting a below-market rate after two months of interviews. The post reflects on a broader pattern of sudden role cancellations in the current tech job market, attributing it to budget uncertainty, internal reorganizations, and hiring freezes. It also floats a theory that companies may be quietly testing how low candidates will go and how much instability they can tolerate, suggesting the benchmark for compensation and conditions is being deliberately shifted downward.
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